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As promised, I am an equal opportunity kind of guy. I’m sure many of you can come up with more and feel free to add them via commenting. Participation fever - catch it!!

10 - Population.

Sheer number wise, there’s a pretty big difference (about 10 times or so). What does this mean? Well, for instance any Canadian that pokes too much fun of our neighbour to the south can be beaten up by 10 Americans.

9 - Patriotism

I was almost going to put this as an advantage to Canada, but I think Canadians could do with having as much pride in our country as Americans do. Ex. In Canada you see flags in places such as the post offices and schools. In the States you see flags….well, everywhere. Literally. If the American flag was a picture of Dom DeLuise wearing a thong, it wouldn’t matter because the Yanks love their flag - and rightfully so.

8 - Athletics

Other than hockey I don’t think there is one sport we are consistently better at the U.S. than. Interesting factoid - Canada is the only country to host an Olympic Games and not win a gold medal - a feat we accomplished in both the winter AND summer games. Brutal.

7 - Entertainment

It could be a quantity over quality thing, but Canada just can’t produce many good television programs or movies. And you steal all of our talent like Celine (thank you) and Jim Carrey (we’d like him back, please). The above pic, actors Canadian, film location Australia, money? American.

6 - Intimidation factor

You’ve really got us here. U.S.? Hundred of thousands of soldiers, cutting edge technology, nuclear capability. Us? Not so much. For example, check out our desert camo. Again, not kidding here.

5 - Climate

Oh sure there are parts of the U.S. that are as cold and snowy as Canada, but there’s no part of Canada as sunny and warm as California, Florida and a bunch of other states. Of course we don’t get the hurricanes or poisonous creatures to the same extent either, but, you know…

4 - Electing people to important jobs rather than just giving them the job

Senators, judges and even the leader of your country all have to be elected. Who elected our Prime Minister? Calgary Southwest, I think? While there are kinks in the electoral college system, it still makes more sense than our Parliamentary System when it comes to leadership.

3 - The dollar (usually)

For a long time the Canadian dollar was nowhere near the American dollar and it made for iffy e-bay shopping and crappy exchange rates. Even when our dollar was (briefly) stronger than the U.S. dollar earlier this year, we still had to pay more for things like books and magazines. Grrrrrr.

2 - You get to be on all the cool reality shows

Survivor, The Amazing Race, etc. What do we have here? The 3 Day Book Contest on Book Television? Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister? (Assuming he or she can head a party that garners the most seats , although not necessarily a majority of Parliament, etc….)

1 - The American Dream

I’m not even sure there is a specific “American Dream”, but the fact that you have the expression means a lot. I think it means things like freedom of speech, a chance to be safe, make a living and follow your own dreams. I tried to google it, and the first thing I got was the above pic. Odd.

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