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Originally Posted by Seaver
Just like America, it doesn't take long until you see the dirt beneith the shine.
Racism is as rampant in Canada as it is in America.
Their country is constantly trying to split itself apart.
Taxes are high and heath care is having troubles with overloading.
Having lived in Canada for some time, these aren't problems I'm making up. Sure, I support marajuana legalization and gay marriage. And those are some of the good things about Canada.
However they also dont face many problems we face. Rampant immigration of the poor accross the borders (which scews the infant mortality rate/etc). The price tag of being labelled the world police (we didn't simply nominate ourselves afterall). It's easy to put money elsewhere when a whopping 2% of the budget goes to the military (they know no one will attack Canada with us as their only neighbor). And all that entails being the leader of the world.
Cute article, however it's not exactly unbiased and doesnt take into account most things.
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First off... the acticle is a commentary and not all that accurate. It takes a rather naive view of Canada.
Racism is present in Canada but I would argue that it is a different flavour than what is found in the US and as such is not as entrenched or as bad as I find in the US.
I wouldn't say that our nation is "constantly trying to split itself apart". There is tension in Quebec but they growing pains. I would remind you that the US had growing pains too, except they went to war... we use a ballot box.
Taxes are high. So what? We get services for those taxes. Different approach than the US. Get over it. It works for us.
As for health care... explore any of the number of the rebuttals throughout the TFP. The system is no where near as bad as you might think.
No they aren't problems you are making up... just exagerating or not understanding.
Rampant immigration? We have a much higher rate of immigration than the US. Granted we do not have to deal with as much illegal immigration.
World police? Granted. You brought it on yourself though.
As for the 2%... true but you know the aswer to that... the only nation that would ever (and ever has) invade(d) Canada is/was the USA.