do you feel canadians have a distaste for their border friends?
551378
The entire world has a distaste for America, after all, we are always the source of their economic problems... and we like to get involved in everything and make it worse O.o
615354
No, you are smart to feel that way.  They come over here and spit on our country and expect to be treated like royalty.  They are depleting our food stamps and medicaid and everything else they can get for free.  They just want a free ride on the backs of Americans.  At school the meican students refuse to say the national anthem in the mornings.  If their country is so great then go back to it.  You don't sit on the Away side and shout out for your Home team unless u want to get your a** kicked.  Pretty soon they will take the National Anthem away because we don't want to offend anybody.  They need to learn some manners.  Everywhere I go I hear that da** spanish music.  Now they want to make Spanish the language of America.  I cry for the future of America.  I wish we could build a wall around it.  They are like a virus destroying us.
367079
I think it probably depends more on where you live, as to how you feel about it. Most people closer to the border, our fellow Americans, aren't to happy with ILLEGAL immigration. Always remember to say legal or illegal, that is the issue, not immigration.
435472
canada discriminate? compared to other countries [wont mention them, like shooting fish in a barrel] it is enlightenend {I am not canadian]. sometimes people become their own victims through their own arrogance-and then blame others. that's not discrimination, that's human nature. Or being your own caricature-pretending to be better. more holy, more whatever rubs people the wrong way-again self inflicted. i think canada is far more civilised than [most country in - take your pick].\ncanada accepts more diverse migrants/capita than any other country in the world at the moment.
463087
My opinion is yes.  Canadian Native Americans already have rights of the border, it should be opened up to others too.
1139879
Generally I think Americans are ambivalent about Canadians.\n\nWe like their beer (Molson), probably eat their beef (Alberta), can appreciate their hockey (Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs), adopt their artists (Alanis Morrissette, William Shatner, Jim Carrey, John Candy, and so on), and film in their country (Vancouver).\n\nWhile I've nothing against Canadians, and indeed respect them, as a FIB I'm more passionate about my beloved Cheese-Head neighbors to the north and happy Hoosiers to the east. All in all, I'd say that Iowans (my western neighbors) are most like Canadians.\n\nRegarding Manifest Destiny: here are some sections from Wikipedia related to its definition and how it affected our relations with Canda, Texas and Mexico. Please visit the link for the complete write-up.\n\n"Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States had a mission to expand, spreading its form of democracy and freedom. Sometimes advocates said there was divine sanction (but atheists were often just as supportive). Advocates of Manifest Destiny believed that expansion was not only good, but that it was obvious ("manifest") and inevitable ("destiny"). Originally a political catch phrase of the 19th century, Manifest Destiny eventually became a standard historical term, often used as a synonym for the territorial expansion of the United States across North America towards the Pacific Ocean.\n\n"(It) has always been a general notion rather than a specific policy. \n\n"The phrase ... was first used primarily by Jackson Democrats in the 1840s to promote the annexation of much of what is now the Western United States (the Oregon Territory, the Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession). \n\n"British North America\nAlthough Manifest Destiny was primarily directed at territory inhabited by Mexicans and American Indians, the concept played a role in U.S. relations with British North America (later Canada) to the north. From the time of the American Revolution, the United States had expressed an interest in expelling the British Empire from North America. Failing to do that in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, Americans came to accept the British presence on their northern border, but fears of possible British expansion elsewhere in North America was a recurrent theme of Manifest Destiny."
464970
WHY SHOULD CANADIANS PERSECUTE THE CULTURE OR BELEIFS OF ANOTHER PERSON, THE FACT IS TAHT WE ALL ARE IMMEGRANTS FROM FIRST SETTLERS TO THE FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES. WE RESPECT THE HERITAGE AND THE PERSON BUT SHOULD THE PERSON DO SOMETHING SUCH AS A TERRORIST ACT THE INDIVIDUAL WILL BE PERSECUTED NOT THE ENTIRE CULTURE AS THAT WOULD BE ONLY RE-ENFORCING ACTS OF HATE.
1128520
I couldn't agree more.  I happen to like the Canadians, but their holier than thou attitude and their adherence to uncontrolled multiculturalism is sometimes grating.  And just because they have universal health care doesn't mean it is necessarily better.  For instance, the city of Detroit has more MRI machines than the whole of Canada.  In fact, Canadians flock to cities like Detroit for more immediate access to health care that they would have to wait months for in Canada.  That having been said, I would like to take the best of Canada and the USA and make one large beautiful country.
915068
As an American born Canadian, I can tell you that I met equally nice Americans as well as Canadians.  I don't think we're any nicer. \n\nAs for Canadians being snobs about Americans, I actually believe it's true.  I love being Canadian but (and I admit it's a generalization) we define our national identity as being "not" American. I can only imagine that New Zealander's feel the same way about Australians.
341061
That's a gross generalization...I have found when I've been there that the brits are a very friendly and open people...especially if you go to a pub. \n\nIn one instance my family went and on the road we got lost. We stopped at a pub to eat and ask directions. The barkeep wasn't able to give us the information. Next thing we see this bloke stopping at each table when he finally gets to ours he says "hello, are you the folks that are lost?" and proceeded to give us very concise instructions on how to get to where we were going. \n\nSure there a pompous brits, but there a pompous yanks and  pompous canucks. Pompous and rude is not exclusive to any one country.
1150648
LOL! some people are just plain morons! As  I was scrolling down reading every ones opinion-answer, I notice a few "Americans" are going to either "A" leave the U.S or  "B" move to Canada...Does anyone else see what is wrong with this?? Let me explain....those that said you will be leaving the U.S.A for for Canada or another Country...correct me if wrong but wont you then become the one thing you "hate" yes that's right. You will all become Immigrants in a foreign land. I find that to be Ironic. Next time you may want to think before you answer..............
498918
According to "Fire and Ice" by Michael Adams (a book about the differences between the US and Canada), Canada is the only developed country where more than 50% of the population responds to surveys with a positive opinion of immigrants. However, I'm not sure how many countries were surveyed, or how the question was phrased (it may be that people's political opinions are at odds with how they actually treat people). It's interesting that Canadians have such high opinions of immigrants when several of their cities are amongst the most diverse in the world -- apparently familiarity doesn't breed contempt. \n\nAnecdotally, Canadians seem pretty well-travelled and to have a positive opinion and high level of knowledge of other countries. Because they have two official languages, they seem to be more likely to speak a second language than other English-speaking countries. Also, as a smaller global player, Canada doesn't tend to have as much political friction with other countries as the US or European countries. \n\nSo I think it's fair to say that Canada is comparatively xenophilic, but I'm not sure if it's the <i>most</i> xenophilic country.
568681
I wish more people shared your concern, and for the reasons you do, because they are for the right ones. You are not racist, I would be just as upset if Canadians were here taking advantage of our system! Unfortunately it is so out of control I dont know how the problem can be resolved w/o drastic actions, which the gov. is not willing to take.
1129596
Why exclude Canadians? They would seem to be the ones best qualified to tell you what life in Canada is like. They LIVE there, for fu*ks sake!
688892
i think they are perfectly normal people who are being treated with disrespect because there "home country" is in war with ours and they are blamed for tarriest attacks. although some are not at all like that.
796607
Seems like you know little about our good neighbors... they are the ONLY nation that comes to our aid during our times of natural disasters, as they also did during Katrina... they got to Louisiana BEFORE our own Federal government aid got there... and they have done so many times in the past, too.\n\nI would prefer to help any Canadian than any dumb redneck waving a Neo-Nazi or KKK flag any day of the week!  They are also the kind of people that help other nations in times of need.  They REALLY have no enemies except those that WE made for them while they have assisted us.  We have a lot to learn from them... but don't mistake good neighbors for supposedly having a week military... they have fewer enemies than we do and they have no need to flaunt their might (and most of their might goes along the way of brains!)\n\nThe USA has put into power almost all of the dictators in the Caribbean, South American, Central America in the past and present; and who do you think also trained many of those countries' military, air force and naval forces... that are now our enemies?  Yes, the good ol' USA.  \n\nThe only thing we can blame Canadians for is the cold weather that comes from up north, not much else and for Mary Pickford and Alex Trebeck (and a bunch of other movie and TV celebrities and singers from the 50s to recent years).\n\nHas anyone been keeping tabs on how many scientists and chemists and others in the sciences we've trained from countries that are now our enemies...???  Oh, let's not forget the Nazi scientists we hired and made American citizens in spite of their collaboration with Hitler and the Nazi regime...!
967755
no  I do not agree have you heard of canada buddy