I know that it’s literally right next door: but does a stronger USD help against a weaker CAD? The thing is, how similar are both nations in terms of culture? For example, I’ve heard a lot of Aussies visit New Zealand as it’s not far. So is it basically the same thing with Americans going to Canada for vacation?
I’ve heard a U.S. person call another person aggressive as a compliment. In Canada, it’s an insult. Also, there are fewer individual rights and more group rights. It’s obviously more socialist than the States. Government hospitals, universities and schools. Private schools are rare. Even the Conservative Party supports abortion, same-sex marriage, and universal health care. People are more reserved and more polite.There’s a common joke about holding the door open for the next person and saying sorry for everything. We are not as fanatical about sports. We are not really patriotic (unless we are travelling or someone mistakes us for a United Statesian). We are a bit insecure, having lived beside a powerful and dominant country all our lives. People from the U.S. who have moved here have told me there’s an absence of a pervasive, background fear that they didn’t realize was there until they moved to Canada.
fellow Canadian here (Toronto, FWIW):
agree.
I’m more into individual rights. Here in Toronto, I wonder if a topless woman wearing a hijab could smoke a big fat spliff in front of a police station and not get hassled.
How about hockey?
Tbh, what you described doesn’t sound weird at all. Sure, it’s different from what the US has, but there’s a lot of people in the US that want those things implemented in the US.