Edit post

Edit your reply below.

Post Body
Enter your post below.
Bergie, Bergie, Bergie, "The two things I notice most throughout this entire forum is that Canadians think American's have it out for them (since we don't always include a Canadian choice in certain polls) " I'm the one who raised the issue about Canadian content, and Canadians will be raising Canadian content issues long after you and I have left this dear planet. I wish it were as sinister as "American" have it out for them" (by the way I challenge you to find that in any statement I made). No its far worse than that, for most Americans Canada is a black hole in space, we simply don't exist. For example, a poll was made here asking your favourite main line - but no CP or CN. Do I think it was a sinister move to ignore us. No, not at all - because I know we are a black hole in space and we don't exist. Almost any Canadian knows this born in Canada and not recently off the boat. I It comes as a blow at first because most younger Canadians - pre-teens - don't realize this reality of Canadian American relations. When they discover it, they go through a period of anti-Americanism that usually lets go by early adult years. Two examples, one at Trains mag and one from my son. About two years, maybe three, there was an editorial by who ever was the editor then at Trains that the worst hate mail he received on a consistent basis, the most vitriolic, was when Trains ran an article on foreign lines. So I got to thinking, what foreign lines? Then I realized that CN and CP were foreign lines and there just wasn't that many "other" foreign lines in Trains. Now my son joined TAMR, we live in Vancouver. He helped write articles for the Cascade, which is the western TAMR region rag. He threw his heart and soul into it, along with some of our money...lol. He wrote articles on BC Rail - his passion - and CN and CP. The mag went out to mostly American teens. Can you guess the reaction? Well, they wrote to him that his work was great but could he not include Canadian content.... lol. It wasn't that the teens had anything against Canada; they just didn't care enough to want to learn. That's when he quite TAMR. Why? Because Canada exists in a black hole somewhere up north and he had just discovered that reality. Unfortunately this will continue for a long long time. The reasons Canadians are upset by it is that Canada is the largest trading partner in the world with the Americans. In fact, more trade flows between our two countries, than any other countries in the world. So you'd think there might be a little interest in Canada. Our economies are so tied into one another that one American economics prof who was going to try and track it all, gave up - said it couldn't be done; this was about two years ago. This also means tons of rail traffic between the two countries. The trade flow was at a million dollars a minute, but it is my understanding that it has increased to one million dollars every 30 seconds between the two countries - that's a lot of trains - some of em: CN and CP.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag

Update Reply

Subscriber & Member Login

Login, or register today to interact in our online community, comment on articles, receive our newsletter, manage your account online and more!

Model Railroader Newsletter See all

Sign up for our FREE e-newsletter and get model railroad news in your inbox!

Subscriber & Member Login

Edit post

Post Body

Tags (Optional)

Subscriber & Member Login

Users Online

Search the Community