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O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Gods keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
I’ve been dishing it out, time for a little self deprecation.
Canada is far from perfect. From the treatment of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. To the Chinese Head tax. To the turning away of a ship full of Jewish refugees in 1939. The list goes on.
I am Chinese and of Jewish ethnic descent and a pagan. My brother is half Mi'kmaq. We are both Canadian.
Diversity is our strength.
Cat tax
MisterLemons
How long do you have to hold a US Dollar at the bottom of a swamp for it to get "gross"? Our bills are fabric and it's pretty sturdy stuff.
ErniesWidow
Remember, it was Philadelphia that killed Hitchbot. Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love.
thevortexmaster
MeestowKitty
Ah yes, "rare cases of racism." I'll write to the natives now and tells them that the RCMP is rarely oppressing them. Canada is better (1
MeestowKitty
than the US in A LOT of ways, but its also like the US in way too many for it to be this paradise that a lot of people think it is. (end
tigerspacecreator
USA: The delinquent child; Canada: The sympathetic one; Australia: The reformed convict who now bonds with mum over Vegemite and Marmite.
davyclam
And beats us at cricket. Blighters, so we love Canada and USA more, actually.
Goldenteckel
HeraKJuno
HaveYouEverEverFletLikeThis
#2 Australia invented polymer money
DonL9
#6 Narrator: "But they weren't really an amusement park. In fact, they were sometimes the farthest thing from it."
cryborg
All of these Canada memes are really about America.
HeraKJuno
A favourite pastime of us Canadians is ragging on our rowdier brother.
Imalwaysready
*favorite
Someshithead241
#15 And yet in both, they still perpetuate the notion that the rapist is always a man.
HeraKJuno
Sadly, yes.
CatskinnerKeen
My family & I moved to Canada in September; it may have been the wisest thing we've ever done. I love this place.
Pottsofgold
It bothers me that the money isn’t in order
EddyWantok
It's nice to see our commonwealth cousins enjoying Aussie inventions! Happy new year!
Hambongler
It's in an order.
kaiken1987
Really the notes are the wrong color. The 5 should be red and the highest value note violet.
515XIX
In Australia the red denotes a 20 aka a redback & we call our 50's a pineapple cause they're yellow.
kaiken1987
And while we're at it make the looney and twoney radiate infrared
ChillaAquila
Point of order: Britain's bank notes are also now polymer https://coinsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/00_future-G-series.jpg
ChillaAquila
They also have braille and are of different size according to denomination to further differentiate them. £100 bank notes don't exist.
zhaulus
Warning about the polymer notes, still shouldn't put them through the dryer, and be careful of cold temperatures, they get really brittle
crosseyedmary
They do in Scotland, though they're the same colour as English £50 and as rare as hens teeth.
Seizurebleak
The Canadian Dream :)
davyclam
Nonsense! Canadians all go out each morning to hunt a Moose for supper. Infamy.
Imalwaysready
#5 Interestingly, "Zee" originated in Britain, stuck around for about 100 years, then fell back out of favor. Only the American colonies >
0Steve0
We say zed in New Zealand. NZ is pronounced enzed.
fortfantastic
zed is the name of the letter too. epsilon isn't pronounced epsilon in a word
Imalwaysready
held on. Though, it is a little weird to act like "zee" is all that weird over "zed" in an alphabet with cee, dee, ee, gee, pee, tee, etc.
davyclam
This is great. Didn't know, but it's like "sidewalk" and others. Also the actual accent. "Knock you up" tho...
DrGonzo1805
Proud to be.
Goryofa
"rare" cases of racism? What fucking country do you live in? Nothing rare about Canadian bigotry.
HeraKJuno
Same as you. I grew up in an Eastern European neighbourhood. My father is Chinese and my mother Jewish. At school kids made fun of my 1/2
HeraKJuno
2/2 slanted eyes and my lunches.
Goryofa
As they do in Canada. I watched it happen. My friends told me about it happening to them. Same with Jewish, indigenous, and black racism.
schizznatt
It’s extremely inaccurate to say Canada has rare occurrences of racism.
EdmondAlmond
OP probably never leaves the cities.
HeraKJuno
I spent three years of my life living in small town Ontario group home.
HeraKJuno
Before that for fifteen years I lived surrounded by organized crime and drug dealers.
MuldoonJP
RichieMuenster
Canadian gooses are majestic
Feralkyn
Feralkyn
the media. It wasn't some middle-aged Karen who got a scald, it was an elderly woman whose thighs were melted & genitals sealed shut by
Feralkyn
extensive 3rd degree burns from EXTREMELY overheated coffee. She just wanted her medical bills paid, and didn't even get that, b/c McDonalds
Feralkyn
put out a lot of media influence to make her look like the asshole. She got mocked relentlessly, and died a few years later.
PTNLemay
#20 I don't know why people measure the pool in F. We measure air in C. And you go right from the air to the pool.
datangryperson78
Saved that one. It really it a bastardized system we use.
SilverNicktail
Oh man this drives me fucking insane. Anything we share with the US has to be in dumbass units.
phuzz00
We don't even use F in the UK, and we still measure weight in 'stones' ffs.
CanadianVoyageur
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Source, please?
megamufn1
Kids in the Hall
HeraKJuno
givemeyourpointsplease
The only part of this that pisses me off is the coffee cup. The lawsuit was not about stupid Americans, it was about stopping a greedy 1/
givemeyourpointsplease
Company that was making an unsafe product and refused to stop by any other means. The coffee she spilled was 2/
givemeyourpointsplease
So hot she got almost instant 3rd degree burns to her crotch an inner thighs. and McD's didn't care. https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts 3/3
Goldenteckel
HeraKJuno
SmashySashimi
I miss Kate Beaton comics. What does she do anymore?
HeraKJuno
published a new book, she posts comics on her Twitter. https://twitter.com/beatonna?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
SmashySashimi
Well, it's a good thing she let people know on her COMICS website. :p
goflyblind
"she shot my hat, ray. i can feel air coming in through the hole."
FractalChainsaw
#14 In defense of the US in general, please don't judge us all by the actions of one Philadelphia.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Ok but someone says that about every single state every time it's brought up
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Dont wory, we judge you by the maternety hospitals you bomb with cluster bombs
Rovylern
SankariSuomi
Australian here. We invented plastic money, and adopted it before anyone else. Great to see more countries coming on board!
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Isnt Australian money made in Canada?
Lulabel73
Canada developed some plastic notes in the 80s but the ones used by many countries are the Australian ones.
SankariSuomi
No, it's made in Australia. We started using polymer notes in 1988.
PooPculture
People who think they can just pick up and move to Canada are idiots. It is very difficult.
KamikazeGerbil101
And Canada doesn't want THOSE people !
cjandstuff
Former bro-in-law did that. Turns out you can't be broke and just decide to move to Canada.
SilverNicktail
It's actually a *lot* easier if you're American. They have a lot of special exception in immigration. Source: I'm an immigrant.
Rawrzawr
I'm an American trying to save up to immigrate to Canada, would love to hear how you did it.
SilverNicktail
I'm not an American immigrant, I just know from my run through the system that it's different if you are. The rules change constantly, so...
SilverNicktail
...my best advice is *find an immigration lawyer and ask them*. Drop the $400 for an hour's consultation (yeah they're fucking expensive).
SilverNicktail
I'm a dipshit, I'm terrible with paperwork and the immigration rules have changed 3 times since I got here. My lawyer did everything right.
secretmoblin
Not the original commenter, but I'm a US citizen and moved to Canada before the pandemic. A couple of things: (1/)
secretmoblin
If you're college educated, the federal skilled worked express entry stream is a good bet. You need to get your degree certified (2/)
Rawrzawr
I am! I've got an associates in Graphic Communications and 4+ years in graphic design/prepress.
secretmoblin
/certified, take an English test, and apply for the entry pool. If you're selected, you have to submit lots of info, get a background (3/)
MyleKeville
No mention about the Canadian House Hippo? SMH.
AgentKGB
Ah, but there's two house hippo ads. :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TijcoS8qHIE
theusernameformerlyknownastildo
I still find it funny and ad about not believing everything you see on tv led a generation to want one.
yoshisereniti
How dare you. All hail the House Hippo!
HeraKJuno
Damn, how could I forget the Majestic House Hippo?
SupraLove
Oh man, a classic!
AgentKGB
New ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R_tOSRynZU
SmashySashimi
#3 This is not because the US is too dumb to know coffee is hot, but because corporations are assholes, and got held accountable once.
RevolutionOnHerLips
Yeah. Downvoted the entire thing because treating that poor woman's misery so flippantly is very American-like. Have compassion.
SarcasticComment
Yup. They served near boiling coffee and ignored, then bullied, a grandmother every step of the way on a legitimate complaint.
yourcommentisstupid
What's up with that comma?
SarcasticComment
Just roll with it.
Spinosaur
Also because the victim needed to sue the billion dollar corporation that injured them to cover medical expenses
NotAPervert
The coffee was also hotter than regulations, caused 3rd degree burns in 3 seconds instead of 30, they’d received multiple complaints
LjubljanaJeNajlepseMestoNaSvetu
Coffe should be made at 95˚ and served at no lower than 93˚
SarcasticComment
"But if it's not burn your skin off hot, it hurts our sales by not filling the store with the aromatic scent of near boiling coffee"
HodleCanuk
I saw the doc. That lady had melted legs from HIGH temp burns.
pthalio
Fused labia
SmashySashimi
Yeah, all she wanted was money for skin grafts and related medical bills and the verdict went above and beyond.
Feralkyn
Genitals were fused from melted flesh yeah.
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DoctorFatty
The reason people call the coffee lawsuit frivolous is due to a smear campaign specifically designed to make you think that.
HodleCanuk
Quit while you're ahead bud.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
U.S. lawyers are litigious. Cdn law encourages non-judicial resolution. Most huge U.S. settlements get reduced on appeal & lawyers get rich.
thatmugthatsyourfavourite
While this is true, it sounds like the woman rightfully sued after the seriousness of her injuries due to the drink being way too hot
MyOpinionsArePopular
https://youtu.be/KNWh6Kw3ejQ
fortfantastic
no it's a tired joke on americans
SmashySashimi
I mean, if you wanna send some healthcare our way, I wouldn't say no.
HeraKJuno
Ready and willing.
SmashySashimi
HeraKJuno
catscatscatscat
As a Canadian, I completely disavow this statement. That woman deserved justice and did the right thing.
HeraKJuno
In hindsight I see how callous the statement I made came across as. It was not my intention. My sincerest apologies.
SarcasticComment
It's cool. This story got sensationalized and ran through the propoganda mill to make it appear this is US nonsense not corporate evil
SarcasticComment
McDonald's can sincerely get fucked on this story and deserved every dollar of punitive damages.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
Canadians believe in personal responsibility. 'muricans only fetishize "mah freedums" and ignore the responsibility part.
canadmos
Not all this is true. Ontario is getting up there with some ridiculous stuff.
JonathanHoag
The hot coffee lawsuit was entirely justified. McDonald's PR convinced the public it was frivolous, but https://www.caoc.org/?pg=facts
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
Didn't say it wasn't. But Cdn law is more about resolution rather than enriching the lawyers. Less frivolous litigation.
SeeShark
Perhaps, but that's completely unrelated to your "Canadians believe in personal responsibility" statement.
catscatscatscat
First, this wasn't a case of personal responsibility. Second, I totally disagree with you. That's just tribalism.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
You seem not to comprehend personal responsibility nor tribalism. Maybe avoid adult discussions.
catscatscatscat
Sometimes we say exactly what we actually need to hear. This is one of those times. So, you know, right back atcha :)
daiya1
McDonald's calculated it was cheaper to pay for lawsuits from injuries from their hot coffee than to replace the cups of coffee when people
daiya1
Leave them sitting to cool. The coffee cools too quickly if it's at a lower less dangerous temperature & they have to replace the coffee,
daiya1
they decided injuries (like severe nerve damage & 3rd degree burns across all ages it has happened) were more cost effective.
FlissFloss86Gaming
So you wouldn't sue over 3rd degree burns? That's like...toxic politeness
thevortexmaster
Most likely would be brought to court not sure for what though
HeraKJuno
Canadian culture in a nutshell.
montyman185
It would depend on if it was unexpectedly hot, if it was always hot enough to burn, I'd just treat it like my own fault if I spilled it. -
montyman185
I also wouldn't have to fund a horribly expensive hospital trip though, so that probably helps
SeeShark
The McDonald's coffee WAS unexpectedly hot. As in, much hotter than it was supposed to be. The popular narrative was basically a smear.
Morsalbum
like... you srsly think ur going to a court system with a brain and going: i put gorilla glue in my fucking hair, give me a lot of money now
FlissFloss86Gaming
No. But it's almost like the two situations aren't even remotely related.....so I don't know what point you think you're making
TheRockDude
The McDonald's coffee was way hotter than it should've been and basically melted the lady's bits, from what I've heard. Also, McDonald's -
TheRockDude
- decided to do a smear campaign to pin all the blame on the victim. Also, this wasn't just an isolated incident, and McDonald's just -
Mechman13
The gorilla glue hair lady did not sue over the glue.
NotAPervert
The woman who sued did so because her burns were so horrific it partially fused her genitalia. She originally only sued for medical costs.
HeraKJuno
I didn’t mean to minimize the agony and that elderly woman suffered as well as the life time of scarring done to her body. I have since 1/2
HeraKJuno
Retraced said statement. 2/2
NotAPervert
It’s all an essential part of the dialogue of undoing the amazing “astroturfing” by McDonalds implying she was greedy and evil
NotAPervert
Hey it’s all good dude, I didn’t mean to imply Canada isn’t less sue happy. USA is a mix of maliciously intended consumers & corporations.
littlecoatfatguy
Also our elections take about six weeks start to finish, and then we don't scream at each other about politics every day til the next one.
Spacebandit
Trudeau is finally giving natives the money they deserve!! Bravo !
Someshithead241
You also don't make the entire world hear about it and constantly blast them with your politics 24/7. Honestly I hear more American
Someshithead241
Politics and other bullshit in a single week than I do for my own government in the entire year.
twintigpuppies
Except Ford can suck it
FreelanceSpermDonor
Idiots do, yes.
Sacramant
Albertan's* do, yes. (Sorry for being one, but it's about 50% of convo's I hear nowaday.)
FreelanceSpermDonor
I was mostly speaking of we Americans. Sorry if the infection has spread to Alberta. I'm pretty fond of that province.
theGrizzl3
Well some people keep yelling at each other.. met ppl on all sides who do
littlecoatfatguy
The fact that you had to phrase that as "I've met a few people who do this" proves my point.
theGrizzl3
I didn't use those words lol
ronin1869
But you’re missing out. Look how much fun we’re having in the states!
thewiggins
yea, I think I'll pass on that one, bud.
afsdpckapjadfkasef
The states just makes a market out of everything look at their sports mentality
fuznotfuz
Six weeks IS a long election season.
Icecreaman
It's a drop in the bucket when you consider that America is going to start shrieking in to the void about their election for a year straight
Icecreaman
It's like "oh great, it's an election year. Can't wait to never hear the end of this shit" I mean, even after you elect someone it won't end
theusernameformerlyknownastildo
A year straight? They start talking about the mid term elections as soon as the other election has finished.
Icecreaman
I know they never actually stop talking politics, but it absolutely FLOODS imgur and other places on those years specifically.
GrandPubabofMoldistan
In America it sometimes starts 2 years before
fuznotfuz
Exactly. I should have included the /s. As a US citizen living as a PR in Canada, I find elections here refreshingly brief.
GrandPubabofMoldistan
6 weeks seems like a breth of fresh air. Why is America obsessed with 2 years of elections?
RedHedZed
Wouldn't that mean that campaigns for the presidential election are starting this year?
fuznotfuz
Never really ended. Trump has been fundraising since the election. DeSantis has been for a while as well.
GrandPubabofMoldistan
Probably summer you will start hearing people put their name out there for the primaries
lightfantasticem172
We won't talk about the whole mass dug graves of the indigenous peoples under schools ..
pjm82
Think about how often we had to bring it up for an American to even know about it ?
HeraKJuno
I did allude to it in one of my descriptions. My brother’s mom’s family has gone through generations of trauma from rez schools.
ontarioOT
It's literally right before the comment section.
Harbltron
Oh, we do. Literally yesterday I was commenting on the Pope refusing to apologize for the church's part in the residential schools.
thevortexmaster
Ya we do. We talk about it a lot. I see and hear about it almost everyday
Dragongirl7256
A massive chunk of the population hugely in Alberta ngl, is seriously downplaying the tragedy of it though.
thevortexmaster
As people do with everything everywhere
lightfantasticem172
I'm glad.. also, sorry.
thevortexmaster
All good!
Pepperpete123
Typical American. Can't or won't read the post. Its RIGHT there.
Gimlan
I certainly read the one that there is almost no racism. Does this not count?
lightfantasticem172
I'm English, but yeah not so observant at the time.
Gonetogetsomemilk
I’d say Americans aren’t really well placed to bring up this subject knowing school shooting happens every month are few weeks. But we do...
Gonetogetsomemilk
Acknowledge it, if only the pope was more proactive on that subject tho.
lightfantasticem172
I'm not American. Granted, the UK../England isn't without disgusting history, and I didn't like posting it, cos I like Canada.
RideTheStimutacs
UK imperialism basically cornered the market on exploiting and wiping out natives.
lightfantasticem172
Yes thank you for repeating what I've said
Gonetogetsomemilk
We don’t like it but it’s a subject that have to be discussed so we don’t forget and let it happen again.
Gonetogetsomemilk
Ah, it’s a subject Americans bring a lot to try to talk down to Canadians since they don’t have a lot to go to that’s why I assumed.
TheThoughtIThoughtWasntTheThoughtIThoughtIThought
Ask any Canadian about how they feel about this? Every single one will say they are ashamed.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Nope. Not all of them. Not by a long shot lmao. There's a reason it's still such a big deal lol.
Dragongirl7256
I wish.. more people than you think in Alberta especially would rather shove it under a rug because 'it doesn't affect anything now'
TheThoughtIThoughtWasntTheThoughtIThoughtIThought
Go ask Americans about THEIR treatment of their indigenous…almost 50% will say it was justified because ‘Merica.
EdmondAlmond
I dont think you know enough canadians. I remember all the justifyers that came out of the woodwork when the first grave was uncovered.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
You're getting downvoted but it's absolutely true lol. Acting like we've already won the fight against racism up here does a lot of harm.
EdmondAlmond
Denial is the Canadian way. Took them stumbling on a mass child grave for the govt to get serious about what FN people have known for ages.
lightfantasticem172
I know. To both of your comments. I'm not nor wasn't making that point, it was purely for the post at that time when I saw it, and apparentl
TheThoughtIThoughtWasntTheThoughtIThoughtIThought
No problem. Part of the reason I am proud to be Canadian is that I know that every one of us hurts to our soul for what was done.
lightfantasticem172
-y didn't see the description on on of the last pics cos I'm an idiot. So I'm sorry for the ruffled feathers. I knew it was a controversial
lightfantasticem172
Comment when I said it. I don't mean to offend.
littlecoatfatguy
My favourite: after the 2021 election debate, all five party leaders stood together and filmed a PSA urging Canadians to get vaccinated.
Ithinkimbetterthanyousometimes
Man, if only we could get past the two party system...
littlecoatfatguy
Doesn't help. Only the Liberals and Conservatives ever win.
SergeyPrkl
Funniest is, that your two party system is basically one party with moderate right and far right politicians. In real, you are dictatorship
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
"Five party leaders" ... ?? How to trigger 'muricans.
littlecoatfatguy
Doesn't really help. Only the Liberals and Conservatives ever actually form government.
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
When it works (which sadly is too seldom) the fringe parties influence policy choices of the other two. Better than having NO third party!
HiddenSanity
And yet, progressive stuff happens thanks to 3rd parties, Liberal minority governments needing NDP support is how we got healthcare and such
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Did they leave out the greens or the racists?
webtekprime
That was funny
TheSwedishMoose
Probably the racists, given their leader is anti-vax.
HiddenSanity
The racists, as the Greens usually get at least 1 seat.
ITweetBBQ
The racists; antivax gibberish was one of their party planks
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Ah yes, I remember now
DirtRockets
It was the Liberals, the NDP, the CPC, the Bloc and the Greens. No PPC. I guess it depends how racist you think the Bloc is (pretty racist).
celebritycorn
How are they racist?
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
The PPC is the most blatantly racist, though granted the moniker could equally apply to the Cons and Bloc as well
DirtRockets
I'd wager the Bloc is most blatantly racist, though not in the way Anglophones traditionally consider racist. They're very French racist --
DirtRockets
heavily secularized to the point of discrimination against religion, the notion that anybody is welcome so long as the predominant culture
BenHobson
Note that 'leader' #6 of the batshit crazy party wasn't invited to the debate, so nobody present was an anti-vaxer
MapleSyrupMafia
The "I don't know Qanon" guy, but goes to Qanon protests getting vaccine clinics to close temporarily. Also getting pictures with white>
MapleSyrupMafia
supremacists people wearing obvious badges/cuts and ask if they're supposed to question everyone who wants a picture.
littlecoatfatguy
What's the difference between Maxime Bernier and a tricyle? Neither gets very far, but only one of them has a seat.
mcglirkymeow
In living in ‘berta right now. I just wanna yell at Kenney to go to his room about 5 times a day.
Goryofa
That's light. Kenney can find his way into a noose for all the death he's caused.
GeorgieLeech
Preach. I wasn't expecting much, but man, he managed to sink below that bar anyway
mcglirkymeow
I met him in person for business before he took office. I inwardly laughed thinking him in power would be a shitshow but he’d never get in.
mcglirkymeow
Well, hell.