I have never really thought about this before, but I can name more US Supreme Court Justices then Canadian ones as well. I consider myself a well-informed Canadian. One reason for this could be that the US judiciary plays a much bigger role in politics and lawmaking then the Canadian one. Still I am now ashamed of myself, thanks Bryan Ekers
Why did you laugh at Montreal? I don’t get it. Wolverine is Canadian is he not?
OMG, I don’t think I have been horrified/appalled/disgusted quite so greatly by an idea on this board before.
I think taking water out of the equation is a tad bit silly. Particularly since you know its so important to life and stuff.
As to the OP, I don’t really know. I have always thought it was because the is US is such a self-centred nation, going all the way back to the doctrine of isolationism, and refusal to enter various world wars due to it being Europe’s War or something. Really I think this question could be expanded to why do Americans know so much less about everybody compared to what everybody knows about them?
How the hell are we supposed to keep track of every two-bit European country on the other side of the globe? We’ve got too much to worry about what with being the World Police and everything. Don’t they speak some wierd langauge over there in Canada, anyway? Portugese or something. I say let the Portugese worry about Canada.
They like houckey, soucialist gouvernment, and adding ‘u’ after ‘o’. The waiting list for surgeries is like a hundred years. They eat mououse, and are still on the barter system (however pelts have been mostly replaced as the most common store-of-value by lououns).
What’s unique about Canada? apart from quebec, it is an english speaking country with a very similar leagl system as the USA. The people look similar, the roads look similar, and the houses look similar. canadain fast food is like US fast food. plus, the bulk of the canadain population lives within 90 miles of the US border. It’s just so much like the US-I think that is why people don’t think about it too much. The trading links between the US and Canda are huge-and there are few barriers…so economically, Canda and the USA are deeply integrated. To me, Canada is a remote place, where people speak english and eat bland food.
say, are those “Tim Hortons” doughnuts really all that good?