Canadian Society Quotes

First of all, when you live in a country like Canada, it's quite different from America in the sense that it's very tied to traditions that were born in Britain.

In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality - not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others.

I have joy. Canadians have the reputation of making dark movies because we are in this society where we have the space to explore darkness. That's the way I see it.

Say 'Toronto' or 'Ontario,' and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency.

(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the opulent Methodists of Toronto. Methodism and money in this city have produced a sort of hell of dullness.

Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.

If Canada were really that great, it would be a state.

The real intolerance in Canadian society is shown by those who would deny people of faith the right to participate in public life.

Canada is a live country - live, but not, like the States, kicking.

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

We peer so suspiciously at each other that we cannot see that we Canadians are standing on the mountaintop of human wealth, freedom and privilege.

Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people.

I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.

Stop treating Muslims as if they're some kind of foreign, alien entity rather than part of the fabric of Canadian society or American society or British society.

I have had what might be called a post graduate course in the most important subject for all Canadians - Canada itself.

In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least severalgentlemen or "squires," there is but one to a seigniory.

Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the cultural lag. Ours, after all, is the good neighbourhood. A society well worth preserving.

I loved growing up in Canada. It's a great place to grow up because - well, at least where I grew up - it's very multicultural. There's also good health care and a good education system.

The Canadians have managed to live peacefully with their Indians. It is disgrace that the United States has not done the same.

'Canadian society' or the 'Canadian nation' cannot decide anything, because no one is in charge.