Which do you guys think is the better country? Which is the best to live? Better economy? Better government?Good Points are that Im sure we have better healthcare in Canada. Our HDI score is higher. Our Dollar has gone up and the American has gone down since if im correct, (which causes a negative effect on our country, making things coming in from America more expensive), Were a bit safer to live in, our government is democratic, peace oriented.Bad Points are that Canada suffers from major inflation, prices from things like Milk to Gas, have increased in price from 50% - 100% in price, Canada has a major problem: Agin Population, Yeap the 65+ part of our population is by far the greatest, meaning for pop. growth, we rely heavily on immigration, 90% of our pop. leaves within the U.S Border, making nearly 3 quarters of our country vastly underpopulated, Weird weather patterns, temperatures in toronto can range from -40 to +40 degrees Celsius.Those are some quick points off my head, anyone want to add their thoughts to the discussion?
Well the US is the better country, our economy is stronger and less likely to fluxuate like Canadas does. Also, US infistructure is a lot more complete. almost all American cities are excessible to one and other via road or railways, communication links are established everywhere(though this is not as important as it once was since satillites do most of it now). the US also has a lot better access to its natural resources. some reports say Canada has access to only about 9% of its oil reserves.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redneck @ Mar 28 2007, 10:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well the US is the better country, our economy is stronger and less likely to fluxuate like Canadas does. Also, US infistructure is a lot more complete. almost all American cities are excessible to one and other via road or railways, communication links are established everywhere(though this is not as important as it once was since satillites do most of it now). the US also has a lot better access to its natural resources. some reports say Canada has access to only about 9% of its oil reserves.</div> Thats wrong, almost all of our transportation hubs are accesible by the VIA rail, no to mention the VIA rail travels from one side of the country to another. Our natural resources are acessed by the cities around them (small cities in Alberta, etc..) the problem is transporting them to cities that need them, it defies the whole oil rig in your country idea. Which is why we have tons of refineries near major cities. Even then, we still dont use the oil we get from Alberta here. I agree the American economy is stronger, but thats because you guys have a bigger trading market, but otherwise your economy is in the minus, I believe your dollar has gone down quite considerably compared to the Canadian.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pistol @ Mar 28 2007, 09:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Canada ... there going uphill, America is going downhill</div> And your wrong and once again, an idiot.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 29 2007, 09:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>And your wrong and once again, an idiot.</div>well, over, say, the last 5-10 years he's right, but over the last year or two Canada's been going down and the US has been making modest gains (compared to a few years ago)
I could ruin your whole basis that canada guys are hot by posting a pictures of my exgirlfriends best friend(who was from Ontario). she alone brings down the beauty of Canadian women by 5 percentage points.The US dollar did fall, especially after 9/11. but that was to be expected, we'd had a 8 year run with the best economy in our nations history, and the economy doesn't stay bullish for ever. add that to 9/11, the corperate scandals, stupid tax breaks, and the near collapse of the internet market and you can see why the US economy went to sh*t. It's climbing its way back, and the last time I was in canada the US dollar was worth more than the Canadian dollar, and that was about 9 months ago, so I'm going to assume the US market is better.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (redneck @ Mar 29 2007, 09:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I could ruin your whole basis that canada guys are hot by posting a pictures of my exgirlfriends best friend(who was from Ontario). she alone brings down the beauty of Canadian women by 5 percentage points.The US dollar did fall, especially after 9/11. but that was to be expected, we'd had a 8 year run with the best economy in our nations history, and the economy doesn't stay bullish for ever. add that to 9/11, the corperate scandals, stupid tax breaks, and the near collapse of the internet market and you can see why the US economy went to sh*t. It's climbing its way back, and the last time I was in canada the US dollar was worth more than the Canadian dollar, and that was about 9 months ago, so I'm going to assume the US market is better.</div>its still better, I believe the Canadian dollar is trading at 90 US cents, but we were up from 80 which I said that our economy grew higher
Who cares what your dollar amount is....Without us Canada would be under Japanese control. Who cares about Canada.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 29 2007, 11:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who cares what your dollar amount is....Without us Canada would be under Japanese control. Who cares about Canada.</div>Vice Versa as well, dont tell me you think the American economy is even close to it is right now without Canada. This is also coming from the same people that apparently dont care about us, but want our fresh water too.
Bottom line, we matter internationally, we are probably the most powerfull country in the world, I've been to Canada, not all that impressed...comparing economies is waste of time. US wins. Why not compare the US and Poland next....
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 29 2007, 11:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Why not compare the US and Poland next....</div>ok. Poland has better walruses. But otherwise the U.S. wins.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 29 2007, 11:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Bottom line, we matter internationally, we are probably the most powerfull country in the world, I've been to Canada, not all that impressed...comparing economies is waste of time. US wins. Why not compare the US and Poland next....</div>Well you got to compare everything, you might have a better economy, but this is a better country to live in, nicer health care, better education system, more job opportunities, the only bad thing would be weather really.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (RaptorFan#1 @ Mar 29 2007, 10:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Well you got to compare everything, you might have a better economy, but this is a better country to live in, nicer health care, better education system, more job opportunities, the only bad thing would be weather really.</div> Better country to live in? Opinion. I'll give you healthcare. More job opportunities? Not really.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BrewCityBuck @ Mar 30 2007, 08:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Better country to live in? Opinion. I'll give you healthcare. More job opportunities? Not really.</div>actually there are more job opportunities in Canada. It's crazy easy to find a well paying job there with almost no qualifications right now. It's like the opposite of France.
France is full of a bunch of yellow bellied snail eaters and hairy women, not really a good place to compare your country to. As far as the open job market goes, I know in Utah you can find a good paying job easily; but we tend to be the polar opposit from the rest of the country so I don't know how it is elsewhere.
Right now, Oshkosh Truck, the best company in Wisconsin in terms of pay has 150 job openings but they can't fill the spots because they can't find qualified workers....they make military vehicles for the government and the pay/benefits there are out of this world. In Wisconsin finding a job isn't that difficult, go down in the south east and it is rough.
All I'm saying is, I forgot the numbers but statistically there are a lot more jobs to fill per capita in canada
