How much does our nieghbor to the south actually know about us? I mean the guy on the street. We know a lot about you , because we love your TV shows mostly. Our shows - well they are good but not as good as yours (my opinion). I think our news is a lot better than yours (we get that here too).
Do we have a Queen? Do we have a governor general? Do we have a military ? Is it in Afganistan? Hati? Do we have Provinces or States? Did we fight the British for "freedom" ....do we have freedom from the Uk? If so how'd we get it? Is Canada metric or imperial how much of Does Canada have nuclear weapons? I weed legal here? Are we a democracy a constitutional monarchy, communist , facist , or a republic?
I just want to know if the average American knows anything about Canada.
2006-07-01 12:03:24 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You pay more taxes than us, You have healthcare, Your Military is far less active than ours, Quebec speaks a whole lotta french, Toronto is a cool place to visit, and Canada's political "Headmaster" if you will pardon the term, is the Prime Minister.
Oh, your beer tends to be stronger, and your hockey players are usually pretty friggan good.
Your Dollar is worth usually around 85 american pennies, and when you guys buy a carton of cigarettes, it's usually more expensive, and it comes in a large box of 100, instead of a bunch of smaller packs like we buy.
Plus, when you buy stuff, you can use LOONS! How cool is that, eh?
2006-07-01 12:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by Cameron B 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Resisting the temptation to google it and get them all right,
You have a prime minister, not a president. I am ashamed to say I do not remember what his name is, but it did change recently.
You have provinces, not states.
You have, or had, troops in Afghanistan. We managed to kill some of them with "friendly" fire.
I frankly do not know how you gained independence from the British. Another one I ought to and don't.
Your court system does however still pit "the crown" against the defendant. You got me as to why.
You are metric. To the best of my knowledge, you do not have nuclear weapons.
They were working on making weed legal, I believe it failed.
They did make gay marriage legal, but forgot you also needed a divorce law to go with it. That was pretty funny.
I have visited. It is a pretty country. In the summer. I was up around Fort Frances, just above International Falls Minnesota. Geez, man, mosquito's flock like gnats here. And at noon.
As far as the government type, about the same as Great Britain, without the figurehead. You have a Parliament you vote for, they select the Prime Minister.
-Dio
2006-07-01 19:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by diogenese19348 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have a prime minister, weed is not legal, you have looneys and tooneys! (excuse the spelling) You have mounties. ofcourse you have a military.
And by far Vancouver is the most beautiful place I've ever visited. The people in B.C. are so nice and friendly. The trees are so green, you have A&W fastfood chain. Whistler is amazing!
I wish I knew more, I love Canada, I had such a wonderful two week vacation there. I only wish I hadn't gotten so drunk most of it so I could remember more! =) Canada Rocks! oh the money is very colorful too, pink and purple. I love it! My favorite thing is that you have LAYS ketchup chips and dill pickle chips, you can't get those in the USA. I have to special order them online cuz I miss them so much, and everything is half in english and half in french. However you do have freedom from the UK now.
2006-07-01 19:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
You have no President.. No Queen in Canada, but you do have one in England. Yes. Yes you have a military same as we do, we server together on defends of are nations. next two didn't understand. You have Provinces. In a way you did fight the British for your OWN freedom. Metric. Yes you have nuclear weapons. No weed isn't legal if it was all us would live there. Monarchy. Also I know one Provinces wanted to be there own country and they speech french there. Canada issue a lot more coins and we do. Also you issue one and two dollar coins and don't use paper. We print and issue coin of dollars and they can't figure out why the dollar coin no one wants. I like your country flag and your country song. I been to Canada two times in my life time.
I live in Lebanon, Indiana. Close to Indianapolis
2006-07-01 19:25:03 · answer #4 · answered by Paulknowverylittle 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have a Prime Minister. I think the canadian conservative party won the last election, I could be wrong. The drinking age is 19. You don't allow smoking indoors at any public place (including bars), but pot is legal. And your cities are actually nice places to live, unlike here where everyone lives as far from the city (Detroit) as possible, and just goes there for work.
I live in Michigan though, so I might not be average. I mean, the UP practically is Canada.
2006-07-01 19:11:57 · answer #5 · answered by OpNickC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canada has a Prime Minister, which is the same thing as a President. Canada's legislative, executive, and judicial branches are similar to the US in structure. I'm sure there are differences but I don't know what they are. Canada is ceremonially loyal to the Queen of England, who is on Canada's money, but otherwise Canada is an independent country with its own government. Canada has 13 provinces (similar to America's states), and I can name all of them. Canada uses the metric system. If you are driving in Canada and you see speed limit 90, that means 90 km/hr.
2006-07-01 19:17:34 · answer #6 · answered by Duffman 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't know what Americans know about Canada...
All I know about them is that they are only interested by their own country !
I am French and, one day, a good friend of mine living in Vancouver, and French as well, told me that one of her American collegues asked her where she came from.
My friend answered him that she was from Paris..
The other said "Paris, Texas ?".
Of course, my friend said "No, Paris, France", and the guy told her "Oh, yes, and do you have TV and cars in your country ?"
My friend was really chocked to hear such ******** and said "Yes, of course, and we also have microwave oven too !".
So, I don't think that American people know that Canada has a Prime Minister and a Queen (Queen Elizabeth of England)...
2006-07-01 19:18:42 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok i'll try. You have a governor general, you do have a military which is in afghanistan, have states, the british finally let you guys go officially...recently in the 80's? Metric, you do have a few nukes, weed is illegal, you are a democracy.
oh yeah, you have some of the finest women i've ever seen
How did i do?
2006-07-01 19:10:05 · answer #8 · answered by Alloy Boy 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
do we have a queen?.... yes
governor general?.... yes
military? ....not much of one
Afghanistan? ...yes Haiti?.... no the RCMP are in Haiti
fight British for freedom? ....no
provinces?.... yes
freedom from the UK?.... yes
metric?... yes
nuclear weapons?.... no - nuclear power? ....yes
weed legal?... no
we are a democratic monarchy
and yes...I AM CANADIAN!!
2006-07-01 19:14:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
it's north of the united states
i think it has a socialist govt
you use dollars, but it's obviously not in u.s. currency
alaska is connected to canada
in the south park movie, the P.T.A. decides to blame canada
... sorry, don't know that much
2006-07-01 19:08:22 · answer #10 · answered by mirrorofrapture329 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋