Hey. I have been going through my copy of the Earth Alliance book and I was thinking it was a real decent job.
As a Canadian I went to the section on Canada looking forward to it.
I am sorry to say it wasnt what I was expecting.
The section has got to be the most chock full of stereotypes I have ever seen in my life!
Where did you get that info? Did someone make this up?
Canada is not one large forest. There is this huge area about the size stretching from Winnipeg to the Rockie mountains that is FLAT!
As for wars we fought in both world wars as part of the British Empire. We also declared war on Germany 3 years before the US in both cases. Also the county has seen two major invasions. Plus numerous skirmishes.
We started out as several different colonies. Quebec and New Brunswick being French and Nova Scotia and Newfoundland being British. Btw Newfoundland is the oldest colony in North America.
As for being outdoors. Canadians are no more or less active outdoors than any other group of people. I know some people who go biking and skiing constantly and I know some people who dont.
Finally lumber has not been a major industry throughout Canada since probably the end of the Nineteenth century. We are much more well known today for our Telecommunications industry than our Lumber.
Being from Aglo-Slavic decent I dont have a french accent. I have a Canadian Accent. Which is something completely different. Basically we put the work eh? at the end of every other setence.
Sorry about this rant. It was a good publication but I really suggest doing a little homework before writing something like that up.
PS
I dont anyone named the following, Denise, Harriet, Darcy, Louis and Jean-Paul. I did once know a Jacueline.
As a Canadian I went to the section on Canada looking forward to it.
I am sorry to say it wasnt what I was expecting.
The section has got to be the most chock full of stereotypes I have ever seen in my life!
Where did you get that info? Did someone make this up?
Canada is not one large forest. There is this huge area about the size stretching from Winnipeg to the Rockie mountains that is FLAT!
As for wars we fought in both world wars as part of the British Empire. We also declared war on Germany 3 years before the US in both cases. Also the county has seen two major invasions. Plus numerous skirmishes.
We started out as several different colonies. Quebec and New Brunswick being French and Nova Scotia and Newfoundland being British. Btw Newfoundland is the oldest colony in North America.
As for being outdoors. Canadians are no more or less active outdoors than any other group of people. I know some people who go biking and skiing constantly and I know some people who dont.
Finally lumber has not been a major industry throughout Canada since probably the end of the Nineteenth century. We are much more well known today for our Telecommunications industry than our Lumber.
Being from Aglo-Slavic decent I dont have a french accent. I have a Canadian Accent. Which is something completely different. Basically we put the work eh? at the end of every other setence.
Sorry about this rant. It was a good publication but I really suggest doing a little homework before writing something like that up.
PS
I dont anyone named the following, Denise, Harriet, Darcy, Louis and Jean-Paul. I did once know a Jacueline.