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Anonymous wrote:In fact, so easy to get into, to the point that it is filled with international students that failed at their studies back home are so they are sent to your schools.
Don't kid yourself, the only degree I've seen that hold some semblance of weight here is from McGill and even then it's only comparable to a 40-50 US school.
The other "top flight" Canadian schools are thrown out with the rest of Podunk State U.

I actually admire Canada's approach to higher education. First, there is more of a focus on grades than scores; and second, while the bar to entry isn't terribly high, the classes and grading are notoriously tough. I think it lets kids test their mettle. A bit of a sink or swim mentality but that's OK.

You may disagree but UBC, McGill and the University of Toronto are top notch schools.

In fact, so easy to get into, to the point that it is filled with international students that failed at their studies back home are so they are sent to your schools.
Don't kid yourself, the only degree I've seen that hold some semblance of weight here is from McGill and even then it's only comparable to a 40-50 US school.
The other "top flight" Canadian schools are thrown out with the rest of Podunk State U.

I got an amazing, inexpensive education as well, and I am American, just that my public university was funded at the state level and not the national level.

You know what, Canada is an awesome country in so many ways (although certainly not for every person who lives there).

But where does the money for subsidizing higher education come from? To a large extent, it comes from revenues on fossil fuel production, which accounts for more than a tenth of Canada's GDP. Canada is the world's sixth largest producer of fossil fuels. And Canada continues to push for exploiting ever-dirtier fossil fuels such as oil sands. That whole Keystone XL pipeline, that will screw Native Americans and put U.S. waters and the people who depend on them (e.g., farmers, anyone who drinks water) at grave risk for when (not if) the pipeline leaks? It is solely to transport crude oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast refineries. Who profits? Canada, not the U.S. Who will pay for the inevitable environmental contamination? The U.S., not Canada.

So yeah it's totally great about the excellent and inexpensive universities, but let's not forget that those subsidies come from somewhere, and they are not benign in terms of Canada's impact on the rest of the world.

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Anonymous wrote:Except that your PM is a pathetic girly-man.

My PM attended McGill. The Harvard of Canada.

Funny that you never hear Harvard referred to as the McGill of the US.

Harvard is the Cambridge of the US.

You cannot buy your way into Cambridge with celebrity parents

I would rather have a refined, articulate PM than a corrupt, vulgar President (and I am not Canadian).

Are your kids citizens as well? Did you apply for their proof of citizenship?

Anonymous wrote:I can send my children to top flight ranked Canadian universities that cost no more than $10K per year to attend. Compared to top 25 US universities they are easier to get into and much more diverse.

That's just because it's subsidized by higher tuitions for US students, like a lot of other things (drugs) in Canada.

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Anonymous wrote:Except that your PM is a pathetic girly-man.

My PM attended McGill. The Harvard of Canada.

Shallow pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Except that your PM is a pathetic girly-man.

My PM attended McGill. The Harvard of Canada.

Funny that you never hear Harvard referred to as the McGill of the US.

Harvard is the Cambridge of the US.