And when the founding fathers of America penned whatever words, slavery still existed. That's equality? I'm not saying our record is a whole lot better, but we were smaller.

They did not put equality of people of colour in your beloved constitution.

As to health care, despite all the numbers, we pay less per capita for health care. If you think we are ripping of big pharma sorry. It's not happening. You can keep your patent for 6 years, after that, it's fair game.

You really believe health care is a commodity like a bushel of corn? We have set prices for doctor's visits, free flu shots because it's cheaper than putting people in hospitals, and free pneumonia shots. I had the latter every fall for decades.

I'm going to a rhumeatoligist, (however you spell that..) on Tuesday. Got a CD with all my Xrays, bone scans, cat scans etc. Got copies of all my relevant medical records from my doc. They phoned me and said the appointment will be 1.5 hours. How much is that chez vous??? The records and the visit for me costs someone, but not me. I pay taxes.

I bet I couldn't afford it in the US.

I never heard the Hippocratic oath said I'll treat only people with the cash to pay me.

I'm sure no one who lost their house, their savings, and everything they own will say, I'm glad I spent my last dollar trying to live. That's wrong.

You have been fed BS by the lobbies, the insurance companies, and the politicians who take millions from all the companies who give millions or maybe billions to brain wash you.

The biggest laugh is watching a commercial for something on our Tv, then yours.

Ours says, got pain try this.

Your commercial for the same thing says "may cause deafness, exploding head syndrome, you legs to fall off..." reminds of the old Ktel commercials..50 bad things in 20 seconds. We don't have that, because we don't let lawyers run our country.

I'm not saying we are right, but think outside the box, or the lower 48.

If you get sick, remember, it's probably cheaper to come here. We don't count qtips, band aids, or stitches. You have to pay, but about 1/2. And yes our rich people run down there and find some hot shot doc so like one of our politicians who has a condo in Miami, said he could only get the heart surgery in the US, the liar was exposed, most major hospitals here do it for free, but he didn't have the Miami condo in Toronto and it was snowing, and he's called Danny Millions so guess what, he's a moron.

The health care argument boils down to one thing. The USA is the only developing nation thinks so ill of the people that if you don't have the cash, go ahead and become bankrupt trying to live.

The whole American military taking care of Canada is BS. We've been in Afghanistan for years. We've been in wars years before the US. We had the 3rd largest navy in the world. When the call comes, we go.

Who took care of your people on planes after 9 11? Mexico? Right.

Anyone wants to critisise our military can head to Kandahar and stand in front of them.

Over 150 Canadians have been killed there. And if I remember right 900 Americans. With 10 times the population, you are about 600 behind.

Oh, and we have marines here guarding defense plants. We make some nice military gear up the road.

I do not understand how a discussion on equality leads to attacks on Canada and the fact we are some 90 pound weakling, with bad military, bad health care, and again some inferior nation.

That won't wash with me. Nor any of my fellow Canadians. We have done our jobs, fought valiantly, and won our wars. We'd be American, but if you know the history, you made too many mistakes in 1812, and, well, ran home. Sorry. That's reality.

Bring it on. Next whoever it was wrote those words that we are commies can come back out of the woodwork, because if that's true, go ahead. I'm too proud of my country, it's contribution, and it's history to let someone trash it. And no one is taking my guns either. Who suggested that? We never had to give them up.

I'm proud of what and who we are. And the diversity.

I live in the best country in the world and if I didn't think that you don't think I'd have taken my cash, invested it south of the border and got citizenship. Easy to do. It wouldn't take more than a few months. I know for a fact if I put 500k into the Michigan economy I'd be courted, kissed, blessed and taken in. Not happening.

Oh Canada eh? Home of Pgmusic.

John Conley
Musica est vita