Trust me there's nothing to see here. This blog is all about Canada, 24/7, Canada all the time! Really boring boring place Canada -- we speak English (more or less) like the Americans (different spelling on certain words). We also speak French (although our French cousins need subtitles to understand our movies -- and sometime us too). None of our successes (or failures) have any applications elsewhere! Canada is a special case country. No lessons can be drawn from our political process. Trust me on this:
Healthcare -- its OK but France and Germany are almost certainly better (less expensive with better outcome). We don't talk about our "southern neighbors" health care system here (they get really pissy when we mention that their system seems to fail many of them and is terribly expensive)
Banking system -- our tiny banking system with 6 "real banks" that account for about 95% of all retail deposits. We have no lessons for anyone. None of the rules that apply to Canada can be replicated elsewhere.
Education: Run by the provinces and not the Federal government (many many reasons for this). Even Canadians don't know why their education system is successful (its a new thing here). If you talk to parents they will tell you they cannot figure out how well their children are doing (grading has become strange). We know our children read more than other kids elsewhere -- personally I blame our cold dark winters...
Canada's army is a bit of a joke (granted its an affordable one), did you hear about the subs we bought... they sink (and not in a good way). We are fighting to decided if its appropriate to replace our 30 year old fighter aircraft (yep that's what we talk about between snowball fights).
Still thanks for the bump in readership, Canada just cannot be that interesting. Trust me on that, we are boring!
Have a good day
Healthcare -- its OK but France and Germany are almost certainly better (less expensive with better outcome). We don't talk about our "southern neighbors" health care system here (they get really pissy when we mention that their system seems to fail many of them and is terribly expensive)
Banking system -- our tiny banking system with 6 "real banks" that account for about 95% of all retail deposits. We have no lessons for anyone. None of the rules that apply to Canada can be replicated elsewhere.
Education: Run by the provinces and not the Federal government (many many reasons for this). Even Canadians don't know why their education system is successful (its a new thing here). If you talk to parents they will tell you they cannot figure out how well their children are doing (grading has become strange). We know our children read more than other kids elsewhere -- personally I blame our cold dark winters...
Canada's army is a bit of a joke (granted its an affordable one), did you hear about the subs we bought... they sink (and not in a good way). We are fighting to decided if its appropriate to replace our 30 year old fighter aircraft (yep that's what we talk about between snowball fights).
Still thanks for the bump in readership, Canada just cannot be that interesting. Trust me on that, we are boring!
Have a good day