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bunchathrees said:
A question to our neighbors to the north: Do Canadians (in general) get their undies in a bundle about %Canadian content like Americans do with %U.S. content? Just curious.
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That may have been the case in the 70's and 80's when Protectionalism was strong on both side.

Got so bad here in Canada when the Govetment realized that aftet closing down our Steel Factories and Gasoline Refineries we had no choice but to get our product from the USA. But then when the US closed down many Steel Plants we both needed to get out steel from China.

I believe most of us Canadians consider our neighbours to the South as our Brothers and Sisters and I as well as many othet Canadians dream of the day that the Border between USA and Canada can be removed.

90% of what I watch on TV is American content (some is actually filmed in Canada). The remaining 10% consists of watching our Local News and Canadian Business News BNN
 
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acamara said:
That may have been the case in the 70's and 80's when Protectionalism was strong on both side.

Got so bad here in Canada when the Govetment realized that aftet closing down our Steel Factories and Gasoline Refineries we had no choice but to get our product from the USA. But then when the US closed down many Steel Plants we noth needed to get out steel from China.

I believe most of us Canadians consider our neighbours to the South as our Brothers and sisters and I for dream of the day that the border between USA and Canada, be removed.

90% of what I watch on TV is American. The remaining 10% consists of the Local News and Canadian Budiness News BNN
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Half of my favorite bands came from Canada! :D
 
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Sethodine said:
Wait, Rush are Canadian?
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Rush? Absolutely! And there just might be a few more you're heard of on this list.


1. Neil Young
2. Rush
3. The Band
4. Joni Mitchell
5. Arcade Fire
6. Bryan Adams
7. Céline Dion
8. Alanis Morissette
9. Heart
10. Leonard Cohen
11. Guess Who
12. Paul Anka
13. Gordon Lightfoot
14. Nickelback
15. Avril Lavigne
16. Sarah McLachlan
17. Nelly Furtado
18. Justin Bieber
19. Drake
20. Blue Rodeo
21. Steppenwolf
22. Robert Charlebois
23. Éric Lapointe
24. Buffy Sainte-Marie
25. Barenaked Ladies
26. k.d. lang
27. Our Lady Peace
28. Tragically Hip
29. Triumph
30. Cowboy Junkies
31. Jack Scott
32. Three Days Grace
33. Ian & Sylvia
34. Wolf Parade
35. Les Cowboys Fringants
36. Sloan
37. Alannah Myles
38. Broken Social Scene
39. New Pornographers
40. Diamonds
41. Bruce Cockburn
42. Chantal Kreviazuk
43. Robbie Robertson
44. Gino Vanelli
45. Saga
46. Jane Child
47. Harmonium
48. Bachman-Turner Overdrive
49. Daniel Lanois
50. Voivod
51. 51 Martha & The Muffins
52. Mathew Good / Mathew Good Band
53. Feist
54. April Wine
55. Loverboy
56. Tom Cochrane
57. Sum 41
58. Skip Spence
59. Kate & Anna McGarrigle
60. Ariane Moffatt
61. Lighthouse
62. Fefe Dobson
63. K-os
64. Godspeed You Black Emperor!
65. Rheostatics
66. Constantines
67. Pat Travers
68. Andy Kim
69. Corey Hart
70. Payola$
71. Jean-Pierre Ferland
72. Prism
73. Chilliwack
74. Burton Cummings
75. Kardinal Offishall
76. Rough Trade
77. Sam Roberts
78. Alexisonfire
79. Crash Test Dummies
80. Black Mountain
81. Eric's Trip
82. Ian Thomas
83. Simple Plan
84. Snow
85. Weakerthans
86. Dan Hill
87. Aldo Nova
88. Stampeders
89. Swollen Members
90. Northern Pikes
91. Pursuit of Happiness
92. Rascalz
93. Bran Van 3000
94. Billy Talent
95. Beau Marks
96. Crowbar
97. Jean Leloup
98. Ron Sexsmith
99. Teenage Head
100. FM
 
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acamara said:
That may have been the case in the 70's and 80's when Protectionalism was strong on both side.

Got so bad here in Canada when the Govetment realized that aftet closing down our Steel Factories and Gasoline Refineries we had no choice but to get our product from the USA. But then when the US closed down many Steel Plants we both needed to get out steel from China.

I believe most of us Canadians consider our neighbours to the South as our Brothers and Sisters and I as well as many othet Canadians dream of the day that the Border between USA and Canada can be removed.

90% of what I watch on TV is American content (some is actually filmed in Canada). The remaining 10% consists of watching our Local News and Canadian Business News BNN
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Anybody remember Due South? Absolutely hilarious comedy about a straight-arrow Mounty, terminally nice like all Canadians, thrust into seedy Chicago. Haunted by his father's ghost (a drunken trapper who died in an avalanche, as I recall), he is lonely, broke, and lovelorn -- but absolutely hilarious. It ran 3 years or so, and is on DVD if you can find it.

I spent a bunch of time in 1968 working out on the Gaspe, teaching French to Africa-bound Peace Corps volunteers who were teaching English to the Quebecois kids. Loved the place, especially Quebec city. Then in 2010 I spent about 3 weeks exploring the gravel roads of Alberta, NW Territories, and the Yukon. Loved the place, but OMG the prices -- 25 to 35 percent higher than in the States (and the dollar was 1 for 1 at the time). Gas was $4 to $5 per US gallon (well over $1 / liter).

Even my trip last month to the Canadian Rockies was wonderful. Cannot speak too highly of our neighbors to the north! Gas was $1.19 per liter, though, (but the Canadian dollar was 75 cents on the US Dollar, which was good) so I really could have used an Elio!
 
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