question for people who live in canada

[larry_davis]

how much would you say is canada influenced by america's trends? culture? social circumstance, ect.
:happy2:

 

[dmp]

Canada is a suburb of Detroit.

 

[Said1]

Canada is a suburb of Detroit.

Duh. What a retard.

 

[5stringJeff]

Duh. What a retard.

No kidding. Everyone knows that Canada has been its own state since the Civil War...

 

[UnAmericanYOU]

Nice scores^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Don't live in Canada, but from what I hear, only Ontario and maybe Quebec are big government supporters.

In parts of Canada like Alberta, they are sort of equivalent to the US Midwest.

Canada has turned sharply to the right, PM Stephen Harper is following through on his campaign promises to roll back Canadian socialism.

 

[Said1]

Nice scores^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Don't live in Canada, but from what I hear, only Ontario and maybe Quebec are big government supporters.

In parts of Canada like Alberta, they are sort of equivalent to the US Midwest.

Canada has turned sharply to the right, PM Stephen Harper is following through on his campaign promises to roll back Canadian socialism.

Wrong, on all accounts.

 

[HopeandGlory]

Canada has probably been influenced by British and French culture as much as it has by American. Don't forget it's still a member of the Commonwealth.

 

[Said1]

Canada has probably been influenced by British and French culture as much as it has by American. Don't forget it's still a member of the Commonwealth.

Wow, you sure know your stuff!

The Queen is also "it's" head of state. I didn't know that until the other day.

 

[Diuretic]

Wow, you sure know your stuff!

The Queen is also "it's" head of state. I didn't know that until the other day.

 

[Said1]

WTF are you larfing at?

 

[Diuretic]

Have a Moosehead

 

[Said1]

Have a Moosehead

Never.

 

[MtnBiker]

Ok, have a Fosters. All of it here in the US is made in Canada.

 

[Diuretic]

Okay no Moose.....um.....Steam Whistle?

 

[UnAmericanYOU]

Wrong, on all accounts.

Care to elaborate>

You're in Ontario, right?

 

[Diuretic]

Creemore Springs?

Damn, people are hard to please these days? What happened to "just having a beer"?

Get me Joe the Canadian

 

[Said1]

Care to elaborate>

What you said is incorrect, on all accounts. It may seem that way from a political stand point, but politics isn't always the best indicator of a region's character. Better?

You're in Ontario, right?

Oui.

 

[UnAmericanYOU]

Thanks for the reply, but you're still confusing the hell out of me, Said1.

So,are Quebec and Ontario NOT big government supporters, or is that other provinces of Canada are big government supporters as well? And Alberta isn't too much like Kansas? Is Harper a closet liberal or is he some aberration, Canada as a whole isn't becoming more conservative?

You live there.

 

[Said1]

Thanks for the reply, but you're still confusing the hell out of me, Said1.

So,are Quebec and Ontario NOT big government supporters, or is that other provinces of Canada are big government supporters as well? And Alberta isn't too much like Kansas? Is Harper a closet liberal or is he some aberration, Canada as a whole isn't becoming more conservative?

You live there.

The liberal strong hold is (was) in Quebec and Ontario, but the big government supporters are the New Democrats - NDP. I would say the majority of their supporters are in B.C (just guessing). Most Canadians are big government supporters to a certain extent.

There was a huge scandle involving the Liberal party, a coalition was formed and the coservatives were able to break through in Quebec. They're ardent socialists, but only in a self-seriving sense, they would like the provincial government to provide not the federal government. They don't care about equalization for everyone, they care about themselves (not all of course!). Harper has allowed for Quebec representation at UNESCO, I have a BIG FREAKING problem with that, but I think that's payback..

Canada isn't becoming more conservative, it's just that no one wanted the corrupt Liberals in power, no one wanted the NDP in power and the Bloc Quebecois isn't really a national party, they don't have candidates outside of Quebec - whomever Quebec supports aside from the Bloc tends to be the winner.

Alberta is more conservative, but that's a regional thing, more than a political thing, but the premier likes to play on that - there is a lot of hostility towards the east from the west and especially now with all the new oil wealth and less dependency on equalization payments - they don't want to share as was done with them in the past. Geographically Alberta might be like Kansas, but the people are like Albertans.

Harper hasnt' done anything drasticlly different from the Liberals yet, the budget is is 1% less than the original Liberal naitonal budget - a bit more here a little less there,but nothing shocking - and he did implement a national childcare program which is a total crock of shit. I think he barely kept legislative confidence, he had a lot of backs to scratch back after the coalition was formed in order to defeat the liberal lback in September. Straying to far to the right would have been costly to his leadership.

Does that help?

 

[Diuretic]

Isn't Harper in a somewhat tenuous position though? I mean it wasn't exactly a convincing win, if memory serves me correctly. And I think the NDP did pretty well in Toronto, but then I think they took ridings from the Liberals. Again from memory the Conservatives have no ridings in Toronto proper, they do in the GTA.

For an outsider Canadian politics can be very complex - but very interesting, a long way from the dull Tweedledee and Tweedledum duopoly politics of my country.