Reply #22: Canadians are live and let live people.

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I am married to a Canadian and I have lived both sides of the border. This is the most peaceful place on earth for me. People don't care who their neighbors are, where they come from, what colour they are or what religion they practice.

There are no pockets of the country that you really have to avoid because of crime FROM COPS. Yes, they have crime but not even close to one of our major cities.

You don't EVER have to be quiet about your politics or anything else. They have spirited conversations about everything and sometimes it gets out of hand but people don't swarm their opposition and intimidate them like Palin's supporters, tea partiers did in Wisconsin today. They wouldn't stand by if someone stomped on someone else's head as that tea partier did in Ky last year. They would not put up with this behaviour and it would not happen in Canada. They believe people have a RIGHT to the opinion and beliefs and Privacy that the tea partiers seem to think only They are allowed to not have the government intrude in their lives, THEY ARE DEMANDING THE GOVERNMENT INTRUDE IN OURS! just like the US Constitution says we have rights but the tea partiers don't seem to think we have a right to our rights.

I'm not saying it's perfect but I travel a lot, 2 decades all over the world for business and Canada is the most peaceful. It's the most like the US and while there are difference, our values used to be the similar.

They pay their essential services, police and fire fighter services etc, more than the US does and they get better services because they give the tools that the service providers need to do their jobs to their full potential. Their government works FOR the people and it doesn't take from them like the right is trying to do. They wouldn't think about it as the people would rise up and they know they would be bodily dragged from office.

Oh and they also get 1 WHOLE YEAR MATERNITY LEAVE! Either parent can take it. THIS IS HOW GOVERNMENT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THEY HAVE AWESOME MEDICAL!
I don't ever worry about anyone getting sick anymore. We can go to the doctor any time we want to. The only wait times are for non-essential elective surgeries and their government pays if they have to go out of the country for any services. There is NO ONE in between you and your doctor. NO ONE EVER sticks their noses in treatment orders or drugs or hospital stays or anything else. Insurance companies make life and death decisions for all Americans. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. It's criminal. American health care sucks. My whole family is in the USA and I see it all the time!

It's a great country and my Cdn family loves the US and Americans. My parents sent me to school in Canada as well and I remember when the President of the United States spoke, it was mandatory viewing for everyone and no one missed it. The right makes a mockery of Obama speaking to school children to tell them to stay in school and excel so they can help the country grow and do great things! How has it become about indoctrinating children as when Obama spoke in 2009? Anyway, it always make me feel so close to a nation of tolerant and accepting people.