murchadh@shaw.ca (Murchadh) wrote in message news:<401b6c38.33653270@news>...
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> The last draft dodger got here in 1973. Since then American immigrants
> have mostly been well-educated professionals who prefer to live in a
> quietly democratic country with a low crime rate where you can walk
> the streets at night without worrying about being mugged and where
> universal health care means you aren't sent home to die as in the US
> when your health insurance runs out.
> 
> Canada is a nice place to bring up children and has never lost sight
> of the original reason for having a country - to look after all the
> citizens, not just the greedy, buck grabbers. 

The "original reason for having a country", eh? 

Rafael Caetano