Yep along with a few other things.

And why is the 'prairie dog' actually a picture of a cat?

I'll leave you to figure out that little conundrum.

Whilst I support your sentiment I would be pedantic and say right wing and hero are relative.

Harper (despite appearance) is to the left of Obama on many issues. And barely (if at all) to the right of Brown. He IS however verging on the Christian Fundamentalist front which is (to me at least) far more scary than how far right he maybe.

People, People, why do we need to state so much as if it is the gospel truth?

Insurance on my car is f**king ridiculous I agree, insurance on my home is a joke (WAY low), overall I'm paying less for insurance when the two are combined.

Humour is relative (ie Canadian humour to MOST brits doesnt exist) BUT they do try (oh yes and fail)

Rubbish beers? to some yes BUT look and you will fiind DECENT ales in microbrewries. What irks me more is the price the thieving gits charge for SHITE wine never mind the good stuff.

Price plans for Cell phones? Once again its relative I pay less and use my cell more here than I did in the UK.

Taking a driving test? For petes sake 1) its the law 2) you learnt to drive on the opposite side of the road, probably in a stick shift, with different traffic laws WHY SHOULDNT you be re-tested?????

OK I imagine this point has been has been made BUT the (asshole) Officer that I saw being interviewed Tazered the guy 5 (yes FIVE) times, where is the justification in that? The guy was pretty much incapicitated after the second 'tazering'.

Steve's an enigma.

Poor guy

Probably less painful than the shit he's been through recently.....don't knock it till you've tried it.

Doesnt the enema suggest the shit may NOT be going through him though

awww back on form

Don't get me started.

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No problem with that in principle, but what irks me is that all Canadians can just swop their licences for a UK one, and they learnt to drive on the opposite side of the road in an automatic. Also, the stupid variances in provincial law means that moving to BC neccesitates retaking your test, whereas I wouldn't have to if I moved to Alberta - Stupid bureaucracy

Just because you keep asking the question doesn't mean the answer doesn't exist.

Here's wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Canada

Here's a list of world famous late 20th Century Canadian Novelists

Robertson Davies, Mordecai Richler, Timothy Findley, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, (who has been called the best living writer of short stories in English) and Farley Mowat

Wiki says:

By the 1990s, Canadian literature was viewed as some of the world's best

Canadian authors have accumulated international awards:

In 1992, Michael Ondaatje became the first Canadian to win the Booker Prize for The English Patient.

Margaret Atwood won the Booker in 2000 for The Blind Assassin and Yann Martel won it in 2002 for Life of Pi.

Alistair MacLeod won the 2001 IMPAC Award for No Great Mischief and Rawi Hage won it in 2008 for De Niro's Game.

Carol Shields's The Stone Diaries won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and in 1998 her novel Larry's Party won the Orange Prize.

Douglas Coupland has also achieved significant success for his work, particularly Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

Here's a complete list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_writers

Then there's the art:

eg Group of Seven:
:

Emily Carr:




Here's the art Gallery of ALberta:



Canadian Music:

Here's a list of musicians

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_musicians

Here's what some small time Canadian musicians think of American Culture way back in the 70's
:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tZ5c...eature=related

I'll rephrase. What is the behaviour of ordinary Canadians which the poster from outer space would like immigrants like to adopt? How are they to assimilate.

I accept that unhyphenated Canadians can conform to other cultures, for example by winning the Booker or by providing a quarter of an American band. I'm sure there are examples of people born in Canada doing well in Bollywood, Hollywood and other foreign cultures. That's an inevitable consequence of having nothing to which to aspire at home.

The English Patient is, btw, an interesting example to cite as a Canadian success. One needs the Canadian acceptance of prolonged nothingness in order to last through either the book or the film.