The GG has lots of power that she never uses, except on request of the PM or parliament.
The Queen has lots of power that she never uses, except on the request of the PM.
The Queen of Canada may be other things that the Queen of Canada. But so far as Canada is concerned, she is just our Queen.
In Canada, if you don't want to swear on a Bible, you can solumnly affirm your oath. The Canadian constitution holds multiculturalism and religious freedom up there with things like the right to vote as important to our society.
Canada is not a christian nation. Canada is a nation of many cultures, religions, and most importantly -- many freedoms.
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Originally Posted by Ustwo
And Ben, I scoff at how awful your health care system really is, how obnoxiously expensive, and how American liberals see it as somehow a wonderful thing.
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The US government spends as large a percentage of your national GDP as the Canadian government does. Private expendatures on health care in Canada are 3 times less than the USA. Canada's GDP is less than the USA's.
In what way is Canadian health care obnoxiously expensive?
You do realize that the USA spends more dollars on health care paper work than Canada spends on health care? And not by a small margin.
Find out how much your neighbourhood hospital spends on billing paperwork.
On average, Canadian health care seems to be as efficient or more efficient as US health care, based off infant mortality, life expectancy, survival from heart attacks and cancer and stroke, etc. Last I checked, US system seems to be better for heart attacks, while Canada was better for Cancer.