Honestly, to me Canadians are Americans with more liberal doctrine in Ontario and Quebec and the east. The western states are even more like America.
That part is true, especially that latter statement. But sorry, as an American you just don't understand what it means to be Canadian. And it cannot be explained. As one, you might view us as liberal Americans, but there is something... fundamentally different about us.

And its just like Scotland with England, New Zealand with Australia, and Canada with the US. A huge neighbor that swallows their smaller neighbor and dominates it culturally.
Yep.

I am all for this phenomenon as I do not see it wrong. I grow tired of the Canadian atitude of at least we are not American. Canada has much in common with the US, especially New England and northern Midwest.
Oh especially New England, yes. I rather enjoy most of that area, from my visits down there. And I can see why you tire of it, but really it should strike a chord with you. While stretching this reference a little thin, as a minority you should have some understanding of how hard it is to maintain yourself and identity amid the American melting pot. Which is in and of itself, a large difference betweeen our two nations. America is the "Cultural melting pot" but Canada is a "Cultural mosiaic." It's hard to explain... it's one of those things you just know.

I would be very happy to see a union eventually down the road along the lines of Europe. Canada really has no choice but to tie its fortunes to the US. It is just too small to matter otherwise.
I disagree.



On an island where no one lives,
We build a treehouse together.
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