Poll: more Canadians have negative view of U.S. They are "rude, greedy and violent."
 

:1orglaugh Damn.. I can't wait for the following replies..

"Fuck Canada"

"Who needs Canada"

"Let's invade Canada, Eh?"

Poll: more Canadians have negative view of U.S.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...ub=CTVNewsAt11

A new survey suggests Canadians increasingly view Americans as "rude, greedy and violent."

Only 59 per cent of Canadians have a favourable view of the United States, down from 72 per cent in 2002. France, Germany and Japan all ranked much higher.

The Pew Research Center conducted the survey, called the Pew Global Attitudes Project. The findings were published Thursday.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright co-chaired the survey. She told CTV's Joy Malbon she understands why many Canadians have a low opinion of America.

"There's no question there are negative feelings," Albright said. "Some of it has to do with the fact that we are the Bigfoot to the south."

Christopher Sands, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says Canadians feel underappreciated by America.

"The U.S. has really reflected Canada's decline in world affairs and treated Canada as a minor ally, much like the Netherlands or Denmark," he said.

The results show Canadians still find Americans to be inventive and hardworking, although more than half believe they are also dishonest.

In most categories, Americans view themselves better than Canadians view them, but the exceptions are when it comes to greed and immorality.

Seventy per cent of Americans view themselves as greedy, which is higher than any other country surveyed. And while 34 per cent of Canadians see Americans as immoral, 39 per cent of Americans also see themselves the same way.

Most Canadians are also unhappy with the current American government. The re-election of President George W. Bush has made 75 per cent of Canadians feel negatively about their neighbour to the south.

Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Paul Cellucci does not believe the negative feelings will last.

"There are always ups and downs in any relationship, but I think at the core we are a family," he said on CTV Newsnet's Countdown: with Mike Duffy on Thursday. "We inhabit this part of the world together. We work very well together. We're dependant on each other."

Canada is not the only country who has misgivings about America. The survey polled almost 17,000 people in 16 countries, and most indicated the United States is "broadly disliked."

Most Americans are aware they have an image problem. The survey showed that only 26 per cent of Americans believe their country is well-liked.

There is still some good news. Some American policies have managed to lift opinion in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. However, the affect of these policies on world opinion has been marginal.

The report shows that Bush's push for democracy in the Middle East and aid for tsunami victims were "well received in many countries." However, the report goes on to read that "only in Indonesia, India and Russia has there been significant improvement in the overall opinions of the United States."

Canadians still believe the world has a high opinion of them. The survey showed that 94 per cent of Canadians say the world has a positive opinion of Canada.

I guess we have to give half of everything we make to the govt to shed that greedy label?

Lets Invade Canada, Eh?

:1orglaugh :thumbsup

while we view Canada as friendly, safe, cute, nice, cuddly (kind of like puppies) oh and tip-avoidant ;-)

I've always wondered why that 'nucks are bad tippers' stereotype keeps circulating... everyone I know tips 15% when we go out. Hell, sometimes the wife'll tip 15% even with the service sucks ass and the wait staff deserves maybe 2 cents as a 'protest tip'. :2 cents:

... and when I was having a convo with a cabbie in jamaica last time I was there, he told me that americans and germans were the worst tippers. :helpme

Yup, several service people in Mexico said the same thing to me on several occasions that I was down there.

It seems this little notion of Canadians being bad tippers is actually the result of some from another country having their facts bass ackwards. :1orglaugh


Nocarrier.... nice troll. :D

Zzzz.. Go take some Vicodins. Your brain is not functionning again.

About the tips, why would we tip americans anyway? :winkwink:

Seriously, I've been to Cuba and Brazil. I've always tipped everyone, everytime. Especially the bartenders :pimp

I think you tip more if you've ever worked with customers. I worked in a movie theater for almost 8 years and it's funny to see people react about the "tip" part. :pimp

Yeah, bartending tips tend to get you better service, 'tis true. That's a little self-serving though ;)

When I go to vegas, I'm always generous to the drink girls, often put the dealer in the game (at the tables) and so on. Every other 'nuck I've been with in similar situ's does the same.

I couldn't care less if we have that rep 'cuz it's one that's easily busted and, better yet, if we're the 'generous canadian' it can be beneficial. I'm just curious as to where the myth sources from. Maybe USians travelling overseas while flying the leaf? Maybe poor college kids backpacking across wherever? :question

canadians cant drive for shit! get off the fucking road eh!

I was paying you a compliment, idiot. :D


As for the supposed increased negative view of Americans, that's neither here nor there. Fact is there are smug arrogant superior elitist assholes on both sides of the border. I tend to deal with individuals rather than paint an entire country's population with one brush. Obviously a large % of those who took the poll don't think like the way I do though.

It's all about politics and especially the medias. People get their opinions from news and are more objective. But I think that since Bush is in power and with the fact that most canadians tend to be more liberals, that's one of the reasons why they have a negative view. Well, that's my point of view of course. I am pretty sure the polls were not as negative 10 years ago.

I think Canadians are getting to cocky.

News Flash: There are assholes from every country. I have been to a great many places and have never had any problems with the locals.
To stereotype someone because they are from a certain country is crazy.
The only reason news agency do polls like these are to sell papers/advertising and to keep the stereotypes alive.
Remember kids don't see any difference until they are shown difference by others. :2 cents:

Ahahahahaha

all my canadian pals have thought that since i met them 7+ years ago

and i'm not ashamed to say they are right for the most part. can't really say i see where we should carry and guilt for being viewed that way.

0/10 for originality.

Next.

everyone here out west (cut at manitoba) thinks quebec is a piece of shit and not the usa.

90% of the time we only talk possitive about the usa out here
99% of the time we talk negative about quebec

Only alcolohic Albertans close to a cirrhosis of the liver like you think that way about Quebec. :pimp

walk ANYWHERE around Calgary and ask what they feel about Quebec, remember you are getting the answer from the province who actually can afford itself.

i cannot stand the amount of useless frenchies that are coming over here, terrible english, lazy and ugly. it is indeed sad, that is ok i have no problem with a french bum building my roadways,

at least if he could fucks off after the freeway is done.

Just the rednecks that live in shithole Alberta (like you)

go pick up some chinese food,

come pay a visit here it doesnt look like an imigrant shithole, something you have become accustomed to i guess???

i live in the city, i am not a farmer, you need to step outside the chinese buffet line for once. :2 cents:

Nobody here ever talks about Alberta...LOL Who cares about this shithole really.. Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal.. those are international cities worth going to.. :2 cents: :2 cents: :321GFY

:1orglaugh Go get another drink. You need one. You have to be the most ignorant, idiotic, dumbass english canadian I have ever talked to on a message board.

Not only you are drunk 36 hours a day. But you are also a pathetic character. If only your comments were readable, it would be a great improvement. I have nothing against english canadians. Except dumbasses like you. You are part of the 0,01% of canadians who believe everything they hear in a bar when all their friends are drunk.

You just hate because you love to hate. Racist fucks like you deserve to be burned alive in front of everyone.

so is Rio De Janeiro wtf is your point? idiot, i only visit the best part of shitholes, not live in them. :2 cents: :2 cents: :321GFY

are you available in sept? i will fly you out to calgary and you can walk around with a camcorder and you will find the answer.

I've been there(Calgary) and I see just as many immigrants there as I do here(per capita). Wait till the oil runs out and your province returns to being the welfare needy province that it used to be (when a barrel of oil was $11 you guys were sucking my tax $$$ for your welfare state)

I'm not dissing farmers, I'm dissing ignorant retards such as yourself (with your narrow-minded statements)

BTW I like Chinese food :2 cents:

More people should think like you :thumbsup I can understand why there are so many negative opinions about the US government, but it sucks to be filed under one label when I don't necessarily agree with the way our own government does things. And it's no different than the way some people label everybody who follow a religion as "overzealous uptight do-gooders", and of course, those who label all porn peddlers as potential child molesters. I cannot stand stereotyping. Of course I've found myself guilty of it at times, and I really disgust myself when I realize I've done it.

Why would I want to be around a racist idiot like you ? :1orglaugh

did i say i would hang out with you? :1orglaugh NO.

Ahh so true, so true :D

Oh wait, I better tone down the smug ego.

The Frenchies will think "ha! another smug english Canadiene!"
The Americans will think "See? ALL Canadians are smug uppity assholes!"
The Calgarian will think "Now I am sure that CD fucker is a teepee-dwelling injun!"


With one out-of-place comment I could set all of North America into a stereotyping frenzy. :D

No. Don't run away or hide. I will find you, drug you and tattoo "Vive le Quebec Libre" with the following flag on your forehead

http://www.porn-sex-list.com/patriot.gif

:1orglaugh i love this place, before i even enter a nocarrier thread i know exactly the format the argument will take and the exact people who will come in along.

i have to run out, NC think about my offer you would actually be surprised.

NC i am going to take a pic with a quebec flag just for you when i am in vegas to pledge my allegiance to the "dark(french) side" i am already half way there with the woman. :winkwink:

I will visit Calgary as soon as you are in another country (from my point of view). It should be very soon. :thumbsup

referendum part deux? :Oh crap :1orglaugh

enjoy your day i am going to have a bbq, i will tilt a gin glass for all my french friends. :winkwink: :1orglaugh

lol.. so an international entertaining city can be a shithole also...whats YOUR point? I said Alberta is not worth going to unlike international and entertaining cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.. Its boring.. dull.. conservative.. nobody would want to go there...nobody wants to live there.. in other words.. a boring shithole... :thumbsup

Part deux? Part three you mean. Look. It took two referendums for Newfoundland to join Canada. So I don't think that a third one about Quebec's sovereignty is excessive. It's all about democracy. Yes or no. :pimp

Oh come on.. Metaman is not a shithole.. He has a drinking problem, that's all. :winkwink:

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