Is anyone else not proud of being Canadian?

Canada has an amazing culture, if you look for it. We're overwhelmed by American culture, which has much better "soundbites". Some parts of Canadian culture that are cool, especially for such a relatively small country: * We invented the UN peacekeepers. * We provide refuge to many people who are persecuted in their native countries. * Our system of law will not allow frivolous litigation culture to develop. * Our health care system is the envy of many countries. Things that are Canadian that are awesome: donairs, Nanaimo bars, Smarties, Keith's, Molson's, Joni Mitchell, Anne Murray, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morrisette, Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner!CodingGenius

The problem with providing refuge to "the persecuted" is that we often get stuck with criminals from other countries. Like here in montreal we have ALOT of gang problems and alot of the members are people from haiti who came to canada. Also, some people who come to Canada get their citizenship and then collect social welfare, but they move back to their own country without telling anyone and keep on collecting the welfare money. I'm not against immigration as long as they are productive members to society and they don't burden the rest of the population.

And Anne Murray....dude cmon....

im so happy to be a Canadian. how can u not like the timmys, pancakes, maplesyrup, the coldness lol. i love it. i wanna ride a moose one day

[QUOTE="CodingGenius"]Canada has an amazing culture, if you look for it. We're overwhelmed by American culture, which has much better "soundbites". Some parts of Canadian culture that are cool, especially for such a relatively small country: * We invented the UN peacekeepers. * We provide refuge to many people who are persecuted in their native countries. * Our system of law will not allow frivolous litigation culture to develop. * Our health care system is the envy of many countries. Things that are Canadian that are awesome: donairs, Nanaimo bars, Smarties, Keith's, Molson's, Joni Mitchell, Anne Murray, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morrisette, Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner!TEH_RADIO

The problem with providing refuge to "the persecuted" is that we often get stuck with criminals from other countries. Like here in montreal we have ALOT of gang problems and alot of the members are people from haiti who came to canada. Also, some people who come to Canada get their citizenship and then collect social welfare, but they move back to their own country without telling anyone and keep on collecting the welfare money. I'm not against immigration as long as they are productive members to society and they don't burden the rest of the population.

And Anne Murray....dude cmon....

im so happy to be a Canadian. how can u not like the timmys, pancakes, maplesyrup, the coldness lol. i love it. i wanna ride a moose one day

hiphopballer

We get ripped off for internet, phone, cable. Poutines are not that great. We got no military. Our accent is the plainest. We don't have a culture. I don't see what there is to be proud of here. Someone want to explain why they're proud to be Canadian?

unholymight

Canada has an amazing culture, if you look for it. We're overwhelmed by American culture, which has much better "soundbites". Some parts of Canadian culture that are cool, especially for such a relatively small country: * We invented the UN peacekeepers. * We provide refuge to many people who are persecuted in their native countries. * Our system of law will not allow frivolous litigation culture to develop. * Our health care system is the envy of many countries. Things that are Canadian that are awesome: donairs, Nanaimo bars, Smarties, Keith's, Molson's, Joni Mitchell, Anne Murray, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morrisette, Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner!CodingGenius

[QUOTE="BaraChat"]

I'm from Quebec (well actually I'm Lebanese but still)

I'm not extremely proud and I'm not "not proud".

Canada is a great place. People are mostly peaceful even if they whine a lot about everything (especially in Quebec). They usually don't like war and violence. It's a pretty safe place to stay. We're pretty much off-the-radar in international affairs. We don't have much to say.

And, even though many people won't admit it, Canadians are SO glad the Americans are the most powerful country on earth. Canada feels protected by the USA. I'd bet an arm we wouldn't be so "peaceful" if we didn't have the most powerful army/economy in the world a few hours drive away.

We're not that different from the US of A, the music is pretty much the same, people love hockey and Canadian Football (which is not THAT bad, but it's not nearly as great as the NFL, even if it fines every player for every possible reason) instead of baseball and basketball. The American Way of Life has pretty much impregnated Canada as a whole.

And by the way, Poutine is exquisite. And it's from Quebec.

Dylan_11