# A Short History of Canada

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 27, 2001, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683 "2001-03-27T15:08:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683/21 "2001-03-29T02:57:15Z")

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> \*Originally posted by featherlou \*  
> \*\*[insert maple leaf smilie here] \*\*

YES! We definetly need one of these. Who’s in charge of smiley creation?

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**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683/22 "2001-03-29T05:34:37Z")

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Well, as Canada will be my new temporary home for the next few months, I for one appreciated the history lesson. Any dopers in Vancouver?

Thanks, Poly! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683/23 "2001-03-29T06:09:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by don Jaime \*  
> **I was just going to say that Prime Minister Diefenbaker had his species changed after leaving office so he could play the deaf dog on _Due South_**

Thank you…I feel better that someone ELSE thought of that when reading the post…

_walks off humming “Duuuue South, that’s the way I’m goin’…”_

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683/24 "2001-03-29T07:37:16Z")

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Sidenote - Gordon Pinsent who plays Fraser’s dad, grew up in the same town I did.

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**Author:** ![D18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@D18](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D18)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2001, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-history-of-canada/59683/25 "2001-03-29T13:31:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tengu \*  
> \*\*Sidenote - Gordon Pinsent who plays Fraser’s dad, grew up in the same town I did.
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Tengu:

Where’s that?

D18

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