Things that make Canada Great

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)
  
  

Published on: 2004-08-05 (67984 reads)