The World's view of Canada

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Have any you noticed how nasty Canada has become since Harper became PM?

1. Yes
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14%
2. No
12
34%
3. What the hell is "Canada"?
7
20%
4. Perhaps you shouldn't have elected an evil robot.
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11%
5. Well, at least you didn't make Rob Anders Prime Minister.
1
3%
6. Sounds like Harper is the type to outlaw Cheese.
6
17%
 
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The World's view of Canada

Post by Reverend Blair » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:31 pm

Have you guys noticed how much we suck lately?
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by Ironclad » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:49 pm

TBH we get so little news from Canadia* I'm generally assume it is a pacifist land and you all stay in at the weekends behaving.
Unless you folk are staying quite because you're up to something... :ask:

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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by The Red Fox » Sat Feb 27, 2010 7:53 pm

Sorry to hear you've got the Tories in power fucking up your country (it's what they're there for). :console:

To answer your question, I had to vote no. It's hard to know how the society of a country you don't live in has changed. The world generally views Canada as very tolerant and liberal (even by European standards, and certainly when compared to your southern neighbours), and as far as I'm aware that perception hasn't changed.
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by Xeno » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:28 pm

Reverend Blair, cheese option please!

I live half a world away and the honest answer would be "No" but given it is the No of Ignorance rather than the No of Opinion, I want cheese. :food:
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by ScottyMet » Sat Feb 27, 2010 8:42 pm

Which definition of "nasty" do you mean?

1 a : disgustingly filthy; b : physically repugnant
2 : indecent, obscene
3 : mean, tawdry
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by Reverend Blair » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:05 pm

Which definition of "nasty" do you mean?

1 a : disgustingly filthy; b : physically repugnant
2 : indecent, obscene
3 : mean, tawdry
All of the above, but mostly 3.
Reverend Blair, cheese option please!
Damn, knew I was missing something. I'll see if I can figure out how to add one.
To answer your question, I had to vote no. It's hard to know how the society of a country you don't live in has changed. The world generally views Canada as very tolerant and liberal (even by European standards, and certainly when compared to your southern neighbours), and as far as I'm aware that perception hasn't changed.
I was kind of afraid of that. The current Canadian government is every bit as bad as the Bush government was in the US. They've run away from international agreements such as Kyoto and tried to undermine international meetings like the ones in Copenhagen and Bali. Our science minister is, by all indications, a creationist. Harper is working on taking aid money away from NGOs that support abortion and/or birth control. We've got religious conservatives sitting on scientific ethics panels. Our stem cell research scientists are moving to the US and Europe, as are our climate change scientists.

I can go on pretty much forever, on this. These guys are truly and frighteningly regressive. The thing is that the international community doesn't really notice because we're just Canada, after all.
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Post by Daan » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:08 pm

Well, i guess Holland is worse. We might be heading towards a fascist dictatorship. That whole Wilders thing is getting far out of hand.
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by NineOneFour » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:11 pm

Seen after the US beat the Canadian hockey team:

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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by NineOneFour » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:12 pm

Daan wrote:Well, i guess Holland is worse. We might be heading towards a fascist dictatorship. That whole Wilders thing is getting far out of hand.

What are the polls like? Last I saw was on the 18th.
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by Reverend Blair » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:18 pm

NineOneFour wrote:Seen after the US beat the Canadian hockey team:

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Yeah, but until Harper realized he had a shot at winning an election, he wanted to privatize our healthcare and make it just like the US system. I doubt he really changed his mind, just realized that he unelectable with that stance.
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by Daan » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:08 pm

NineOneFour wrote:
Daan wrote:Well, i guess Holland is worse. We might be heading towards a fascist dictatorship. That whole Wilders thing is getting far out of hand.

What are the polls like? Last I saw was on the 18th.
He is at 16% in the last polls.
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by NineOneFour » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:19 pm

Daan wrote:
NineOneFour wrote:
Daan wrote:Well, i guess Holland is worse. We might be heading towards a fascist dictatorship. That whole Wilders thing is getting far out of hand.

What are the polls like? Last I saw was on the 18th.
He is at 16% in the last polls.
Source? In het Nederlands is ok.
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Re: The World's view of Canada

Post by Daan » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:54 am

http://www.politiekebarometer.nl/
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