please answer some basic questions about Canada

[ninjin]

Hello,
Dear Canadians and others who have been to Canada,

1. What are some famous buildings in Canada?

2. What types of animals are famous as pets in Canada?

3. Are Canadian soccer players better or worse than Japanese soccer players?

4. Name dangerous places in Canada.

5. What are the differences in clothings between Canada and Japan?

6. What similarities are there between Japan and Canada? This question is left open-ended. Name any similarities you can think of.

7. What are some beautiful scenery in Canada?

8. What are the houses like? How are they different from Japanese houses?

9. What do students (say, junior high school students) study?

10. How long do students study?

[dimwit]

For answers 1-5

1 In Toronto the CN Tower, Casa Loma, many of the building around the Univerwsity of Toronto. In Ottawa and House of Parliament, the Chateau Laurier. In Qubec city, the Chateau Frontenac. Canadians form other areas could fill you in better about Vancouver and points west.

2 The same as pets everywhere else.

3 There are a number of good Canadian soccer players but they mostly do the citizenship bugaboo and become instant Englishmen like Owen Hargraves, but generally Canadians are pretty pathetic soccer players.

4 In Toronto Jamestown, and the JAne-Finch shooting gallery standout.

5 Canada gives it name to Neil Young and the Mackenzie brothers.

[canman]

I think the Skydome in Toronto, was one of the first retracktable roof domed stadiums in the world. In Montreal Notre Dame Basilica is very beautiful. Also Montreal's Olympic Park.

As for clothing I don't think there is a lot of difference between Japan and Canada, although when I was at home for Christmas I was surprised by the number of people with all kinds of piercings, ear, eyebrow, nose , lip. I don't think you would see as many kids running around with either real or fake brand goods in Canada as you do here.

Beautiful scenery abounds everywhere, but in particular I think Lake Louise, Lake Morain near Banff is exceptionally beautiful. As are the Laurentian Mountains in the autumn with a kaleidescope of colors from the changing leaves.

Houses in Canada have INSULATION goddammit. And central heating and basements. They are also approx. 1.5 times larger than Japanese houses from what I've read, and much cheaper to buy, and also have much higher resale value.

Canada has mandatory education until age 16, or the end of junior high, whichever comes first. Most students continue on to grade 12, and then college or university, much like Japan. The difference being 99% of Canadian post secondary schools are public and the costs are much lower than Japan.

Hope these answers help. pm me if you need any more answers.

[Taro Toporific]

Homework assignment?

The Inquisition? English Discipline?:p

[kamome]

With respect to #4, what would be considered "a dangerous place" to a Canadian? It can't take much.

I loved the scene in "Bowling for Columbine" when Michael Moore goes to Canada and just walks into people's houses to test the theory that everyone keeps their front door unlocked. I can't remember the last time I ever left a door unlocked.

[Taro Toporific]

I loved the scene in "Bowling for Columbine" when Michael Moore goes to Canada and just walks into people's houses to test the theory that everyone keeps their front door unlocked. I can't remember the last time I ever left a door unlocked.

In LA? Well, in Long Beach my family always leaves the door unlocked! A couple a years ago the house was burglarized by breaking in through the bedroom window----the burglar assumed the door was locked.

[dimwit]

With respect to #4, what would be considered "a dangerous place" to a Canadian? It can't take much.

I loved the scene in "Bowling for Columbine" when Michael Moore goes to Canada and just walks into people's houses to test the theory that everyone keeps their front door unlocked. I can't remember the last time I ever left a door unlocked.

Michael Moore's understanding of Canada is as superficial as you get and more than a little tainted by his own idealogy.

There are a few areas in Toronto which dominated by Jamiacian gangs with lovely names like the Jamestown Crips where you'd have to be insane to feel safe. Notheless large tracts of Canada are just as safe as most area in the States.

[Greji]

1. What are some famous buildings in Canada?
A: The Taj Mahal and Kasumigaseki Buildings.

2. What types of animals are famous as pets in Canada?
A: Wolverines and Polar Bears

3. Are Canadian soccer players better or worse than Japanese soccer players?
A: Soccer has not been introduced to Canada at this writing.

4. Name dangerous places in Canada.
A: Only two. The city and the countryside

5. What are the differences in clothings between Canada and Japan?
A: The color of the fundoshis

6. What similarities are there between Japan and Canada? This question is left open-ended. Name any similarities you can think of.
A: The thought process

7. What are some beautiful scenery in Canada?
A: Not applicable

8. What are the houses like? How are they different from Japanese houses?
A: Igloos. Essentially no difference. The sliding Ice doors vary slightly from the shoji ones and they were both designed by Aneha.

9. What do students (say, junior high school students) study?
A: Junior High Schools are being developed and are scheduled to be introduced in 2023.

10. How long do students study?
A: The National average is 37 seconds.

Sorry, Dimwit and Canman. Just couldn't resist it.
Bu Bu

[kamome]

Michael Moore's understanding of Canada is as superficial as you get and more than a little tainted by his own idealogy.

Well, the quaint romanticism of it was nice. But wait, you haven't told us if you keep your front door locked or not. Was Michael Moore right in your case?

Taro, in LA I always kept my door locked. But as you said, locking your door is not necessarily going to keep thieves out of the house. Right, ultra?

[dimwit]

As for clothing I don't think there is a lot of difference between Japan and Canada, although when I was at home for Christmas I was surprised by the number of people with all kinds of piercings, ear, eyebrow, nose , lip. I don't think you would see as many kids running around with either real or fake brand goods in Canada as you do here.

I still think my avatar is a pretty fair representation of Canadian fashion.

For a few more Canada fashion tips:

http://www.schoolscomealive.org/hpec2002/socials/iamcanadian.html

6. What similarities are there between Japan and Canada? This question is left open-ended. Name any similarities you can think of.

I couldn't think of any for a long time but I suppose massively corrupt politicians would be a similiarity.

10. How long do students study?

If you mean study in Japanese style, I don't think I ever studied. Canman however is correct in theory.

[Mulboyne]

6. What similarities are there between Japan and Canada?

In both countries, curling is oddly popular.

[GomiGirl]

I can't remember the last time I ever left a door unlocked.

When you last lived in Tokyo????

I often forget to lock my door especially when I am at home - fortunately there is an outside lock on the apartment and the boy who never forgets.

[Taro Toporific]

in LA I always kept my door locked. But as you said, locking your door is not necessarily going to keep thieves out of the house.

There are no locks on the doors of my rice ranch in Shikoku and I haven't locked a door in Colorado in 35 years (my backdoor in Chicago is normally open). Here in Tokyo, my locked and bolted residences have been burglarized three times.
Conclusion: Japanese concrete causes crime.

[kamome]

There are no locks on the doors of my rice ranch in Shikoku and I haven't locked a door in Colorado in 35 years (my backdoor in Chicago is normally open). Here in Tokyo, my locked and bolted residences have been burglarized three times.
Conclusion: Japanese concrete causes crime.

That's ironic (and funny). GG, I always locked my door in Tokyo. It's them crazy fer'ners (foreigners) you gotta' watch out for.

[Jack]

1) CN Tower in Toronto, Notre-Dame Basilica, Saint Joseph Oratory and the Olympic Stadium in Montreal. Hotel Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City.

2) same as everywhere dogs and cats.

3) Soccer players in canada? I didn't know we had any.

4) Scarborough in Toronto, Jane/Finch in Toronto, Regent Park area in Toronto.

5) Canadians have no sense of style. Most people don't give a damn about brands. Japanese women dress to kill while Canadian women dress as if they were killed. Very pathetic on the fashion front. However, people tend to be more stylish in Montreal but again, nothing compared with Japanese women.

6) No similarities with Japan whatsoever. Japan outranks canada in almost any category.

7) Tonnes of beautiful scenery in canada. Lake Louise, Lake Morain, Anywhere in British Columbia or Nova Scotia. Even the Newfoundland coastline is amazing.

Canadian houses are much more comfortable than japanes ehouses because we have central heating and air condition (for the most part). Houses here are much larger than in Japan although the quality of construction may not be as good in Canada. Price is another factor, outside of Toronto and Vancouver where house prices are as high as in Tokyo, house prices in the rest of the country are a bargain.

9) Students study nothing here. Canadians rank always near last in every subject. One thing is people have no concept of geography here, maybe due to the fact that Canada is so big they don;t study anything else.

10) If students put in more than 5 minutes a day I'd be shocked.

Cheers,