Difference: US vs Canada

[August1991]

1. Canada is Catholic. US is Protestant.

2. Canada manages money. US does not.

3. Canada never fights one another. US has a bloody Civil War.

[NAME REMOVED]

2 hours ago, August1991 said:

1. Canada is Catholic. US is Protestant.

Only French Canada has been majority Catholic. English Canada was Protestant.

[August1991]

On 12/23/2024 at 6:59 AM, DUI_Offender said:

Only French Canada has been majority Catholic. English Canada was Protestant.

John S. Macdonald, Catholic, was the first premier of Ontario.

We Canadians cross lines. get along.

[August1991]

Our first Catholic federal PM was not Laurier, it was an Anglophone:

John Thompson

[Mathieub]

I would say that main difference between the US and Canada is that the US is more populist. Which mean, the society with no service for the citizen and full service for the people.

[Michael Hardner]

4 hours ago, Mathieub said:

I would say that main difference between the US and Canada is that the US is more populist. Which mean, the society with no service for the citizen and full service for the people.

It's actually that they are more suspicious of authority. Not exactly the same as populist, because the right kind of elitist can manipulate these themes to ascend.

[Moonlight Graham]

On 12/23/2024 at 3:59 AM, August1991 said:

2. Canada manages money. US does not.

Canadian provinces?  Canadian bank accounts?

[CdnFox]

On 12/23/2024 at 12:59 AM, August1991 said:

 

3. Canada never fights one another. US has a bloody Civil War.

Sure.  Cough(plainsofabraham)Cough  

I get why you would want to forget the war your side lost so badly, but that doesn't' mean it didn't happen. 

 

[herbie]

On 12/26/2024 at 5:34 AM, Michael Hardner said:

It's actually that they are more suspicious of authority

Kind of a product of their founding.
They see govt as an authority while we see it more as a figurehead and service provider.

[August1991]

On 12/26/2024 at 4:14 AM, Mathieub said:

I would say that main difference between the US and Canada is that the US is more populist. Which mean, the society with no service for the citizen and full service for the people.

I tend to agree.

Americans seem to understand that there's no one else.

[August1991]

On 12/26/2024 at 4:14 AM, Mathieub said:

I would say that main difference between the US and Canada is that the US is more populist. Which mean, the society with no service for the citizen and full service for the people.

We manage our money -banking system- far better than Americans.

And we get along.

[August1991]

Americans? We could not wish for better neighbours.

And you Americans? You are lucky to have us to the north.

[Aristides]

On 12/26/2024 at 11:59 PM, CdnFox said:

Sure.  Cough(plainsofabraham)Cough  

I get why you would want to forget the war your side lost so badly, but that doesn't' mean it didn't happen. 

 

That war was just part of a global conflict between two European colonial powers, Not between Canadians.

[CdnFox]

6 hours ago, Aristides said:

That war was just part of a global conflict between two European colonial powers, Not between Canadians.

They weren't Canadians yet but it was a war between Canadians. The name would change but the people didn't. Swing and a miss.

Also like a month and a half old  

Edited February 3 by CdnFox

[SpankyMcFarland]

Larger countries focus more on internal politics. It’s difficult for a foreign policy issue to gain traction in America, China or India. They just don’t hear it as much. 

[August1991]

On 2/3/2025 at 7:59 AM, Aristides said:

That war was just part of a global conflict between two European colonial powers, Not between Canadians.

Global?

Nothing of the sort - except in Wikipedia and the Angloworld, Quebec.

The Seven Years War was a typical fight in Europe: whoeveria against whateverstan: Prussians against Austria.

As it happens, Britain sided with Prussia - it won. France sided with Austria - it lost.

In 1763, there were two treaties: one important signed in Saxony, and another signed in a city south of Paris.

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Margaret Thatcher made an important remark about the English, the British.

Whatever happens in Europe, the English tend to choose the opposing side

 

[August1991]

On 2/3/2025 at 7:59 AM, Aristides said:

That war was just part of a global conflict between two European colonial powers, Not between Canadians.

I agree that Canada was, as they say, collateral damage.

Fifth Business.

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In 1763, there were about 60,000 Europeans in New France - about half were males.

Until 1860 or so, no ship arrived from France. (The British allowed ships from Ireland with Catholics but no ship from France.)

Quebec French family names are easy to identify.

[August1991]

You Americans have a problem with race, skin colour.

We Canadians have a problem with language.

[Nationalist]

Americans revere independence. 

Canadians revere socialism.

[CdnFox]

4 hours ago, Nationalist said:

Americans revere independence. 

Canadians revere socialism.

Eastern Canadians revere socialism. 

[Nationalist]

2 hours ago, CdnFox said:

Eastern Canadians revere socialism. 

OK...I'll go along with that...in general.

[herbie]

[Barquentine]

3 hours ago, CdnFox said:

Eastern Canadians revere socialism.

What Canadians, east and west, revere is good government, which in this age is a mix of basic freedoms, capitalism, and socialized programs that benefit the many and protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. These are thing you'll find in almost every every rich democracy.

[CdnFox]

6 hours ago, Barquentine said:

What Canadians, east and west, revere is good government, which in this age is a mix of basic freedoms, capitalism, and socialized programs that benefit the many and protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. These are thing you'll find in almost every every rich democracy.

There is a very marked difference between what easterners and westerners revere.  Of course this is 'generally speaking' but it's accurate. 

Easterners on average have a MUCH higher tolerance for corruption and lies. Look at trudeau and the liberal party and the support they've enjoyed there. 

Easterners do NOT want basic freedoms. They want highly restricted freedoms and they wish to control what others do. Right down to what they can say on the internet.  

Westerners do want personal freedoms. They want smaller gov't, less red tape, less interference. 

Easterners want the gov't to provide.  They want the gov't to take money from people and spend it on optional things like DEI programs in africa. 

Westerners say if you like that kind of stuff donate to a charity that does it, but don't take from everyone else who doesn't believe in it. 

Westerners believe parents should raise kids. Easterners think that the state should,  and this goes back to the 'beer and popcorn' commets almost 20 years ago and continues to this very day, 

The difference between east and west is night and day. 

[herbie]

16 hours ago, CdnFox said:

There is a very marked difference between what easterners and westerners revere

Bullshit.
You obviously prefer your own opinion over reality.

As shown in your foolish statement that Eastern Canadians prefer socialism more than Western ones and have a higher tolerance for corruption. What an asinine statement to make.