Things To Know Before You Go To Canada...really?

[pegasusyt]

I never said it applies to everyone, just to some of the people I've come into contact with. I also never said Canadians are "awful", quite the contrary. I find that generally, Canadians are very sweet, polite and usually avoid conflict by all means.

For a newcomer (such as myself) it is hard to adjust to a different culture though. The main problem for me is that the people I've met so far aren't as open to hanging out or making new friends as people generally are where I come from. I never had trouble making friends back in Argentina, and here, I still stuggle. I hang out with people sometimes, they are always nice and welcoming, but there is always a boundary, a limit as to how far they let you into their circle. It's something that doesn't happen in other countries, (whenever I discuss it with other immigrants they tell me they have the exact same problem , so at least I know I'm not crazy!) and it's hard to accept/get used to it at first, is all. Loneliness is hard when you're new in Canada. It can be a hard country to "break into" socially, depending on where you're from originally.

So I hope that clarified my point a little and explained which particular parts of the article I found to be somewhat true.. I despise generalization and always try to avoid it. There's no such thing as "Canadians are great" or "Canadians suck". Certainly, like I said I think the guy who wrote it either was trying to be funny or has some serious anger management issues Yay for diversity.

 

[Bangkokcanuck]

I never said it applies to everyone, just to some of the people I've come into contact with. I also never said Canadians are "awful", quite the contrary. I find that generally, Canadians are very sweet, polite and usually avoid conflict by all means.

For a newcomer (such as myself) it is hard to adjust to a different culture though. The main problem for me is that the people I've met so far aren't as open to hanging out or making new friends as people generally are where I come from. I never had trouble making friends back in Argentina, and here, I still stuggle. I hang out with people sometimes, they are always nice and welcoming, but there is always a boundary, a limit as to how far they let you into their circle. It's something that doesn't happen in other countries, (whenever I discuss it with other immigrants they tell me they have the exact same problem , so at least I know I'm not crazy!) and it's hard to accept/get used to it at first, is all. Loneliness is hard when you're new in Canada. It can be a hard country to "break into" socially, depending on where you're from originally.

So I hope that clarified my point a little and explained which particular parts of the article I found to be somewhat true.. I despise generalization and always try to avoid it. There's no such thing as "Canadians are great" or "Canadians suck". Certainly, like I said I think the guy who wrote it either was trying to be funny or has some serious anger management issues Yay for diversity.

Well for me I would tend to agree with you in that Canadians as a whole tend to be a bit reserved and welcoming someone they do not know into their inner circle quickly likely is not going to happen. It can in time but I am not sure I see that as a bad thing. But more importantly I think your points above are very valid, but I don't see anything that you have said mentioned in that hate filled rant that was posted... someone once told me that Canadians as a group tend to have a very small number of truly trusted close friends, like ones you would help move a body for.. but they have many arm's length people they know and enjoy spending time with socially which I'm told is different that many other countries. You should try living in Thailand hahahahahaha... friends?? IMPOSSIBLE.. if you are not Thai forgot.. perhaps the most xenophobic society on the planet, for sure of any I've been to. But it doesn't mean you can't make "friends" and do things you just have to be aware of the limitations...

Good luck with breaking in.. keep at it and don't take it personally when people are not like where you are from...

 

[shamsia]

I never said it applies to everyone, just to some of the people I've come into contact with. I also never said Canadians are "awful", quite the contrary. I find that generally, Canadians are very sweet, polite and usually avoid conflict by all means.

For a newcomer (such as myself) it is hard to adjust to a different culture though. The main problem for me is that the people I've met so far aren't as open to hanging out or making new friends as people generally are where I come from. I never had trouble making friends back in Argentina, and here, I still stuggle. I hang out with people sometimes, they are always nice and welcoming, but there is always a boundary, a limit as to how far they let you into their circle. It's something that doesn't happen in other countries, (whenever I discuss it with other immigrants they tell me they have the exact same problem , so at least I know I'm not crazy!) and it's hard to accept/get used to it at first, is all. Loneliness is hard when you're new in Canada. It can be a hard country to "break into" socially, depending on where you're from originally.

So I hope that clarified my point a little and explained which particular parts of the article I found to be somewhat true.. I despise generalization and always try to avoid it. There's no such thing as "Canadians are great" or "Canadians suck". Certainly, like I said I think the guy who wrote it either was trying to be funny or has some serious anger management issues Yay for diversity.

Well said

 

[GetUsHome]

As I had it explained to me by a very intelligent teacher who had been to a symposium on diversity... People from northern climates manage the weather by talking quickly and getting out of the cold. People from southern climates manage the weather by moving slowly and talking slowly so as not to overheat.

So right of the bat you will see a different communication style.

Then it is easier for Canadians to meet at a central location than meeting at someone's home. Farmers come into town, apartment dwellers meet at local bar, ladies who lunch, lunch, etc.

Canadians chose friends for specific purposes. If I kayak I find kayaking friends, If I hike I join a hiking club, I find them at work, etc. Out of this group of friends Canadians find the ones that they invite into their homes.

It is also easier to find friends in an area that has a transient/new population. If everyone is a newcomer you are all in the same boat and need to make friends.

Once you have a Canadian friend you are stuck with them for life so choose wisely.

 

[HoneyBird]

Canadians

People in Canada say that they are very friendly, which is not really a truth because they normally say what they think you would be willing to hear. They are not honest! You will face hard times making new friends with the Canadians because even if they don't like you they will tell you that they like you a lot. Normally they give their phone numbers to the new acquaintance, but they usually don't answer phone calls. If you have studies at a university or a school you might experience overload of new friends because of the students' life style.DISAGREE...WHO ARE REAL CANADIANS? WHEN I WALK THE STREETS I DON'T HEAR ENGLISH! EVERYONE HERE 90% ARE IMMIGRANTS..SO ITS FELLOW IMMIGRANTS FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES THAT ARE UNFRIENDLY.

Canadians find it normal:

- to fart or burp while having a food or while hanging out with other people;NEVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE

- to promise and not to keep his/her word;NEVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE

- not to answer phone calls and messages;NOPE NOT THAT EXPERIENCE

- not to work at all because of the Candian welfare system. They just don't have to work;LIESSS. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT MISUSE SYSTEMS IN THEIR COUNTRIES NOT JUST HERE

- to wear pajama pants while walking on the streets.COMFORT IS BETTER THAN DISCOMFORT. I LOVE THE FACT I CAN WEAR WHAT THE HECK I WANT TO
Tips for men

Here are few things guys should know or you will get into HUGE trouble - penalties and/or terms in prison:

1.1 Remember, women in Canada are equal to men!THIS IS WHY I LOVE CANADA!

1.2 Don't treat women in Canada in the way you treat them in your home country.
THIS IS GOLDEN

1.3 Don't touch unknown women, don't slap their buttoms, don't ask them to show intimate parts of their bodies etc. They will tell you when they want you to express yourself in action.WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS DUDE FROM? DISRESPECTFUL

1.4 If you meet a girl you like, don't post pone anything for tomorrow, because you'll not meet her any more unless she is from a post soviet country. Even if she gives you her phone number and tells different cool things, remember, that's bulls**t! You are in Canada! Canadians normally don't answer phone calls or messages. But of course you can try.THIS ONLY HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T GET A JOB THEY WON'T CALL TO LET YOU KNOW

1.5 Girls who have boyfriends hang out with other guys too, because they are equal to men. It's like a guy hanging out with a guy. Here in Canada there are no two genders! No wonder here are so many gay people around.LOVE CANADA FOR EQUALITY. GAY PEOPLE ROCK DUDE. THEY DESIGN THE REAL CREATIVE STUFF

1.6 There are very many gay people in Canada; so, be prepared for unusual things.
Tips for women

Here are few things ladies should know:

1.1 In Canada women and men are equal.THANK GOD

1.2 Canadian guys will not pay for you at a pub, restaurant or caffe.YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT A MAN TO PAY FOR YOU ANYWAY

1.3 Canadian guys will not treat you as the woman in the way guys treat women in Europe. Nobody will open a door for you or will give you a seat.PEOPLE ALWAYS OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME.

1.4 Don't put too much cosmetics on your face and don't ware too short skirts or Canadians will think that you are a prostitute. When you hang out with your friends after work, that's fine.NO ONE THINKS YOU ARE A PROSTITUTE THAT ABUSURD
Racism

It is said that there is no racism in Canada, but please note these very simple things:

1. In Canada you will be evaluated by your outer appearance. If you have an asian or an african look, you will experience hard times especially in the smaller towns. Canadians say that they are friendly, but they are not. They say lots of things they don't mean. It is better to go to the big cities where you can find communities from your native countries. They will help you, but not the Canadians.OKAY I CAN AGREE WITH THIS

2. If you are white, but have an accent, you'll be labeled as the Russian and it doesn't matter where you are from. Take it easy, improve your English and everything will be good.HAPPENED TO MY HUBBY LOL

Drugs

Drugs are illegal in Canada, but very many people smoke dope and/or swallow pills in different colors and shapes. All that stuff is very easily accessible on the streets, clubs and pubs. If you smoke weed on the street, you will not get any penalty, but for drinking a beer you'll get a 400CAD ticket.KINDA HAVE TO AGREE CAUSE OF THE WEED SMELL THAT SEEMS TO BE PROMINANT IN MY BUILDING BUT MANY STUDENTS RENT HERE SOO...

Canadian banks

Canadian bank is not your ordinary bank; therefore, here are the few important things you should know:

1.1 They don't have VISA, MasterCard etc debit cards, but they have the so called "client cards", which can be used in ATMs, but cannot be used on the Internet.HUH?

1.2 Credit cards are being issued to the citizens of Canada only with some exceptions. Without a Canadian credit card you're not be able to perform very many things e.g. switch plans for your cell phone.PR CAN GET THESE..BUT IF YOU ARE ILLEGAL THEN DUH YOU CAN'T.

1.3 Don't ask a bank's clerk for advise e.g. how to get a credit card. They will not tell you. Be specific in your questions, like "how can i apply for visa rewards credit card?". Remember, usually all the information is available online. Take your time and read it. If there is the dead end, use online customer support.

1.4 International wire transfer is the big thing in Canada. Usually there is only one specialist at a bank who knows how to perform one.

1.5 Your account manager will never answer the phone. So, don't be upset, use the online customers support on the internet. They will answer you within 2 business days.MY ACCOUNT MANAGER ANSWERS ON THE SAME DAY

1.6 During the first year you'll not be able to send money from your account to any other bank in Canada or abroad. You will have to go the bank and ask their permission to do that. If they feel good about it then you'll be able to send your money whenever you want to. This is one of the reasons why Canadian banks are so strong - you cannot get your money out so easily!

 

[RedAlert]

Canadians ARE friendly people, some are all around nice, some only to your face....well, like everywhere else on this planet that I have been. I consider myself an earthling with no prejudice against others....and just to share my experience, being an immigrant to canada since 30 years now...i can still count real friends on one hand. Tolerance isn't friendship. :-*

 

[BeShoo]

1.1 They don't have VISA, MasterCard etc debit cards, but they have the so called "client cards", which can be used in ATMs, but cannot be used on the Internet.HUH?

I notice that a lot of people are confused by this, but I know what he is trying to say. What he means is that there are no "Visa debit cards" or "MasterCard debit cards" in Canada. This is no longer true, but I'll come back to that.

A lot of Canadians are probably saying, "Of course not. Visa and MasterCard are credit cards." In Canada, debit cards are "Interac" but until recently, none of them had a Visa or MasterCard logo on them and they could not be used on the Internet. Contrast with with the United States, for example, where there is nothing quite equivalent to the "Interac" organization (that covers every major bank in Canada, maybe every bank in Canada, period) and U.S. debit cards always have either Visa or MC on them. These cards can be used on the Internet wherever Visa or MasterCard is accepted.

It's a little complicated but all the major Canadian banks are right now switching debit cards with Visa or MC on them which will be able to be used on the Internet, at least with selected merchants. The new Canadian debit cards still have to be processed as a debit transaction by merchants, but in the U.S. they often don't seem to differentiate and only know that it's Visa or MC.

 

[toby]

Well for me I would tend to agree with you in that Canadians as a whole tend to be a bit reserved and welcoming someone they do not know into their inner circle quickly likely is not going to happen. It can in time but I am not sure I see that as a bad thing.
Good luck with breaking in.. keep at it and don't take it personally when people are not like where you are from...

I heard a saying, to the effect that Americans make "best" friends with you in very little time, but forget you soon after you have left the room. Brits take forever to make friends with you, but once friends they will keep you for ever. And Canadians are (as usual) somewhere in between.

I wish Canadians were a bit more open to new friendships, since I am a rolling stone, and would like to have a new, best friend within two days of moving to a new city. But that's not going to happen in Canada, and I understand why. Life is busy for the average Canadian. In the scarce free time working people have, they have to do the shopping, clean the house (no maids given the high rates of pay they command), take care of the kids, visit with family, and even read a book. In all that activity, there is precious little time to form new friendships!

I think the remedy is to lower maids' salaries, so that more Canadians don't have to clean house so often, thus affording more time for new friendships.

[In case anyone is taking me seriously, here, I am being partly facetious -- although I do wish house cleaners were more affordable!!!!!)

 

[mercur]

I've lived most of my life in Canada and I consider to be more Canadian than anything else. From personal point of view and experience, I find this article to be somewhat true although it is over-exaggerated.

Canadians do try to tel you what you like to hear. This is in no way done with some bad intentions however I personally prefer to hear the truth and not what someone thinks that I want to hear.

When I came to Canada twenty some years ago, the only jobs that I can get were low paid jobs in restaurant, as a cleaner etc. During these years my coworkers that are Canadian very often would burp and fart and they will do it like it's nothing. Even today I often find that people will quietly fart in the grocery store or other public places and you will not even get "Excuse me". I can understand how someone born and raised in Canada will not even notice that but for someone born and raised in Europe, this is just unacceptable. Now I agree that this is not what an average Canadian will do and this is mostly done by people with much lower class. But unlike an average Canadian who will finish it's education get a good job and his circle of people are just like him/her, will meet people like that only when is out in a restaurant or his roof needs to be changed or his house needs to be painted. An immigrant (and I assume that the person who wrote the article is an immigrant) meets people like that on daily bases.

Now, twenty some years later, I own my business and I deal with completely different people. What I've learned though is that I can not trust any promises done by a fellow business owner until I get it on paper. And even then I've heard more than once that "Contracts are made to be broken"

Now in terms of the dating part in the article. I somewhat agree with parts of it. I disagree with what some of you are saying that if you want to go out with sweatpants, you can do so. Yes you are right... If you live alone in an island however when you live in society, sometimes you need to respect that society. Very often when I was dating and I start a conversation with a girl, the first question is what I do. Why? Are you looking for a job?... I usually ask. Equality has nothing to do with how you take care of your self, it's wrong for a woman not to take care of her self and that includes the way she dresses. This is true for men as well. How would you feel if man start wearing makeup or skirts or what ever makes him feel "equal"? Next time you travel and you end-up in one of the big airports in Europe just notice the people as a group in the different gates how they look. Make a note of the gates for flights within Europe and then take a look at the gates with flights going to the US and Canada and see if you notice any difference. Perhaps this is why I am in this forum and as for the part that if you ware a makeup and short skirts during the day, you maybe mistaken for a prostitute... I actually told that to my wife when she was in Canada because is true. When she was here she got so many compliments for the way she looks and mostly form other women... and what's wrong with that? Does it make her less equal?

The point is that although the article is generalizing things, many of the points are true. Canada is a beautiful country with wonderful people and I've never for a second had any doubt that I made the right decision to move to Canada. However to better our self when we hear criticisms, and instead of getting offended, I think it's better to think about it and improve whatever we can.

 

[locolynn]

However to better our self when we hear criticisms, and instead of getting offended, I think it's better to think about it and improve whatever we can.

Hmmmm...I get the spirit of what your saying, but I have to disagree. What one would call an improvement another might find a hinderance. For example...lovely that your wife loves to dress up and always goes out dressed to the nines...but for some of us "ladies" we hussle our asses 5 days a week to get up and get dressed in uncomfortable outfits so we be presentable at our jobs...come Friday night, if I want to wear my pyjamas to 7/11 to grab a slurpee...then hells yeah I am going to do it. And I like that if I ran into friends/coworkers even my boss - they likely wouldn't think less of me. Now if I showed up at work like that...different story.

That is just one example...(not trying to pick on you or your wife). I just think that is kind of the spirit of Canada. You are free to be who are! Yes - you take the good with the bad - but the good is really good and the bad - it ain't so bad.

Cheers,

Locolynn

Lynn

 

[Bangkokcanuck]

I've lived most of my life in Canada and I consider to be more Canadian than anything else. From personal point of view and experience, I find this article to be somewhat true although it is over-exaggerated.

I can't believe I'm replying to this utter nonsense thread yet again but goodness it's amazing that people continue to give this moron more than his 15 minutes and even that is likely 14:55 too long...

Canadians do try to tel you what you like to hear. This is in no way done with some bad intentions however I personally prefer to hear the truth and not what someone thinks that I want to hear.

I will ask you just as I would have asked the person that vomited forth the original rant, How do you know? How is it that you or anyone else knows what someone is telling them is what they think YOU want to hear? Do they come tell you later that what they just said was to make you feel better and really they think something else? Well in that case you got what you wanted anyway right, the truth? Not trying to make like of this but seriously how in the world can you know what belief system someone else has behind any given comment they make.

Secondly its a lovely little ideal to say I wish people would tell me the truth, but face it, if you put on a few pounds and every person you saw every day said "hey you're really packing them on eh" I imagine you would appreciate that for the first five seconds... there is a nice way and a direct tactless way to say anything.. not sure it's possible for anyone to know how another person will respond to any given comment so I would much rather err on the side of being tactful and polite when someone asks me a question which is obviously loaded... "honey do these pants my ass look big" yeah go right ahead answer that one honestly see how far that gets you.

When I came to Canada twenty some years ago, the only jobs that I can get were low paid jobs in restaurant, as a cleaner etc. During these years my coworkers that are Canadian very often would burp and fart and they will do it like it's nothing.

As stated by others I have no idea who these people are but I've lived in Canada for 45 years and I've worked in some pretty crummy jobs over the years, stock boy in a Macs Milk, night sweeper in a greeting card factory and oddly enough those low class people never burped or farted around me, just lucky I guess.

Even today I often find that people will quietly fart in the grocery store or other public places and you will not even get "Excuse me".

Really, so ummm how is it you know they farted quietly?? Silent but deadly? Seriously you don't see the silliness in this comment? So if you are walking in a grocery store and heaven forbid you happen to have a natural bodily function like passing gas for the next five minutes you need to stand there and anyone that walks past you should stop them and say "excuse me I know you might not even be aware but a few moments ago I farted I hope that doesn't offend you"

Your solution?

I can understand how someone born and raised in Canada will not even notice that but for someone born and raised in Europe, this is just unacceptable.

Very glad and excited to hear that Europeans have such great fart detection built in... :

Now I agree that this is not what an average Canadian will do and this is mostly done by people with much lower class.

I am pretty sure that even Bill Gates and Queen Elizabeth fart sometimes.. and I bet they even do it sometimes in less than ideal conditions but such is life.. good god... it's not like people are walking around grocery stores chasing you and saying "pull on my finger"

But unlike an average Canadian who will finish it's education get a good job and his circle of people are just like him/her, will meet people like that only when is out in a restaurant or his roof needs to be changed or his house needs to be painted. An immigrant (and I assume that the person who wrote the article is an immigrant) meets people like that on daily bases.

Sounds like somebody (YOU) is a bit of an elitist huh? Sure comes across that way, so we should assume that you are and that anybody from where you come from is one as well?

Maybe we need to talk to the conservatives about creating a commission on public farting and burping it sounds like it's very wide spread and needs to be addressed.. I just consider myself lucky in my 45 years in Canada I've never come in contact with these low life poorly educated slugs that stalk the good middle class folks with the sole attempt of gassing them.. :-[

Now, twenty some years later, I own my business and I deal with completely different people. What I've learned though is that I can not trust any promises done by a fellow business owner until I get it on paper. And even then I've heard more than once that "Contracts are made to be broken"

Amazing? So now that you are dealing with the middle and upper class that no longer have the farting issue, instead they prefer to screw you on business deals.. maybe it would be better if they just farted a bit more huh?

I don't know who you are dealing with but I owned a business in Canada for the last 15 years before I left and I never had ONE person in all that time go back on a deal made verbally. Nor would I ever back out of a deal I made with someone with a handshake or in principal verbally. Me thinks you are once again dealing with an interesting group of people, immigrants perhaps?? See how nice that broad brush feels?

Now in terms of the dating part in the article. I somewhat agree with parts of it. I disagree with what some of you are saying that if you want to go out with sweatpants, you can do so. Yes you are right... If you live alone in an island however when you live in society, sometimes you need to respect that society. Very often when I was dating and I start a conversation with a girl, the first question is what I do. Why? Are you looking for a job?... I usually ask.

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeee it's just a question... what do you ask the women when you first meet them? Please explain Einstein's theory of relativity I'm stuck on a couple of the lessor known bits.. what do you do is a legit and worthwhile question.. if you are a Bay street broker you are likely to have a different set of interests, goals, experiences, than if you are a FOB drywaller.. not to mention if you are in the lower working class you will likely have that public farting issues as well... and yes I am sure some women ask such questions to gauge your ability to provide as a husband etc..etc.. but so what as if you don't want to know things like that about them too...

The whole sweatpants, PJs thing I don't know I'm just trying to think if there is any bigger a non issue in the world.. really... this matters to somebody?

Equality has nothing to do with how you take care of your self, it's wrong for a woman not to take care of her self and that includes the way she dresses. This is true for men as well. How would you feel if man start wearing makeup or skirts or what ever makes him feel "equal"?

To be honest I am not even sure what your point is here... women are equal hence they have stopped wearing make up and dresses? Taking care of oneself is a personal thing and YOU do not get to choose what someone else thinks is taking care of themselves. In the 6 years I've known my wife I have seen her wear two dresses, once to our wedding and once to our reception that's it.. I can't remember the last time she wore make up.. but I can assure you if you met her would you never complain that she does not look after her self. Just because you appear to be stuck in some time warp where men and women are supposed to look and act to a particular ideal that thankfully does not exist in Canada you don't have the right to impose those views on other people.

Next time you travel and you end-up in one of the big airports in Europe just notice the people as a group in the different gates how they look. Make a note of the gates for flights within Europe and then take a look at the gates with flights going to the US and Canada and see if you notice any difference.

Or better yet next time you are in a big airport in Asia have a look at the flights going to Europe compared to other parts in Asia.. the Europeans look like bums...I don't suppose that would have anything to do with the length of the flights, or what their purposes are or a million other things.. if my only opinion of people from Europe were the people I meet in Thailand that come here for vacation well let me tell you it would be a very nasty opinion for the most part, but that would be wrong to judge entire nations on such a small sampling.. wouldn't you think?

Perhaps this is why I am in this forum and as for the part that if you ware a makeup and short skirts during the day, you maybe mistaken for a prostitute... I actually told that to my wife when she was in Canada because is true. When she was here she got so many compliments for the way she looks and mostly form other women... and what's wrong with that? Does it make her less equal?

Damn... another keyboard ruined by vomit.. seriously, makeup and short skirts and you are a hooker? Hello the 1930's are calling they want their prejudices back...

Guess what your wife dressing up or not dressing up getting compliments or not getting them, does not make her any more or less equal the equality we are talking about is not about clothes or make up.. its about being treated equally under the law its about having access to the maths and sciences and not just home economics, it's about having motherhood recognized as important and not something done because they are too lazy or unskilled to "work" (anyone with kids laughs at people thinking raising a child is easy) outside the home, a very minor group of examples but you get the point.

The point is that although the article is generalizing things, many of the points are true.

I disagree completely and if your examples are ones on the points you agree with being true I disagree even more.. simply put you can't come to Canada and impose your previous life experiences or culture.

Canada is a beautiful country with wonderful people and I've never for a second had any doubt that I made the right decision to move to Canada.

Yes it is, and you are likely right you made a great choice.. and we as a country are happy for all the help that Immigrants have provided over the years to help build Canada into one of the very best countries in the world.. an although we don't like to tout it often enough we really are.. the facts bear that out in all ways that are used to measure such things...

However to better our self when we hear criticisms, and instead of getting offended, I think it's better to think about it and improve whatever we can.

So we should spend all our lives running around trying to change every iota of beings every time someone levels a half baked criticism about us?

Brits are pompous asses that look down on anyone not born in the UK and mock people all the time about not being able to speak "the Queen's English" correctly.

Germans are overbearing humorless robots that care more about machines than people

Jamaicans are all pot smoking dread wearing criminals

Aussies are all drunk good time party animals with no sense of personal responsibility

Thais are all whores that care only about money and power

Cambodians are all poverty stricken dog eating sub humans

Chinese people are all nerdy socially inept math geniuses

Americans are self important gun toting rednecks with self esteem issues masked by yelling "We're number 1" constantly.

The list could go on and on and on... and I am very aware that SOME of the people in each of the countries mentioned do in fact have the stated "qualities" but do we then assume that every one in the country does, and expect all to then start working on themselves to be better judged by some standard created by whom?

Canada is a great country its not without it's faults like any country or any race in the world. I think in fact Canada has bent over TOO far in some cases giving up OUR Canadian heritage to make newcomers feel at home or to not offend people, Happy Holidays, instead of Merry Christmas? Give me a break.. and yes we are a bit of a nanny state and lean socialist for sure..and that too offends some people.

We (Canadians or Canada) are never going to make everyone happy that comes here, but believe it or not it is up to YOU the Immigrant to try and fit into our culture and for us to make you welcome. If the new Canadians spend all their time complaining about it's not like home, then I am not sure what you want us to do.. make it like home? You know the home you left? We are what we are and I like it.. and I think most people do and I think the number of people lining up to Immigrate bears that out.. the more you try to understand us and our ways the more we try to make you feel at home and understand why you think things we do are "different" NOTE I said different NOT wrong...

Now I think there is only ONE way to end this rant....... I............. AM..................... CANADIAN...

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[dakonej]

I can't believe I'm replying to this utter nonsense thread yet again but goodness it's amazing that people continue to give this moron more than his 15 minutes and even that is likely 14:55 too long...


We (Canadians or Canada) are never going to make everyone happy that comes here, but believe it or not it is up to YOU the Immigrant to try and fit into our culture and for us to make you welcome. If the new Canadians spend all their time complaining about it's not like home, then I am not sure what you want us to do.. make it like home? You know the home you left? We are what we are and I like it.. and I think most people do and I think the number of people lining up to Immigrate bears that out.. the more you try to understand us and our ways the more we try to make you feel at home and understand why you think things we do are "different" NOTE I said different NOT wrong...

Now I think there is only ONE way to end this rant....... I............. AM..................... CANADIAN...

Hahaha GREAT RANT, Bangkokcanuck !!

Like I said in my earlier and only post to this asstupid thread: The "farticle" in question deserves NOT any attention whatsoever, for it's full of ridiculous generalizations, stereotypes and non-facts, example: "Canadians find it normal to: fart or burp...blah, blah, blah", do you have data to support that? And how would one define "Canadians"? Is everyone bearing a Canadian passport included in that group? If so, most of the sponsors participating in this forum should be included, so that would make ALL of us part of the "farting" crowd, wouldn't it? Do you see the fallacy in all that?

Please, people! If you consider yourselves educated enough you should by now realize that you're wasting valuable bandwidth on this forum and the precious technical resources made available by CanadaVisa.com to even consider the piece referred by the OP as anything deserving serious consideration.

So, please, put it to rest already. If you feel like contributing something helpful to this community, then post something of consequence instead, like, for example, this info on law-cost Bank accounts: http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/eng/resources/publications/banking/LowCostAccounts/BankLowCostAccounts-eng.asp. That would be, indeed, of some value to prospective newcomers since sooner rather than later they will have to deal with Canadian farting, oops, I meant, Banking.

I AM CANADIAN

 

[MandyUK]

Brits are pompous asses that look down on anyone not born in the UK and mock people all the time about not being able to speak "the Queen's English" correctly.

Er thanks, Im British and I am not like that, isnt this doing exactly what was done in the OP and putting all Canadians in the same pot. other than that I agree on what your saying.

 

[Bangkokcanuck]

Er thanks, Im British and I am not like that, isnt this doing exactly what was done in the OP and putting all Canadians in the same pot. other than that I agree on what your saying.

I think you missed THIS part of my post....

The list could go on and on and on... and I am very aware that SOME of the people in each of the countries mentioned do in fact have the stated "qualities" but do we then assume that every one in the country does, and expect all to then start working on themselves to be better judged by some standard created by whom?

I was making the very point you are... we can't broad stroke entire countries based on a few people here or there....

 

[MandyUK]

yep, your right, sorry, I did get distracted by my dog whining and wanted to go out. I stand corrected. ;D