I don't think Canada is wannabe European so much as Canadians want to differentiate themselves as much as possible from the US. (Cdn flags sewn onto backpacks?) And who can blame them considering the disparate ideologies? Canadians seem to have some insecurity about the uniqueness of their identity, which I think is unnecessary because they are so different. We break the world up into simplified chunks (Europe, North America, etc.) and end up excluding the possibility of cases that don't fit into any of the categories (Canada).

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Originally posted by SiM PeµRf we are actually french......

i'm sorry.

haha. j/k.

>JM<

Italian explorer John Cabot reached Newfoundland in 1497, while French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the region in the 1500s. In the 1600s, French settlers, who became known as Acadians, were the first Europeans to settle permanently in Canada. Over time, they were joined by settlers from British Isles and Germany.

In 1535, two Aboriginal youths used the Huron-Iroquois word "Kanata" which means "village" or "settlement" to tell Jacques Cartier the way to Stadacona (site of present-day Quebec city). Cartier used "Canada" to refer not only to Stadacona, but also to the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief of Stadaconna.

Canadian are not wanna be Europeans, part of them is European, just like Americans

Canada has some similarities with europe, but it is soooo much that is not europe. Now i havent lived in the US, but i think that i still can say that there is a lot of differences between the two.

Canada is Canada and its cool

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Canada is Canada and its cool

That almost brought a tear to my eye.

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Originally posted by josh4 America would never take another state unless there was no doubt they'd consider themselves Americans before anything else. Example: Puerto Rico

Wasn't there a referendum in Puerto Rico where they decided against becoming the 51st state?

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Well, what should they be like? 51st US state?

annex Canada and u'll have 35 million more democratic votes just like that .. wells maybe 'cept Alberta ..

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Originally posted by dEsidEL annex Canada and u'll have 35 million more democratic votes just like that .. wells maybe 'cept Alberta ..

Hey, you're right! Maybe it wouldn't be that bad if they became the 51st state after all!

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 Wasn't there a referendum in Puerto Rico where they decided against becoming the 51st state

i always thought we rejected them but you could be right. didnt really follow it too closely

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Originally posted by DrUg_Tit0 quote: Originally posted by dEsidEL annex Canada and u'll have 35 million more democratic votes just like that .. wells maybe 'cept Alberta .. Hey, you're right! Maybe it wouldn't be that bad if they became the 51st state after all!

i dont think they'd ever let themselves be but you have a point hmm.. we could always jut take them by force! worked for Iraq, oh, wait...

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Originally posted by ZinG Italian explorer John Cabot reached Newfoundland in 1497, while French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the region in the 1500s.......

I heard that Vikings from Greenland got here before anyone. Lets also not forget about the Native Americans.

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Originally posted by St_Andrew Canada has some similarities with europe, but it is soooo much that is not europe. Now i havent lived in the US, but i think that i still can say that there is a lot of differences between the two. Canada is Canada and its cool

I agree with you! I've lived in all 3 (numerous countries in Europe). Canada is awesome. It's not really like Europe because i believe the places i lived in in Europe (Ireland, England, Belgium) were much more free than Canada, the culture is too different to be able to compare it to Europe. However it's also not at all like the States in the sense that the cultural mix in Canada brought something which the cultural mix in the Sates doesn't have -- but then again I was living in Tennessee and to be honest, people over there were none too plussed about other races anyways.

Maybe i'm wrong though. When i was living in the states, the difference of culture wasn't that varied. Mainly Hispanics and African Americans.
In Canada, my friends are from pretty much everywhere, from Eastern Europe, to Asia, to Africa, to South America
I <3 Canada though hehe... but Europe is definitely lots of fun too!

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