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Our True North: 11 Canadians Living in the US Share What They Miss Most About Home.


World  (tags: Canada, Ontario, BC, Niagara Region, Canada Day, Quebec, Rick Moranis, Second Cup, CanLit, Montreal veggie pâté, the Canadian mosaic, Melissa Auf der Maur, Coffee Crisp )

Larry
- 150 days ago - nytimes.com
There is no contest about what I miss most about Canada. It is universal medical coverage. Just thinking about it, and its absence here, can send me into complete despair. But Canada Day is no time for tears, so instead I offer my First Runner-Up of Thing
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Blue Bunting (855)
Friday July 3, 2009, 9:06 pm
"Canadians defer. We save our loonies and don’t jaywalk. It’s illegal, eh. We stand on guard at red lights, even when there is no traffic. We wait for clear, green governing lights to signal our turn and lead us on. Then we tuck our heads down, under wooly toques and worn-out scarves, one eye barely open, squinting headlong into the harsh prairie wind, cautiously, quietly, demurely Canadian. "

The$e are not the Candian$ that I came to know when I resided in Briti$h Columbia .. even more Briti$h than London!
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Friday July 3, 2009, 9:16 pm

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Blue Bunting (855)
Friday July 24, 2009, 11:14 pm

Our friends at Sadly, No! take a look at the actual outcomes between the US and Canada. I don't think it will surprise you to see that the U.S. system doesn't measure up so well
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Thursday August 27, 2009, 8:47 pm

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