Americans, what do you know about Canada? Canadians, what do you know about the United States? You live right next door to one another. Do you feel you have a fairly complete picture of each other's country?
2006-11-28 06:08:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Canadians know more about America than Americans know about Canada. This makes sense because America is a superpower, therefore U.S. culture is so ubiquitous. I'm an American and know a lot more about Canada than most Americans. The Canadian Prime Minister is Stephen Harper. Paul Martin came before him. Jean Chretien came before Martin. Canadians are generally more liberal. They allow gay marriage. They have very few restrictions on abortion. Attempting suicide is not illegal there. Canada is officially bilingual. The Queen of England is the head of state i believe. Everything is in metric. They have less violent crime. Canada has universal healthcare.
2006-11-28 09:02:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As an American living in Canada, I'd have to say that Canadians know so much more about the US than the US knows about Canada.
When I've talked to friends back in the states, they've said things like "Well, isn't Ottawa right close to you?".. I live in Alberta, above Montana.. that would be a three to four day drive for me, not the hop skip and a jump they think it is.
I've noticed though that a lot of Americans really dont' know much about America either. When I was in college, we had to take a test to name all 50 states and the capitals. There were about 14 people out of a class of 25 that had to retake the test because they didn't know.
They administered a geography test to some of the Senate members, I think it was world geography, but almost all of them flunked. Kinda sad.
2006-11-28 06:32:31 · answer #2 · answered by elegant_voodoo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am Canadian, and I'm not trying to be biased, but I have found that Canadians know far more about the States than they do about us. We know their politics, their local news, I asked a few Americans on this site, they didn't even know who our current Prime Minister was! One guy thought it was a female! I am not trying to put Americans down--I know of some very good ones, but I have also met some (on this site) who feel that because Canada doesn't play a major role in world affairs (true), it is not necessary to learn about it. However, I beg to differ. That particular person is ignorant. How can you shut your mind to learning just because you deem it unimportant? That, I think, is the major difference. As Canadians, we want to know about all the countries, important or otherwise. We do not limit our knowledge to just "what counts." I have found that quite a few of our southern neighbours tend to do just that. And by the way, I'm not saying all of you do it, but I have run into a lot on this site who want to wrap their ignorance around them.
2006-11-28 06:22:27 · answer #3 · answered by bellegurl17 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-29 15:10:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canadians tend to know a lot about the US and it's citizens.
US citizens rarely even think much about Canada or Canadians. Though most of us think of Canadians warmly, our knowledge of them is really pretty bleak.
2006-11-28 06:18:42 · answer #5 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋