Canada in my own Words:

Canada is hockey, hockey is Canada. We are Canadians, a fiercely proud bunch who celebrate our diversity and take pride in our unspoiled, still beautiful lands, and the cleanness of our cities. We have two national languages: French and English with a leader who speaks his own. We have our share of world reknown talent, including Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Alanis Morisette, Catriona LeMay Doan, Celine Dion, Avril Lavigne, Nickelback, Wayne Gretzky, Sum41, Pamela Anderson, many more, and a kick-ass Winter Olympics team that brought home countless medals, 2 of which proved what we knew all along- we took the gold in both women's and men's hockey- That Hockey is Canada and Canada is hockey. Hockey is the prefered sport here, you cannot go down a street without kids playing hockey- it is our obsession- our pride. We are patriotic in our own right and love to celebrate our country, we support it fully. We are not particularly known for film-making (with the exception of James Cameron, the director of the most successful movie of all time- Titanic) so we'll that that up to our fellow Americans. We have our own style- a myriad of cultures all infused into one spectacular country of beautiful lands and friendly people, courtesy we take pride in. As best said in a famous beer comercial:

Hey, I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader, and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled, and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really, really nice, uh, I have a Prime Minster not a president, I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it about, not a boot, I can proudly sew my country's flag on my back pack, I believe in peace keeping, not policing, diversity, not assimilation, and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch. And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed. Canada is the second largest landmass, the first nation of hockey, and the best part of North America. My name is Joe, and I am Canadian!!!

REASONS CANADA ROCKS

Great variety in seasons

Great world-wide reputation with other countries

We invented Hockey

We invented Basketball

We invented the telephone

We invented cable T.V.

There are over 2 million Canadian patents

We are one of the G-7 countries

We are a part of NATO

We are a part of NAFTA

We are one of the only countries that can put up with Americans

We have a low crime rate

Canada doesn't have the highest national debt (The U.S. does, ha!)

We have a slightly lower debt per-capita than the U.S.

We can understand American-English. (Well most of us anyway)

Canadians are polite

Canada is easy to spell

Canada is easy to pronounce

We have one of the top education systems

Canada has one of the fastest growing populations in the world

Canada introduced peace-keeping

Our government pays for medicine. In other words, no hospital bills

We have nice cities

We have clean cities

We are at peace with many countries

We are the leader in telephone technology

We have better technology than the U.S.

We made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park

We are not stupid

We invented refinning

Canada has more clean water than any other nation

Canada is a free and democratic society

Hockey is Canada, Canada is hockey

We know how, and when to use the word, "eh"

We have two official languages, and a leader that speaks his own

Unlike what many people think, Canadians are patriotic

We are probably the least biased country

There's a lot of famous Canadians: Jim Carrey, Alanis Morisette, Celine Dion, Pamela Anderson etc

We don't have to worry about nukes or bombs

Lots of ski resorts

We have the world's longest brige (P.E.I. to the mainiland)

We have the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto)

Most of us know what the CN Tower is for

We have the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)

We are great world-leaders withour beer

Canadians are 300% less likely to be murdered than Americans

Economy living up to most of its potential of all G7 nations

Falling crime rate

We have the 'Smarties' candy unlike Americans (Very important, isn't it?)

Our schools have less of a dicipline problem than American schools

Canadian students rank higher than American students in Math, Science, English, ...

1/3 of Microsoft programmers come from the University of Waterloo

Canadian invented the baseball glove

Canadian invented insulin

Canadian invented the kitchen stove

Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian, James Cameron

Canada is one of the few countries with women in the millitary

Canada has a trade surplus, unlike our southern friends

Canada is slated to get rid of the deficit and debt before the U.S.

Canadian music is world renowned

Unemployed Canadians receive higher welfare cheques than unemployed Americans

Average life expectancy of a Canadian is 79 years, the highest in the world (U.S. is 75 years)

Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver (1), Toronto (3), Montreal (15). Closest American city was Atlanta at thrity-something

Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food)

Canadian doctor at the Montreal General Hospital was able to map the human brain

Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax (not really something to demonstrate patriotism but an interesting fact)

Canada never owned slaves (there were slaves in Canada in the 18th century but they were owned by the British government)

Many American slaves came secretly to Canada during the American civil war

Canada receives more immigrants per capita than the U.S. (almost twice as much)

Canada among most popular tourist destinations in the world

Canadian universities are world-reknowned for quality education and cheap tuitions

Canada has the lowest crime rate among major industrialized countries

Canada leads all economic powers in economic growth

World's best infrastructure

Very low inflation (0.9%)

Falling unemployment rate

Canadian social programs are unsurpassed

Stocks reaching new records

Major profits among Canadian companies

Canada is home to the world's third largest food franchise--Fogen Frutz

More drinkable water in Canada then anywhere else in the world

Well, you hafta admit it- we kick ass.