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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (170)	1/15/2005 10:04:44 PM
From: fresc	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42652

higher taxes, yes! We have 36m people in a country larger than yours. You think Infrastucture is going to cost a bit more to maintain. EHH! Like I said You have never been to Canada! Here are some things which make Canada such a great country: Great variety in seasons Great world-wide reputation with other countries We invented Hockey We invented Basketball We invented the telephone We invented cable T.V. There are over 2 million Canadian patents We are one of the G-7 countries We are a part of NATO We are a part of NAFTA We are one of the only countries that can put up with Americans We have a low crime rate Canada doesn't have the highest national debt (The U.S. does, ha!) We have a slightly lower debt per-capita than the U.S. We can understand American-English. (Well most of us anyway) Canadians are polite Canada is easy to spell Canada is easy to pronounce We have one of the top education systems Canada has one of the fastest growing populations in the world Canada introduced peace-keeping Our government pays for medicine. In other words, no hospital bills We have nice cities We have clean cities We are at peace with many countries We are the leader in telephone technology We have better technology than the U.S. We made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park We are not stupid We invented refinning Canada has more clean water than any other nation Canada is a free and democratic society Hockey is Canada, Canada is hockey We know how, and when to use the word, "eh" We have two official languages, and a leader that speaks his own Unlike what many people think, Canadians are patriotic We are probably the least biased country There's a lot of famous Canadians We don't have to worry about nukes or bombs Lots of ski resorts We have the world's longest brige (P.E.I. to the mainiland) We have the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto) Most of us know what the CN Tower is for We have the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba) We are great world-leaders withour beer Canadians are 300% less likely to be murdered than Americans Economy living up to most of its potential of all G7 nations Falling crime rate We have the 'Smarties' candy unlike Americans (Very important, isn't it?) Our schools have less of a dicipline problem than American schools Canadian students rank higher than American students in Math, Science, English, ... 1/3 of Microsoft programmers come from the University of Waterloo Canadian invented the baseball glove Canadian invented insulin Canadian invented the kitchen stove Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian, James Cameron Nelvana Corp. of Toronto hired to produce all American cartoons on CBS Canadian woman second in comand at UN (American not 1st or 3rd or 4th or... in command) Canada is the only country at the Atlanta summer olympics that sent more women than men, meaning we aren't sexist Canada is one of the few countries with women in the millitary Canada has a trade surplus, unlike our southern friends Canada is slated to get rid of the deficit and debt before the U.S. Canadian music is world reknowned Unemployed Canadians receive higher welfare cheques than unemployed Americans Average life expectancy of a Canadian is 79 years, the highest in the world (U.S. is 75 years) Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver (1), Toronto (3), Montreal (15). Closest American city was Atlanta at thrity-something Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food) Women in Ontario can walk around topless legally (For men: YES! For women: Your freedoms are expanded) Canadian doctor at the Montreal General Hospital was able to map the human brain Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax (not really something to demonstrate patriotism but an interesting fact) Canada never owned slaves (there were slaves in Canada in the 18th century but they were owned by the British government) Many American slaves came secretly to Canada during the American civil war Canada receives more immigrants per capita than the U.S. (almost twice as much) Canada among most popular tourist destinations in the world Canadian universities are world-reknowned for quality education and cheap tuitions Canada is one of few countries at the UN to be apart of the security counsil, giving Canada a strong voice Canada has teh lowest crime rate among major industrialized countries Canada leads all economic powers in economic growth World's best infrastructure Very low inflation (0.9%) Falling unemployment rate Canadian social programs are unsurpassed Stocks reaching new records Major profits among Canadian companies Canada is home to the world's third largest food franchise--Fogen Frutz More medals per capita than any other country at the Atlanta Summer Olympics Canadian troops lead the invasion of Normandy Invasion planned in Quebec City by Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, and Roosevelt Canadian attack at Vimy Ridge during WWI; one of the turning points of the war You know the nuclear bombs the U.S. prides itself on? Well they get the essential uranium from Canada More drinkable water in Canada then anywhere else in the world The longest inclined tower in the world (Olympic Tower, Montreal)