[CaptainCanada]

Enough Already. Articles like this really irritate the hell out of me. It is pure unadulterated horsepucky. I've lived in Canada all my life (55+ years) and have also travelled extensively all over the U.S.. 1. Canadians generally like Americans more than they do Canadians in other Provinces. 2. There are a minority of Canadians who dislike America - and this has always been the case. Empire Loyalists (e.g. Canadians of Brit decent were always fearful Canadians would want to break ties with Mother England and join the U.S. Republic.. 3. True, a majority of Canadians now agree with the Canadian Gov't in not joining the coalition of the willing in Iraq - but there's a similar portion of Americans who also question that decision. 4. Yes, most Canadians do resent certain heavy handed U.S. Administration actions (foreign policy or trade(e.g. the softwood lumber dispute)), but they're smart enough to differentiate specific disputes from their feelings toward America and the American people in general. Knowing how MOST Canadians feel about Americans and America in general (not necessarily any particular Administration), I'm suspicious that there are those (like the writer of the article), who want to drive a wedge between Canadians and Americans for some unknown purpose. Canada and Canadians are generally highly regarded internationally and the fact that there is no other country in the world where America and Americans are loved and respected as much as in Canada and since we should know America best (being its next door neighbour), that fact should be of some discomfort to America's real enemies. So it would be in the interest of America's enemies to get us to spread hate and falsehoods about one another in the hope that eventually all this crap could become a self-fullfilling prophecy. By printing and repeating this kind of erroneous crap, you are helping America's enemies...

[Fair Go]

Seems like the author of the article, who incidentally was a very well educated university professor, has really a raw nerve.

[BluH2o]

#1 Canadians generally like Americans more than they do Canadians in other Provinces.

Good point ... speaking as a former Canadian, now U.S. citizen (I didn't sneak across the border ... then wait around for some amnesty program ... all done on the up & up, very legally ... thank you) I would concur. My visits back to Canada, especially when I drive my car with a U.S. license, seem to be appreciated ... as I'm treated as a visiting tourist. Canadians like tourists, particularly Americans, and even in Quebec will go out of their way to be accommodating. This is even more evident in the early summer months while everyone is still bright eyed and bushy tailed ... than later when the tourism thing starts to get old ... which happens in any area where tourism dollars are important to the local economy ... not just Canada. Canadians and Americans will always have differences ... but nowhere on this planet do two neighboring nations have such a long unprotected border. There's mutual respect for one another by both nations.

[Tribune7]

There are a minority of Canadians who dislike America

There is a minority of Americans who dislike America too. In all fairness to the writer his opinion seems to be based on dealings with his fellow academics. He would hear just about the same views at most U.S. universities.

[JeffersonRepublic.com]

"...there is no other country in the world where America and Americans are loved and respected as much as in Canada..."

That's a very nice thing to say, and the feelings run both ways. You might not be able to tell from the writings on this board, but an American could have no better neighbor then a Canadian.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Yeah, I spent over six months in Canada (1994) and been there lots of times since. (Remember those Molson ads gloating about the Blue Jays World Series victories, by any chance? The foil was a hapless American tourist.)

The Canadian chattering classes are definitely anti-American, but so are the American chattering classes. Tie

Canadians in general, it seems to me, often harbor a resentment of the United States and do feel morally superior. In part this is because of the history of race relations in this country. Since Canada has historically been monolithically Northern European (the Francophones'll take what we give 'em) they have no real basis for comparison.


Basically, Canada is Minnesota without electoral votes.