[Leeann]

I agree - though I live in the US, we are on the Manitoba border, have many Canadian friends and go there often. No one I know even speaks French.I think this health care thing is overblown too - just because we wish to be better, doesn't necessarily make it so. My husband waited 7 months here to see a neurologist while fighting the insurance co here - my canadian friend waited 2 days. My Canadian friends are anything but poor - huge new homes. I don't wish to be Canadian, and I also don't wish to see things made to look worse than they are, just to make a point.

[ppaul]

My Canadian friends are anything but poor - huge new homes.

The elitist bourgeoisie almost always laud socialism.
It's so much better for the unwashed masses, eh?

[VOA]

My Canadian friends are anything but poor - huge new homes.

As much as I love my Canadian uncle, some things he's said point out one of the
few things that irk me about Canada.

He told me (and I think he believed it): "All Americans care about is money!"

It wasn't until a few years later that I found that Canadians had one of
the highest levels of MONEY stashed away in their saving accounts and personal belongings
of any country.

Hypocrisy is the one trait of Canada that I dislike the least.
And I dislike it in Americans (and myself) as well.
Also, their hate-crimes (and though-police) movement is disturbing...and I don't like
our Supreme Court looking to Canada for legal precedence.

Otherwise, I love their clean cities, beautiful countryside and civilized living.

[Timesink]

No one I know even speaks French.

This is one of the Canadian liberal sneering canards I love most: That all Canadians are bilingual and speak both French and English fluently because they're just so darn loving and inclusive. Bullcrap.

[Timesink]

My husband waited 7 months here to see a neurologist while fighting the insurance co here - my canadian friend waited 2 days.

Keep in mind that your husband didn't wait seven months because of a lack of neurologists in the US; he waited because his insurance company is run by scumbags. Your Canadian friend was lucky enough to need a medical service that was in ready supply wherever he/she happened to be living. If it had been a service that was in short supply, no amount of insurance, Canadian government largesse or money would have allowed him/her to get the necessary treatment in time, even if it were a life-or-death situation.

Well, okay, money would have worked, if they'd had enough to drive into the US and pay full price out of pocket for US medical care.

Put most succinctly (and greatly oversimplifying, I admit), Canadian health care tends to be very good at taking care of run-of-the-mill, day to day medical needs - colds, broken bones, stuff that can be fixed with an office visit and a prescription or a couple hours in an emergency room - and anywhere from scattershot to horrific at dealing with the really serious stuff that can kill you.

My Canadian friends are anything but poor - huge new homes.

There's no such thing as a poor Canadian?