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And obviously being much smarter and more gracious about it too.
Face it. The only capitalism problem that Canada has is that so many American capitalists like yourself are jealous of seeing Canada finally getting ahead in the world. You begrudge the fact that Canada is the leading and most reliable supplier of cheap oil to America while being the leading importer of American goods and pumping money into your American economy.
That makes your lack of graciousness America's problem, not Canada's problem, and it makes you look like an immature, whining sore loser. Get over it and deal with it.
Another misconception gets blown out of the water.
The money is flowing out of Canada into the USA.
Canada is the leading market for goods exported from 34 states and the second leading market for goods from a further 11 states. The USA exports more goods and services to Canada than to any other individual country – more than to Japan and Mexico combined.
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Ah, but Mexico exports their poor people to the USA.
Trade borders with us, Canada, and see how well you do. Ready for trilingualism?
Jim Flaherty, Mark Carney step up to object to U.S. banking rule
Jim Flaherty, Canada’s federal finance minister, added his voice Monday to a chorus of complaints about a key plank of banking reform in the United States.
In a strongly worded letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Mr. Flaherty said the Volcker rule “could have material adverse effects on Canadian financial institutions and markets.”
The finance minister said he is “particularly concerned that the proposed rule could severely impact the liquidity of Canadian government debt markets and interfere with the risk management practices of banks in Canada.”
Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney also stepped forward on the last day of a comment period on the controversial Volcker Rule, which has drawn sharp criticism from senior officials around the world.
In a letter to U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, Mr. Carney proposed changes to the legislation that would exempt Canada from two of the most controversial elements including restrictions on trading government bonds. It would also leave risk assessment largely in the hands of this country’s banking regulator.
“I would urge you, in finalising these rules, to take into consideration the interconnectedness of the Canadian and U.S. financial systems, the potential for unintended impacts on the Canadian financial system and the possibility that the rule, as currently drafted, could reduce global financial resilience rather than increase it,” said Mr. Carney, who is also chairman of the global Financial Stability Board
Source: Jim Flaherty, Mark Carney step up to object to U.S. banking rule | FP Street | News | Financial Post
Seems Canada, Japan and the UK see a major flaw in this new econmic Reform plan and it is Bad for all countries including the US and average ameircans.... Which makes no sense as to why it would go ahead if it not only hurts close westren allies but also the U.S. itself...
Ah, but Mexico exports their poor people to the USA.
Trade borders with us, Canada, and see how well you do. Ready for trilingualism?
So what? Who's fault is that? You made it so easy for them so what did you expect? And what's your point in complaining to Canada about America's problems with poor Mexican people?
What does America's inability to guard and control it's short little southern border responsibly have to do with Canada? Nothing. So tell me why I should care.
I think you're plucking at straws, you don't seem to have had anything significant to say in any of your posts here.
You haven't travelled to many cities then if the DTES (all 5 blocks of it) is the worst district of any city you've been in. And nobody wanders into the DTES. Lookyloos go looking for it hoping to score some drugs.
Citywide riot?
In all of Vancouver's history there has never been a citywide riot. The riot you referred to was concentrated within an area of 4 blocks in the downtown business core. The downtown business core has more than 200 blocks in it and citywide Vancouver is comprised of around 3,000 blocks or more.
If you're going to exaggerate about stuff like that then what other kinds of things do you exaggerate about, and can anything you say be trusted to be factual?
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We stayed at the Fairmont Pacific Rim and that five block area was less than a 15 minute walk from the hotel. As soon as you get through Gas Town you're there. The only other city that has a skid row that feels that threatening is L.A. and a tourist cannot happen upon that one like you can in Vancouver.
Still, like I said, it's a great city. Probably top ten for quality of life.
Sorry if I offended you Canada. I am the original poster, but actually don't know what the post means necessarily. I meant it as a compliment.
I love the Alberta Rockies, and Montreal is a lot of fun.
I like how bathrooms & restrooms are call washrooms in Canada. Generally, I neither bathe nor rest in the washroom.
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And obviously being much smarter and more gracious about it too.
Face it. The only capitalism problem that Canada has is that so many American capitalists like yourself are jealous of seeing Canada finally getting ahead in the world. You begrudge the fact that Canada is the leading and most reliable supplier of cheap oil to America while being the leading importer of American goods and pumping money into your American economy.
That makes your lack of graciousness America's problem, not Canada's problem, and it makes you look like an immature, whining sore loser. Get over it and deal with it.
Sorry if I offended you Canada. I am the original poster, but actually don't know what the post means necessarily. I meant it as a compliment.
I love the Alberta Rockies, and Montreal is a lot of fun.
I like how bathrooms & restrooms are call washrooms in Canada. Generally, I neither bathe nor rest in the washroom.
Well then I apologize if I have offended you too. I have become more sensitive in the past 3 or 4 years to many of the unwarranted complaints, criticisms, crude name calling, ignorant propoganda, innuendo and threats towards Canada by several bigoted Americans that I've seen posting here and on other websites. As evidenced by some of the uninformed and rude posts made in this topic and my responses here you can see I have just gotten fed up with such ignorance and bigotry and decided not to be polite about it anymore.
I'm not trying to be anti-American but I hope you will understand that to most Canadians it isn't really a compliment to compare Canada with America. There are far too many differences and disparities between the two countries' respective governments, people and ideals for there to be any comparison and I think that most Americans don't understand nor want to understand or respect those differences. So if you say you were intending your post to be a compliment then I'll take your word for it and I appreciate your apology and once again I apologize for offending you too.
It's funny how much the Right in America rips on Canada as being this socialist bastion of 'wannabe communism'. Yet those retards can't even begin to explain why Canada is so much a more safe, stable, and prosperous country than America.
Sure they say they are cowards and only doing better because they won't 'make the hard decisions like America will', but really this is just talk-radio/Faux News blather that doesn't really address any real issue. This is what you get America when you let a few uber-wealthy at the top brainwash you!
To be fair, the oil allows them to do a lot for their citizens that they normally wouldn't be able to. But I do agree somewhat with the way Canada runs things.
I have a close Canadian friend (former flame), and I think in the past, Canada and the US were much more similar, up until about WWII.
After WWII, Canada started being "neutral" in world affairs and didn't want to be seen as a "tag along" to the new American juggernaut. They also started drifting more "European" in their social outlook and political style.
Take her for example. She is half German, half Laotian, and in my opinion got the best of both worlds. She was socially conservative but didn't shout and say that the majority of the "damn liberals" were bad, they just had different views. She was under stated, and didn't take any bull. In other words, most conservatives in Canada mind their own business.
In the US, such relationships were very rare at the time. In fact, in many parts, still is, and even worse, taboo.
I think she summarizes what Canadians have to offer. They value education over hockey. Their health care system pays for treatment of an auto-immune disease she has, something that would bankrupt her parents if she were growing up here. People for the most part mind their own damn business and don't try to legislate who can sleep with who or waste money doing such nonsense.
Those are the real reasons why Canada is so well off. Smarter in general. Oil is only part of the equation. Kuwait is also oil rich, but you don't see their people innovating or doing as well as Canada.
Their markets are more regulated and in general are out there to protect their own people. Like outlawing high fructose corn syrup. Ugh. What a mongolian cluster f- that is in the US. I can go on but I think I made my point.
I think you are on to something here, is it possable they trust their government more to look after there best interests? I don't think we can here in the U.S.
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I don't think we can here in the U.S.
