Canadian Culture

[_BPS_]

Originally Posted by isaidso

Yeah, all these little tidbits help paint a clearer picture. Canada actually has the 4th largest aerospace industry in the world.

#1. USA
#2. UK
#3. France
#4. Canada
http://www.wd.gc.ca/eng/8206.asp

Not bad at all! Move over France. Prepare to get bounced!


Bombardier Series C Regional Jet: seats up to 149 passengers


http://www.aerbt.co.uk/images/C_series_interior.jpg

How the heck is France and Canada above Russia? I do not believe this.

Originally Posted by CharlotteJ

.... good to know ....

According to the most recent reports, the most desirable place for 1/3 of the World's population to live/move to is still, on number one: USA!

followed on second by: CANADA! (will be more desirable when this beauty here will walk down the streets of Toronto to inspire many, turn heads and drop jawsss!!!!)

then UK, France, Spain, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

(go Canada go, Go North America GO!!!) yeaah

Which report is that? Afaik, the most desirable place to live in is either Iceland, Singapore, and/or Switzerland.

[Looking/Up]

Originally Posted by _BPS_

How the heck is France and Canada above Russia? I do not believe this.


Which report is that? Afaik, the most desirable place to live in is either Iceland, Singapore, and/or Switzerland.

Rather than simply not believing, why not go out and do some research?

and as for your second assertion, ...

Millions worldwide would like to switch countries: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Some 700 million people worldwide, or more than all the adults of North and South America combined, think the grass is greener on the other side of the fence and want to permanently move to another country, a poll showed Tuesday.

Residents of sub-Saharan African countries were the most likely to want to move abroad permanently, the polls conducted in 135 countries between 2007 and this year by Gallup showed.

On average, 38 percent of the adult population in sub-Saharan Africa, or around 165 million people, said they would up stakes and head for another country if they had the chance.

The most popular destination was the United States, where nearly a quarter of the 700 million -- around 165 million people -- said they would like to settle.

In joint second were Britain, Canada and France, each being named as the preferred destination of around 45 million people.

Thirty-five million said they would go to Spain, 30 million to Saudi Arabia, and 25 million each to Australia or Germany.

The least likely to want to emigrate were Asians -- only one in 10 Asian adults said they would move to another country.

Nearly 260,000 people aged 15 years and older were surveyed, either by phone or face-to-face, for the poll, which has a margin of error of around five percent.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103...ricaasiaeurope

[Taller, Better]

If Iceland is on anyone's most desired place to live list, they must be completely oblivious to what is happening there. McDonald's pulled out of the country because it was economically infeasible to operate there after the massive crash.

[Yellow Fever]

May be he means Ireland!

[MissyC]

thank you Looking/Up for the answer.
some people do not read newspapers and/or watch TV obviously but blindly follow their own ego or pride! LOL (with all due respect)

[MissyC]

Originally Posted by Taller, Better

If Iceland is on anyone's most desired place to live list, they must be completely oblivious to what is happening there. McDonald's pulled out of the country because it was economically infeasible to operate there after the massive crash.

A good friend of mine is an Icelandic man who is also a proud Canadian citizen.
He told me just recently when mentioning the IceSave bank drama and the nation's bankruptcy that the governmen still holds a lot of money and half of Iceland's population still has a high level of living and enough money and that only the Media has brought the whole issue to an hype. Then I mentioned McDo's story and as he laughed he answered that there aren't that many youth in there to go to McDo and surely not everyday, so it wasn't not profitable to be represented on Iceland. Perhaps that is indeed the reason why McDo pulled out.

[Taller, Better]

Hmmm... well, hard to tell what is the true, and what is "saving face". I think it might be unwise to dismiss the problems Iceland is having, or try to minimalize them. If youth have stopped going to McD's since the recession, one wonders what caused that if not economic problems.

[MissyC]

Originally Posted by Taller, Better

Hmmm... well, hard to tell what is the true, and what is "saving face". I think it might be unwise to dismiss the problems Iceland is having, or try to minimalize them. If youth have stopped going to McD's since the recession, one wonders what caused that if not economic problems.

they are with very few, that is all.

[koolio]

I agree with CharlotteJ ... I think the failure of a company that exclusively offers inferior goods is hardly a good economic indicator.

[Looking/Up]

"The "Huron Carol" (or "'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime") is a Canadian Christmas hymn (Canada's oldest Christmas song), written in 1643 by Jean de Brébeuf, a Jesuit missionary at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Canada. Brébeuf wrote the lyrics in the native language of the Huron/Wendat people; the song's original Huron title is "Jesous Ahatonhia" ("Jesus, he is born"). The song's melody is a traditional French folk song, "Une Jeune Pucelle" ("A Young Maid"). The well-known English lyrics were written in 1926 by Jesse Edgar Middleton, and the copyright to these lyrics is currently held by The Frederick Harris Music Co., Limited."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huron_Carol


This version is sung in Wendat (Huron), French and English.

I think it's a really beautiful Carol, very eerie and mysterious.

[Looking/Up]

Coureur des bois

"During the 17th century, the fur trade was very lucrative for New France. Competition was fierce, and many colonists risked the journey west and north through hostile Iroquois territory from the settlements around Montreal to the pays d'en haut, or "upper country" (the area around the Great Lakes) to trade with Native trappers. These coureurs des bois were not looked upon favourably by Montreal authorities or royal officials. They disapproved of settlers leaving the developing agricultural areas to seek their fortune trading. The French authorities would rather have let the transportation of furs be handled by the natives than have independent unregulated colonial traders, who were bringing in so many furs that the market was oversupplied. The unregulated traffic in furs also undermined Montreal's role as the focal point for the fur trade — where traders would exchange beaver pelts for trade goods such as clothing, muskets and copper pots. Some illicit traders also caused problems by trading alcohol for furs.
Some coureurs des bois became famous, including Étienne Brûlé-Valiquette, Louis Joliet, Médard des Groseilliers, Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Jean Nicolet, Guillaume Couture, Samuel de Champlain, Jean-Baptiste Chalifoux and Jacques de Noyon."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coureur_des_bois


Public Access

[Looking/Up]

Seigneur and Habitants

"The feudal system of landholding, which had long been established in France, was adopted in the colony. The nobles, in this case the seigneurs, were granted lands and titles by the king in return for their oath of loyalty and promise to support him in time of war. The seigneur in turn granted rights to work farm plots on his land to his vassals, or habitants. In addition the habitants were given the right to use the local mill, the right to use common pasture land for grazing, the right to bequeath land to their families, and were given protection by the seigneur. In exchange, the habitants were required to pay certain feudal dues each year, to clear trees from their lots in order to grow crops on it, to work for the seigneur for a given number of days annually, to maintain their access roads in good condition, and to have their grain ground in the seigneurial mill."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitants


Public Realm

[Looking/Up]

A Map of New France made by Champlain in 1612.


Public Realm

[Taller, Better]

Originally Posted by koolio

I agree with CharlotteJ ... I think the failure of a company that exclusively offers inferior goods is hardly a good economic indicator.

McDonald's is a very clever and well run organization. The sad truth is Iceland is in economic doo-doo up to their nostrils because they lived beyond their means for a generation, and had an economy based on a free for all banking system betting that the market would never fail. The so-called Bumble-bee bubble economy came crashing to earth. Trust me, when McDonald's pulls out of a Western nation because inflation is so bad they cannot sell their product, then that is an extremely good economic indicator. It has NEVER happened before.

[MissyC]

Originally Posted by Taller, Better

McDonald's is a very clever and well run organization. The sad truth is Iceland is in economic doo-doo up to their nostrils because they lived beyond their means for a generation, and had an economy based on a free for all banking system betting that the market would never fail. The so-called Bumble-bee bubble economy came crashing to earth. Trust me, when McDonald's pulls out of a Western nation because inflation is so bad they cannot sell their product, then that is an extremely good economic indicator. It has NEVER happened before.

that is true too, in fact the reason why they are in such bad shape these days is the doo-doo mindset and regulations on banking system that didn't work out in there, so the banks decided to set foot on the continent and attract clients which they did offering very high interest rates on savings.
these days if you want to know who is really poor or doesn't want to spend much on his/her vacation, where they plan to go for holidays? the answer will be Iceland for sure. I haven't been there and won't visit it either as it is not such a place with a vibe. Any vibe at all.

Looking/up: thank you so much for your efforts and the teaching. I read them and loved to learn a bit more about Canada.

btw, I am, for the first time in my life, watching an Ice Hockey game on ESPN, Toronto Maple Leafst vs Calgary Coyotes and already know who is Matt Satjan, Jamal Mayers, etc.

I have to admit though people, I actually wait for the tv staff to come up and so I can see these beautiful live images of Toronto's skyline on the background with CN Tower, Notre Dame de Canada!, glittering and changing colors all the time. WOWWOWWOOWOWOWOOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW
WOWOWOOWWOOWOWOW WOWOWOWOWOWOW ...WOWOWWOWOOWO

Yes, I am getting green of jealousy again!

[Looking/Up]

Speaking of Iceland ...

"Gimli is a town and municipality located in the Interlake region of south-central Manitoba, Canada. It is located on the western shore of Lake Winnipeg, about 75 kilometers north of the provincial capital Winnipeg. Its population in the 2006 Canada census was 5,797.

The town and surrounding districts were once an Icelandic ethnic block settlement, and the area, known as New Iceland, is home to the largest concentration of people of Icelandic ancestry outside Iceland."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli,_Manitoba

I heard that Gimli has recently had many, many immigration requests from Icelanders due to the crisis in that country.

[MissyC]

and Germans established " Kitchener" If I am not mistaking and I suppose the Dutch who mostly reside in south Alberta. right?

[Looking/Up]

That's correct; much of Southern Ontario was established/settled/populated by the Germans. Kitchener used to be called New Berlin, until the war...

[MissyC]

Oh funny. I didn't know that. Thanks for the information Looking/Up
I wish they had built the same Berliner Dom and a replica of Gedachtiskirche there too.

[PhilippeMtl]

Originally Posted by isaidso

And for some Canadiana of a completely different kind:

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