“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” ~Plato
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1) One of the biggest reasons Canada can afford it's $hitty national health plan is because it doesn't have to pay for a national defense. We do that for them. And yes, there health care is garbage. If you're sick, seriously sick, you get help fast. But try sitting for 12 hours on a weekend with a screaming infant on your lap, in a French only speaking ER because your child has an ear infection and your Dr. is nowhere to be found.
2) Immigration? Last time I checked, there wasn't much problem of illegal immigrants sneaking into Canada from the US. What issues do they have there?
3) "With far fewer lending excesses, Canada didn’t really have a housing bust or a credit crisis to recover from."
Are they kidding? I don't think the real estate market in Canada even lends itself to the type of crappy loans our government forced Fannie and Freddie to make in pursuit of the American Dream. Most of the real estate markets in Canada are set near major economic hubs so that people who own homes, actually have the jobs they need to pay for them. Duh...
What a load!
Everything you need to know about Canada:
It’s north of North Dakota.
Let’s all ask Mark Steyn about Freedom of Speech in Canada. There is NO SUCH THING! You are arrested and severely fined for speaking simple truths.
Basically, we need something like the USA right on our borders.
You put thought into that Tangled... great list. Thanks for sharing.
Agree with you....What a barf inducing bit of crapola.
“””3 ways America should be more like Canada”””
1. More of that Maple Syrup.
2. Excellent big game hunting.
3. Much cooler climate. (ridiculous heat/humidity in the
south)
That’s about it.
--you go to the States!
The Mexicans don't want to learn French, so they stay here...
The money quote:
"In Canada, the banking system was not used as a means of channeling subsidized credit to a favored political constituency, so there was no need to tolerate instability."
Hmmmm. How to engage that in PC talk?
Redlined neighborhoods were redlined for a reason, and it was not racial, even if those demographics coincided.
Had the Government not forced the banks to make loans in those areas, there would have been far less need for any bailouts.
“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” ~Plato
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1. One of the biggest reasons Canada can afford its national health plan is that it doesn't provide very much health care at all (in comparison to the U.S.). It's easier to get a CAT scan for your pet than for yourself, for example. If that's fine by them, that's fine by me.
2. There's a remarkable reason why Canada's military expenditures is so low, and this is something that ought to resonate with conservatives here in the U.S.: Canada's federal government has very little power. Amazing at it may seem, Canada actually functions today a lot like the U.S. probably would have ended up if the Confederacy had won the Civil War. Most of the political power is vested in the provincial governments (the provinces run their own health care systems, for example), and for most Canadians, Ottawa is just a nice city on the banks of the Ottawa River with lots of British architecture.
3. The point about the housing bubble is right on. Canada has strict lending standards and a very heavily regulated banking system. Canada also doesn't have the mortgage interest tax deduction, which means homeowners aren't given a major tax incentive to borrow as much money as possible against their homes.
In Canada as I understand it mortgages must be re done every 5 years!!! I lived in Canada for 3 years...don’t get me started
You are confusing illegal immigration with legal immigration. Canada has a far superior system of legal immigration. Unfortunately, the author conflates the US guest worker programs with permanent legal immigration. Here is what he said:
But the whole issue of immigration is far less politicized, and there’s a broad understanding that skilled foreign workers help the economy. Canada actually recruits immigrants, part of a deliberate effort to attract talented foreigners most likely to contribute to economic growth. In the United States, the quota for skilled immigrants is far below the number U.S. firms would hire if they could get them. Despite appeals from many businesses, Congress is paralyzed on reforms that would let more skilled immigrants in, partly because that issue gets conflated with separate reforms aimed at stemming the flow of unskilled illegals.
Canada has a merit based system for permanent legal immigration. We have a kinship system for the 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants who enter annually. An estimated 12% of legal immigrants are merit based--the rest is based on sponsorship from family members, i.e, chain migration. 20% of legal permanent immigrants lack even a high school degree. 87% of them are minorities as classified by the USG.
We bring in 650,000 guest workers a year on temporary work visas. We would not need most guest worker programs if we went to a merit based immigration system.
The vast majority of US legal immigrants come from the Third World. They are changing this country demographically and electorally. Immigrants and minorities vote more than two to one Democrat. In 1970 one in 21 in this country was foreign born; today it is one in 8, the highest in 90 years; and within a decade it will be one in 7, the highest in our history. Since 1990 over 25 million legal immigrants have entered the US during the two highest decades of immigration in US history.
The current breakdown in Canada is
76.7% European
14.2% Asian
4.3% Aboriginal
2.9% Black
1.2% Latin American
0.5% Multiracial
0.3% Other
To all- please ping me to Canadian topics.
Canada Ping!
I do enjoy being in Canada when I am there, and it has a lot to commend it. But Canada does not have many of the problems the US has. The ethnic make-up is not as varied. The population is much smaller. On the other hand, the taxes are high (something the lib writer I am sure approves of) and everything - and I mean everything - is more expensive.
Yes and they forgot to mention that Canada only has about a 39 million population so its a little easier to administer a national health program.
They don’t have 20 million illegal unskilled Mexicans sucking off the welfare system and clogging the schools with their kids while they pay no taxes to help support it.
I especially love the part of the article where the guy says the US probably won’t be adopting a Parliamentary style of govt anytime soon. Duh. We have a little thing called the Constitution to abide by.
I have to say though that the guy is right about Canadian debt. They also handle their banking system better.
from the article:
There’s less hostility toward immigrants. Canada, like the United States, has limits on the number of foreigners it allows into the country to work. But the whole issue of immigration is far less politicized, and there’s a broad understanding that skilled foreign workers help the economy.
Canada actually recruits immigrants, part of a deliberate effort to attract talented foreigners most likely to contribute to economic growth. In the United States, the quota for skilled immigrants is far below the number U.S. firms would hire if they could get them. Despite appeals from many businesses,
Congress is paralyzed on reforms that would let more skilled immigrants in, partly because that issue gets conflated with separate reforms aimed at stemming the flow of unskilled illegals.
4. Get Rid of Justin Bieber.
And BTW...to all you folks in the Great White North:
We should put unnecessary u’s in words like labour and favour?
