Personally, I do not find much difference between Americans and Canadians... except in CRITICAL factors of flag-waving, truck flag decals, and being able to get a Cuban tan.
(Of course, I have mainly interacted with northern states; or tourist states, like FLA and CA. I look in genuine wonder at Utah and wherever the hell Bob Jones U. is.)
In terms of political rights in the workplace and such... that's where things really start to change. Canada, with unions, has the Rand Formula. The US, I've lost track of the backward march of unions. Canada has the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), which is ripping through the backlog of case law like the U.S. Bill of Rights did in its early days.
There is another level, too, which makes Canada more willing to act as a global champion: Those global treaties that Canada signs are not binding on the provinces. So the feds can sign whatever they want and "go have a cognac." I think in the US that things operate a bit differently.
But that's outside the main point Justin makes in response:
>Despite all all the self-hating Americanism here, I
>think that your managers will find that whatever our
>cultural deficiencies, religiosity, smugnessm, and odd
>conservative politics, Americans are one-on-one open,
>friendly, generous, and interested people, concerned
>to be fair and decnt to other individuals whom they
>know.
"Self-hating" is a term I don't much like. (Touchy-feely.)
But I agree. I've made the point continually over the years: Americans are essentially fair people. Essentially, as in, in their essential being.
I like Americans.
Now... their ruling cabal... well, then I ask, how do they keep letting that happen, again??
Ken.
-- But, my dear man, reality is only a Rorschach ink-blot, you know.
-- Alan Watts