80% of Canadians Loath George Bush... How'd they get so smart?

"More than eight in 10 Canadians harbour a strong dislike for U.S. President George Bush, according to a new poll released, hours before Prime Minister Paul Martin met the U.S. leader on Friday.

Eighty-two percent of people polled by Ipsos-Reid for CTV and The Globe and Mail agreed with the statement that Bush "is not necessarily a friend of Canada and doesn't really know anything when it comes to Canadian issues."

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=297144

apparently they don't have much of a freeper population

and from what I hear they don't have FOX NEWS misleading them

She married a Canadian last Summer and she loves it there. There is a great feeling of sympathy among the people for us and what we endure from our "selected President"

Canadians are smarter than they look eeeh! But the Bruins still rock!

Well, the CBC.

That we have the CBC, and don't have Fox News, is a distinction I cherish.

That's a beast we'll have to slay eventually.

An entirely different type of consent is manufactured in the Canadian media.

http://www.cbc.ca/national/

we need to have those kind of numbers working here where those 8 people can vote and the landslide will be so big that it can't be ignored and set aside. If Bush gets reelected we may all need to think about being Canadians.

socialised health care and the country hasn't gone to wrack & ruin because of it..I think in the US some false ideas are drummed into you from birth..the sensible can see through it but too many remain ignorant.
Also I think countries like Canada, the UK , Australia and much of Europe have a healthy disdain for politicians who have to earn respect rather than say the Presidency which is invested with so much un-earned respect when reaching the post often requires large amounts of money more than ability.

'nuff said.

Right now I'm reading an excellent book by Michael Adams, a Canadian statistical researcher who writes about the differences in social values between Americans and Canadians. It's extremely interesting and reveals the opposing cultural values that distinguish Canadians and Americans.

It is called Fire and Ice and well worth the read. He owns a company named Environics, and you can visit his website to take the social values test to see where you belong.

www.environics.net

He welcomes participants from Canada and the US, but cautions that you have to "suffer the small humiliation of being classified as a member of a Canadian social values tribe."

Well, right now I can think of worse humiliations, LOL!

Have fun! :)

Like MLK, Bill and Hill, and David Suzuki.

So I'd fit in with only 11% of Canadiens?
That's better than the .05% of Murkan Sheeple I fit in with...

I tested to be in the connected enthusiasts with a leaning to the autonomous rebels. At my age I know myself pretty well and this test worked. The description of the enthusiests is near 100 percent on target and the rebel traits are mixed in me too.

though I don't care a wit for Celine Dion or Madonna...}(

Just like -
Sarah McLachlan (uh, ok)
Naomi Klein (yay!)
Jello Biafra (mega yay!)
Rage Against The Machine (Good, as long as I don't have to listen)
Sarah Michelle Gellar (WTF?!)

5 percent of the Cdn Pop, 14% of Gen Xers (I'm one)

We're for Social justice, the enviroment etc.
Works for me.

I love Canadians! :)

a downfilled parka, wool toque, lined leather gloves, and snowmobile boots to be happy here! Now, in the winter...


:)

You see,my husband and I are from Texas. Down here, we can run outside in our bare feet (like all good Texans do!) to get the newspaper any day of the year. When I was in Alberta, I went outside my hotel room just to get something out of my car (which was plugged into something) and I wasn't wearing a coat (a la Texas, of course). Well, that lasted about 20 seconds. I have never been so cold in my life! All the locals looked at my like I was crazy (which I guess I was) and laughed at me. Canadians are great. I love visiting there. But I put on a coat when it is sixty degrees. Also, when it snows here in Dallas, (about two times per year), the schools close down! I know, that is pitiful!! :7

Lake Louise is gorgeous. Did you also visit Banff? One of our more interesting activities is to go to the Banff hot springs in the winter when it's -30C (-22F) and swim outdoors. What a contrast between the water temperature (27C/81F) and the air temperature! Delicious!



When I was living in NYC in 2000, I would always tease the Americans who asked where I was from, and when I replied, "Canada," they'd always say, "Oh, that's where it's always cold!" I'd laugh and say, "No it's not! In the summer, somedays, we even get up to 22 degrees." (That would be Celsius - which is 72 degrees Farenheit. But I didn't tell them, LOL.)

They also used to ask me about plugging in the cars. Wondered if they were electric, LOL.

Ah well, Canada's a great place to live - and a "must see" to visit.

C'mon up!

to swim with the dolphins ;-)

I'll leave the "what" to your imagination :)

Sid

and visit Vancouver frequently. Great city in a great country.

reporting a similar poll:



Link to the story:

http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20040209_74911_74911

And any Cannuck you ask will sell you one for $50...
And when you bite into it, you'll say...
"Hey! this is just Salt Cod!"

And the Cannuck will say...
"See? you're gettin' smarter already, eh?"

Maybe they're smarter than Canada?

and he reports that his friends (Mexicans not US retirees) hate * more then DUers. They mostly can't stand Fox anymore either as he has neither delivered on promises or improved the situation in Mexico. Mostly they laugh at us - BTW these people are professionals who are likely more educated then most of us. And most of them are at least bi-lingual. Mexico teaches English from day one in their schools.

from down Mexico way.

cares what they think!

The Canandians are free and proud people and all the facist might of the *ites will never prevail. That's my story and I'm sticking to it, eh!

Canada:
:yourock:

Saginaw is an Ontario Hockey League town even though, alas, we aren't actually in Ontario. We don't have a very good team, so the highlight most nights is grabbing a smoke between periods with the visiting Canadians (almost invariably from such cutting-edge cultural hotspots as Sault Ste. Marie, Owen Sound, Barrie and Peterborough).
They can't stand Bush.
I was a hockey writer for six seasons. I speak fluent Canadian. I know our neighbors to the north (and east and south, too, if you live in Saginaw) -- if you can get Canadians en masse to dislike you, you're seriously doing something wrong.
John
I mean, it really takes a weineroid of cosmic proportion. But there you have it.
It is now 46 days, 12 hours and one minute to FUNDAY -- in case anyone wants to drive over from Sarnia or whatever.

...it's all sounding pretty good. :)

And not just for the 222's. :D

I see that Canadians are smarter than their southern neighbo(u)rs. Good on ya!

that is not under the control of pro-Bush corporations.

I love going to Canada, it's a real breath of freedom, especially in media terms.

I don't know that much about the canadian educational system.

Why not use the actual headline that was used in the link?

The interesting thing is that this is true regardless of what country in the world someone is from.