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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
In terms of culture, the US. In terms of government structure and social programs, UK.
The culture is mostly because of the enormous influx of American media. 50% of media on Canadian TV has to be Canadian, but American companies can get around that by filming in Canada. The CRTC recognized Stargate as being Canadian after they moved to Vancouver. It doesn't help that the CBC goes about producing Canadian programming in the stupidest way possible. They have a habit of cancelling high-rated programs and pushing the low-rated ones.
It is wrong to ask the question "which culture is Canada like." Ultimately, the culture Canada is is "Canadian", which is an excellent one in its own right, and deserves more than to be dismissed as "like America, but a bit British." It isn't. I've been to Canada and America, and I come from the UK. The three countries are very different where it matters.
People who say "like America, but with maple syrup/Tim Hortons/Niagra Falls/Socialists/insert Canadian thing to taste" or "like Britain but a bit American and fat" (both of which I've heard) are talking out their arses.
edited 7th Mar '13 10:44:24 AM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiQuebecker would be a person from Quebec, but that's not what I was saying. I was saying the culture of Quebec, but words ending with "er" that derive from other words are nouns that refer to people, rather than adjectives that can be used more broadly.
Quebecker would be more like Spaniard, and I don't say "Spaniard culture". I say "Spanish culture".
edited 7th Mar '13 11:18:36 AM by deathpigeon
Well, the Great Depression isn't shown therein, and the Great Depression was the result of banking failures-aka a financial crisis. Ergo, it's a bit "off" to compare the Great Recession to post-WW 2 recessions because the cause is greater.
We're doing okay compared to the Great Depression after all-just as long as we don't get any Herbert Hoovers. Though, we do have fifty of them-

Me? I'm British, I'm not even in the US in the first place...
edited 7th Mar '13 8:35:22 AM by Greenmantle
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