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This type or rant is common in Canada. Canadians base their national pride on loose connections to important contributions to mankind from generations ago.

Lay down your cell phones. Canadians brag endlessly about Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone in Brantford, Ont.
Bell was Scottish and grew up in Brantford. He invented the phone in the U.S. But this author believes Americans must give up telephones if they want to boycott Canadian products. Someone should tell him that Canada isn't a major manufacturer of telephones in the world market.

Canada may have had a hand in some big accomplishments, but their exploitation (hence economic gain) were never significant in Canada. Like the Canadian celebrities, many migrated to the U.S. where the brass ring is solid and not plated.

anyone have a list of products for a Canadian boycott? I know most Chrysler minivans are produced in Canada.

[Grampa Dave]

Canada is becoming as much of a PIA as their role model, France.

Their economy is sinking like their role model, France's with the socialism and PCism of their government.

It may be time to start boycotting them.

We could start with any beer that comes from Canada. Just buy American beers.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Bumping.

Wanting to watch the list accumulate.

[Jeff Head]

This guy is an idiot, trying to convince other idiots of his idiotic reasoning and illogic.

But his dog won't hunt ... in fact, it doesn't even sound like he has a dog.

Winning Iraqi Freedom

[Renfield]

"...Not only are the best beers sold in the United States from Canada.."--

This chap needs to brush up on his beer knowledge. With the admitted exception of the world-class beers from Unibroue (which is indeed a Canadian brewery, but so obscure that most Americans haven't heard of it), Canadian beers are generic and uninspired. Belgian beers are far-and-away the world's best, and British, Scottish, German, American West-coast, and Czech beers are, on average, way above Canadian brews. Heck, even the French are better brewers.

[Chi-townChief]

I think this boy's a little confused about how a boycott would work.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Diana Krall, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne

Okey doke - can do. Especially since I don't listen to them anyway. Anything else I can do to help??

[Billthedrill]

I'm sure all this is true, but to my taste it's just as irrelevant as the "a black man invented the traffic signal" stuff we get every February. One does not boycott inventions, after all, one boycotts products.

As for the important part of the article, beer, the truth is that the large majority of Canadian beers have fallen into the same lamentable trap as their American competitors - going for bulk in production, sales, and profits by turning out weak, gassy, straw-colored crap that doesn't change a great deal between the time it's poured and the time it's flushed. There are exceptions, but LaBatt's, Molson's, and Moosehead aren't among them. Uncle Jack's was pretty good but I haven't seen any in years.

Czech beer for me. Some of the Japanese lagers are excellent (German enclaves in Kamakura and Sapporo got them going between the wars). I don't care if ze Chermans haff elected a government full of soiled-diaper babies, their beer is excellent. But if you want the best, brew your own.

[3AngelaD]

If you'd like to buy products made in Bush-friendly Spain, instead, I highly recommend tienda.com, which has some of the most scrumptious stuff available on line. I am particularly fond of their garlic mayonaise.

[KneelBeforeZod]

Beyond people who have met canadians, and can tell you about the big US canada rivalry that only canadians are aware of... is there any more proof needed that no one in the US cares about Canada, than the fact they don't even rate a boycott?

[Dr. Luv]

Mark this one under sarcasm - some of us here need to take a valium and stop looking for reasons to hate Canadians...

[eBelasco]

http://www.canadianembassy.org/trade/wltr-en.asp

"Canada Is the United States' Leading Foreign Source of Energy

Canada's energy exports to the United States totalled $35 billion in 2001. Exports included $17 billion in natural gas, $10 billion in crude petroleum, and $6 billion in petroleum and coal products. In addition, Canada supplied close to 100% of U.S. electricity imports, worth $2 billion. Canadian forest product exports amounted to $20 billion and included $6 billion in softwood lumber and $5 billion in newsprint. The United States also purchased $8 billion in airplanes, their engines and parts; $4 billion in aluminum and aluminum alloys; and $3 billion in office machines."

[Under the Radar]

No more divas. Celine Dion, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette, Diana Krall, Nelly Furtado, Avril Lavigne all have one more thing in common than high Billboard charts -- they're all Canadian.

AGREE!!

[Dengar01]

Not only are the best beers sold in the United States from Canada

That is a matter of opinion. I find the best beers to be those made in Wisconsin.

There are more holes in the argument of this article than swiss cheese.

[AmishDude]

Bell was Scottish and grew up in Brantford. He invented the phone in the U.S.

When Andrew Wiles proved Fermat's Last Theorem, a British mathematician expressed pride that he was an Englishman working in the US. The American mathematician expressed pride that he was an Englishman working in the US.

[geedee]

You would think even this jackass would know that now is not the time to taunt us. BS articles like this will only motivate even more of us to get pissed off.

[gcruse]

You boycott what is coming out of the country right now, not something they did in the past. Your failure to understand this resonates with the problem your country has right now. The fact that we have done things side by side in the past has been worn down to nothing by what is coming out of Ottawa right now. No soup for you, MacGregor.

[Koblenz]

If I use a cellphone, Canadians don't benefit in any way, so no need to boycott, if that's your goal... Pasteurization was developed in France, but no one is saying don't drink milk either. This article is silly and non-logical. My questions is: if all these things were developed in Canada, and I have no doubt they weren't, how come Canada can't benefit? Why when something become economically successful does it find a new home south of the border?

[Minutemen]

Lord! how are we gonna survive without the above mentioned Canadian products?? Seriously though, I heard on the news the other day that the All American candy- "Lifesavers" are no longer being produced in the U.S.
Production is being moved to Canada. Our older Dodge Caravan has a placard that indicates that it was assembled in Canada. You will be surprised at how many old American brand name products are now produced in Canada.
Lesson: Always Read The Labels of Manufactured Origins.