WHY CANADA IS SO GREAT ?
Here are 80 Reasons...
Yes, is the best country in the world. Why is Canada so great? Here are numerous reasons:
[If you've noticed that I'm missing a few... Drop me a line!]
1. Great variety of seasons, terrain & environment
2. Great world-wide reputation with other countries
3. We invented the Ice Hockey
4. We invented Basketball
5. We invented the telephone
6. We invented cable TV
7. There are over 2 million Canadian patents
8. We are one of the G-8 countries
9. We are a part of NATO
10. We are a part of NAFTA
11. We are one of the only countries that can put up with Americans
12. We have a low crime rate (check other nations & u'd know)
13. Canada has the lowest national debt
14. We also have a lower debt per-capita than the US
15. We speak the same US-English (as Hollywood propagates, watched the world over)
16. Canadians are polite (humility is in our blood)
17. Canada is easy to spell & pronounce (beat that!)
18. Canada added 93,000 jobs in one month -Jun 2010 (while most is in recession yet)
19. We have one of the top education systems
20. Canada has the fastest growing expatriate population in the world (why?)
21. Canada introduced peace-keeping
22. Our government pays for medical. In other words, no hospital bills
23. We have nice, clean, well drawn & maintained cities
24. Toronto Police is the biggest in North America (Wiki that)
25. We are at peace with many/almost all countries
26. We are the leader in telephone technology
27. We have the longest 'unconflicted' border in the world (US-Canada)
28. We made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park
29. Our national anthem is sang in two [national] languages (& understood by all citizens)
30. We invented refining (Wiki that)
31. Canada has more clean water than any other nation
32. Canada is a free and democratic society, 100%
33. Uhh! Hockey is Canada, Canada is hockey!!!
34. We know how; and when to use the word, "eh"
35. We have two official languages, and a leader that speaks his own (!?!)
36. Unlike what many people think, Canadians are patriotic, to the core
37. We are probably the least biased country
38. There's a lot of famous Canadians (google that)
39. We don't have to worry about nukes or bombs
40. We have lots of ski resorts, winter-sports locations (2010 Winter Olympics?)
41. We have the world's longest bridge (P.E.I. to the mainiland)
42. We have the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto)
43. Most of us know what the CN Tower is for
44. We have the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)
45. We are great world-leaders, with our beer (G8/20, rings a bell?!?)
46. Canadians are 300% less likely to be murdered than Americans (google that)
47. Economy? Its living up to most of its potential (of all G8 nations)
48. Falling crime rate (ever declining since 1980, vis-a-vis No. of residents)
49. We have the smarties't candy gourmet (visit Niagara & the Carnivals; u'd know!)
50. Our schools have less of dicipline problem than global schools (no gun crime too)
51. Canadian students rank higher than American students in Maths, Science & English
52. 1/3rd of Microsoft programmers come from the University of Waterloo
53. Canadian invented the baseball glove
54. Canadian invented insulin
55. Canadian invented the kitchen stove
56. Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian -James Cameron
57. Nelvana Corp. of Toronto hired to produce all American cartoons on CBS
58. Canadian woman second in comand at UN (US not 1st or 3rd or 4th or in command)
59. Canada is the only country that sent more women than men in an Olympic (Atlanta Summer). We aren't sexist
60. Canada is one of the few countries with maximum women in the millitary
61. Canada has a trade surplus, unlike our southern friends; & many nations
62. 'Every night in my dream...' the Titanic song, is sang by a Canadian -Celine Dion
63. It is also the 2nd largest all time seller, worldwide, till date
64. Canadian music is world renowned (google to know more)
65. Unemployed Canadians receive higher welfare cheques than anywhere in the world
66. Average life expectancy of a Canadian is 79yrs, the highest in the world (US -75yrs)
67. Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver -No.1 since ages
68. Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food)
69. Women in Ontario can walk around topless legally (what that means to men?)
70. Canadian doctor at the Montreal General Hospital was able to map the human brain
71. Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax (an interesting fact)
72. Canada never owned slaves (18th century slaves in Canada were owned by the British)
73. Many American slaves came secretly to Canada during the American civil war
74. Canada receives more immigrants per capita than the US (about twice as much)
75. Canada is among the most popular tourist destinations in the world
76. Canadian yet have uninhabited fertile lands (nowhere else in the world)
77. Canada is part of the UN security council, we have the veto power
78. We've got lots of greenspace, largest in the world
79. Canadians invented the poutine!
80. Niagara is the only '0' crime-free tourist spot in the world
Missing any further reasons? Keep adding plz...