How do YOU define a Canadian

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DownUnder said:
Being in Canada as an Aussie, my perception of a Canadian has changed since coming to Toronto, unfortunately not for the better. I met a ton of Canucks around the globe while traveling and they, along with the people in the less populated parts of Canada were almost always polite, friendly, helpful and generally fun people to be around and have a laugh. Here in the GTA though is the exception to the rule I guess. People are rude, unfriendly, always stressed and on edge, uptight and almost never smile.
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I agree with you 100%. Not to mention they think they're better than everyone else. Small towns for me :)

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i should imagine that a canadian should be able to speak either french or English, or both.

i know that a high percentage of new immigrants can barely speak either.

everyone that fails the test gets an interview with a citizenship judge, who then decides if the applicant should pass or not.
 
Pretty friggin easy...

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Not being able to articulate Canadian culture is pretty typical of Canadians.

DownUnder - that's not the first time I've heard Torontonians described that way. It's disappointing hearing it from outsiders, cuz I'd like to think that myself and the people I know are pretty friendly people.
 
short stop said:
Not being able to articulate Canadian culture is pretty typical of Canadians.

DownUnder - that's not the first time I've heard Torontonians described that way. It's disappointing hearing it from outsiders, cuz I'd like to think that myself and the people I know are pretty friendly people.
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Its a typical outsider's view of big city people... not exclusive at all to Toronto.

Don't like it? Go visit Milton. :lol:
 
braveheart said:
i should imagine that a canadian should be able to speak either french or English, or both.
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I agree in principle. Basic command of one of the two official languages is one of the major requirements for acquiring a landed immigrant visa. You wouldn't know that, of course.

braveheart said:
i know that a high percentage of new immigrants can barely speak either.
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That statement applies to a lot of Canadian-born citizens too. Some won't be bothered to begin their sentences with a capital letter, even when the word they begin it with is "I".

I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.
i helped my uncle jack off his horse.

See the difference?

braveheart said:
everyone that fails the test gets an interview with a citizenship judge, who then decides if the applicant should pass or not.
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Apply this principle to all citizens and you have my vote.
 
Meh been here since 1987. So according to some of you the difference of me being Canadian or not is pledging allegiance to the queen and knowing Victoria is the capital of British Columbia. ;) Deportation time...
 
Vlad said:
I agree in principle. Basic command of one of the two official languages is one of the major requirements for acquiring a landed immigrant visa. You wouldn't know that, of course.



That statement applies to a lot of Canadian-born citizens too. Some won't be bothered to begin their sentences with a capital letter, even when the word they begin it with is "I".

I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse.
i helped my uncle jack off his horse.

See the difference?



Apply this principle to all citizens and you have my vote.
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lol. big difference in not knowing, and laziness. last thursday i highsided and separated my shoulder, so not only am i typing with one hand, im also on oxy's aqs well, so typo's are going to be happening.

if i can reach the shift button and still hit the letter required, i'll try.


is that ok for you ?
 
If a person identifies themselves as Canadian, and is not just some parasite from country _______ that is here as part of a swarm to ruin Canada, then I would say they are Canadian.
 
I'm a Canadian citizen and hold a Canadian passport but wouldn't consider myself Canadian by any stretch. A piece of paper doesn't make you something you're not. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy holding Canadian citizenship and holding a Canadian passport. I even enjoy living here. I just don't think that makes e Canadian. As to what a true Canadian is? Well I suppose it depends upon which Province you hail from, or even which part of a province you come from. Canada is so ****ing huge it's going to be very difficult to define one set of criteria which identify you as a true Canadian.
 
braveheart said:
lol. big difference in not knowing, and laziness. last thursday i highsided and separated my shoulder, so not only am i typing with one hand, im also on oxy's aqs well, so typo's are going to be happening.
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Sorry to hear about the accident. Get well soon so we can continue in English :)

"Defining" a nation is all about severe generalization for the purpose of general political consensus and mobilization for a "higher purpose", usually some kind of war. I've seen too many shades of nationalism and stages of chauvinism to consider either even remotely desirable in the twenty first century. Therefore I refuse to identify with a nation. As mentioned before, those categories were not always around and will eventually disappear when we finally mature as species and grow out of them.

What's my point? You were trying to define "your" nation by disparaging (is that the right word?) newcomers that nation was built on. Both sides of the coin you displayed are very rusty and don't belong in modern civil discourse.

braveheart said:
is that ok for you ?
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It's all OK. Been there, dodged the bombs...
 
Vroom said:
To me a Canadian is someone who embraces our culture and our Canadian ways. Don't care where they are from--they moved here to get a better life i suspect. If you want to bring all your traditions , etc from where you were, i suggest you should have stayed there!!!!! No- don't give up your heritage, or religion, or whatever, but you left your country because you didn't like it there, why would you try to change Canada to be "just like the home you left!" Welcome to Canada-----Fit in!
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Agreed
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