Talk:Canada

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Blackberry

I think the article about Canadian Economy could include a picture of a Blackberry, the most famous manufactured product of Canada today, just to show that Canada is not based only in Energy and Agriculture. Also a picture of a Bombardier high speed train would be interesting...--83.35.183.14 (talk) 21:23, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

Should Canada be re-listed as a developing country

People in Canada don't have as much money as they used it. I wonder that Canada might be re-listed as a developing country and booted out of the G8 if the economy continues its current pace. Is this true? GVnayR (talk) 23:38, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Hardly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.191.91.209 (talk) 03:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for comforting me. I have seen the local workers get laid off and I was worried that we might have to become some Third World country. I guess we'll be safe and this recession will end someday with us still being a developed country. GVnayR (talk) 04:10, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Assuming you're not just trying to get a rise out of people, please see developed country for an idea of why Canada is not in danger of leaving the "developed" list any time soon. Being a developed country involves much more than just money per capita: education, healthcare, infrastructure and political stability are all important factors and Canada is well endowed on all those counts, which is why it is ranked 4th in the list of countries by HDI, the highest ranking of any G8 member. Also note that your assessment of Canada's economy does not seem to be shared by many others. Its per capita income is ranked 12th in the world by the IMF, ahead of all other members of the G8 other than the US. Unemployment in Canada is lower than unemployment in the US and many European countries. And the Canadian banking system, and the Canadian economy in general, is generally seen as faring better than most during the recent economic turmoil. Canada's economy is thought to have grown at an annual rate of 5% in the fourth quarter of last year, a high rate for a developed country. Finally, membership in the G8 doesn't really mean that much, and it has no relationship with a country's level of development. Further, even as an economic bloc of "big players" it is increasingly out of date, with fairly large developed economies, like Spain and Australia, not being in it, and huge developing economies like China and India also missing. There is a lot of talk in the media that the G8 is being overshadowed in importance by the G20. TastyCakes (talk) 04:36, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Amen, TastyCakes. This guy was totally wp:soapboxing Netsquall (talk) 18:04, 13 March 2010 (UTC)

Language section unclear

"67.5% speak English only, 13.3% speak French only, and 17.7% speak both" should be changed to e.g. "of the two official languages, 67.5% speak English only, 13.3% speak French only, and 17.7% speak both" Bjornarl (talk) 14:29, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd say that and/or explain the 1.5% that apparently speak neither... TastyCakes (talk) 17:57, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

Images for the demographics of Canada

We used to have some images of the major cities in Canada and now we don't. I thought it looked really nice, so do you think it's a good idea to add some pictures of the major cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver? Nations United (talk) 05:46, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Do you mean the ones in the template or in the section itself? The ones in the template were removed as part of the ongoing featured article review. The ones in the section were added by the now indef-blocked sockpuppeteer Caro 08. As for your question...I prefer not having the pictures, but I'm open to suggestion provided that someone else writes the alt text for any images that are added. Nikkimaria (talk) 13:31, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Genocide

Something is wrong with this article if the word "genocide" is not contained within it, in reference to Canada's history of ethnic cleansing of the Aboriginals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by EightNineEditorMan (talk • contribs) 23:03, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Find a reliable source, suggest where to put it and get consensus. Dbrodbeck (talk) 02:03, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Edit request

"Intercolonial" should be "Inter-colonial". Thanks! 98.236.176.190 (talk) 08:03, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

98.236.176.190 (talk) 08:03, 27 March 2010 (UTC)