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How much do you know about Canada?
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nagina_005
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I know the health system isn't that great and it is used as and example of what we should have. No one ever mentions how long you ahve to wait for major operations in the hope that you might die before you get it or how much more in tazes the people that live there pay in order to have all these great government provided services. I almost accepted a position in Toronto util I heard about some of these policies and others.
matthewtmadden
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I also lived in Buffalo for a while. Being close to Canada had it's advantages. Toronto was only an hour away. The falls are much nicer on the Canadian side. That's not to say Buffalo isn't a bad town. The people are friendly and the Polich neighborhooRAB are exceptionall clean. I remember seeing a neighbor "shape" the snow on both side of the drive after a big snow.
I also know about Montreal where nationalism, including a mandate for French language eliminates the kind of pandering we do to people who refuse to learn English.
Canada has it's good parts and bad. The healthcare system is free but not worth much. Canadians regularly come to the US for medical care, especially when the wait for procedures can result in death. Ironically, we have free health care here too for people who use the emergency room as their normal source of health care.
They also make good highways. I'm not sure about this but they make a contractor put up a bond for 5 or 10 yrs and have to fix the road if it doesn't last. Here, road deteriorate as soon as they are paved. Part of that is due to an environmental mandate to use recycled rubber in the asphalt. Maybe the environmentalist and their grip on US politics should have a diet of recylced food.
I also know about Montreal where nationalism, including a mandate for French language eliminates the kind of pandering we do to people who refuse to learn English.
Canada has it's good parts and bad. The healthcare system is free but not worth much. Canadians regularly come to the US for medical care, especially when the wait for procedures can result in death. Ironically, we have free health care here too for people who use the emergency room as their normal source of health care.
They also make good highways. I'm not sure about this but they make a contractor put up a bond for 5 or 10 yrs and have to fix the road if it doesn't last. Here, road deteriorate as soon as they are paved. Part of that is due to an environmental mandate to use recycled rubber in the asphalt. Maybe the environmentalist and their grip on US politics should have a diet of recylced food.
Having grown up in a state that shared a northern border with Canada, I've been there several times. Mostly Alberta and British Columbia, but I also made several business trips to Toronto. My experiences were all pleasant.
In Toronto it became evident that Canada doesn't suffer from the overwhelming, religious prudity that we do in the U.S. On a business trip with a colleague, when we returned to our hotel after the first day, we began to discuss the problems of the day, possible solutions, and a plan for the following day at dinner. As our meal ended, my colleague suggested that we go down a couple of doors to a bar, have a couple of drinks, and continue our discussions. Since we were literally across the street from the airport perimeter, the name of the bar didn't register. It was called "The Landing Strip." This was a cold night in February. As we went in the door, there at the bar was a young woman in a sheer, see through blouse and a mini-mini skirt. Even that garb would subject one to arrest in the U.S. As I went on into the club, it finally got through to me that it was a strip club. It was like nothing I had ever experienced in the U.S. The stage dances, table dances, and lap dances were strips to total nudity.
We actually discussed business. At one point my colleague told me not to turn around too quickly or I could lose an eye. When I turned around I was looking at the obviously enhanced breasts of a stripper doing a lap dance for a patron at the next table. At that time I had been married for about 15 years, and while it was a pleasant experience, I had some experience with the real thing.
Anyway, my point is that Canada seems much less prudish than the U.S., probably because Canada is much less effected by fundamentalist christianity. As a result, Canadian lawmaker do not try to legislate morality.
Hooray for Canada.
In Toronto it became evident that Canada doesn't suffer from the overwhelming, religious prudity that we do in the U.S. On a business trip with a colleague, when we returned to our hotel after the first day, we began to discuss the problems of the day, possible solutions, and a plan for the following day at dinner. As our meal ended, my colleague suggested that we go down a couple of doors to a bar, have a couple of drinks, and continue our discussions. Since we were literally across the street from the airport perimeter, the name of the bar didn't register. It was called "The Landing Strip." This was a cold night in February. As we went in the door, there at the bar was a young woman in a sheer, see through blouse and a mini-mini skirt. Even that garb would subject one to arrest in the U.S. As I went on into the club, it finally got through to me that it was a strip club. It was like nothing I had ever experienced in the U.S. The stage dances, table dances, and lap dances were strips to total nudity.
We actually discussed business. At one point my colleague told me not to turn around too quickly or I could lose an eye. When I turned around I was looking at the obviously enhanced breasts of a stripper doing a lap dance for a patron at the next table. At that time I had been married for about 15 years, and while it was a pleasant experience, I had some experience with the real thing.
Anyway, my point is that Canada seems much less prudish than the U.S., probably because Canada is much less effected by fundamentalist christianity. As a result, Canadian lawmaker do not try to legislate morality.
Hooray for Canada.
While there, the broker who sold our software to the customer got us tickets to a hockey game between the last place Toronto Maple Leafs and the first place Chicago Black Hawks. We had gotten to know the evening desk clerk at the hotel and had chatted with him on a few occasions. We told him that we were going to the game. When we returned he asked about the game. I said that it appeared that the Maple Leaf's idea of setting up a play was to ice the puck and race for it. The desk clerk laughed so hard that he had to sit down.
Canadians have great humor. They can laugh at themselves.
Canadians have great humor. They can laugh at themselves.