99 reasons why it’s better to be Canadian

Maclean's ^ | JUNE 28, 2013

[oldweesie]

Try and keep up sweetheart. The section of the Human Rights legislation you refer to has been repealed.

Most Canadians weren’t even aware it existed.

[driftless2]

"weren't aware it existed"

Then you obviously weren't paying attention. Pull your head out of the poutine. Try to keep up sweetheart.

[oldweesie]

Sorry. Never eaten poutine in my life. Cabbage rolls and perogies, yes, but poutine is a Quebec specialty. Tortiere, on the other hand, also a Quebec specialty, especially around Christmas time, is to die for.

Most Canadians,I think, were aware of Human Rights legislation, which was meant to give people some recourse if they were refused rental space solely because they were the wrong colour, but that particular clause, not so much.

[driftless2]

Yes, but are Canadian rights “given” by the state, or are they assumed to be natural rights like in the U.S.? If they’re not assumed to be natural, those kinds of fascist laws can return very easily. Not that the leftists in the U.S. wouldn’t try such things...they will. We have “hate” crimes here in the U. S. But as yet it’s still a little more difficult to throw someone in the pokey for speaking their mind than most other places.

[beef]

“one more bit of evidence that a lot of Americans know nothing”

Your post is evidence that some Canadians have no sense of humor. And maybe a little inferiority complex.

[oldweesie]

So, Yanks are attempting to be “funny” when they repeat ad nauseum this meme about Canada’s population hugging the border with the USA? Could have fooled me. I’ve read that so many times I long ago lost count, and it seems to be a sincerely held belief that for some reason we have chosen to settle as close as possible to American territory.

The population distribution has nothing to do with a country that didn’t even exist at the time many of the settlements were established. But it does have everything to do with the location of rivers and arable land.