TORONTO - Canadians, always in the shadow of their U.S. neighbors, lack American entrepreneurial drive and their 'emotional intelligence' is lower, researchers said Thursday.
Canadians score lower than Americans in assertiveness, happiness, optimism,the ability to be realistic, and social responsibility, said Dr. Steven Stein, psychologist and president of the research company Multi-Health Systems.
Emotional intelligence, know as EQ, is defined as the ability to be aware of and control emotions, get along with others, manage stress, adapt to change and maintain a positive mood. Stein studied the responses of 4,000 Canadians and Americans to determine a median score of 100. Americans scored 103 and Canadians scored 95.
In the test for assertiveness, Americans scored 104, Canadians only 97. That indicates Canadians are more polite, quieter, less patriotic and more inclined to keep their thoughts to themselves, Stein said.
Assertiveness was deduced by asking respondents to rate on a scale of one to five how closely they agreed with statements such as, "If I disagree with somone I am able to tell them" and "It's fairly easy to express my feelings."
"The defining reason for the difference is we are less entrepreneurial than Americans," said Canadian-born Stein.
A surprising finding in the study is that Americans are more socially responsible. "It could be that as individuals(Canadians) pass that on to governments and institutions, whereas Americans seem to take it on themselves," said Stein.
Canadians have socialized medicine and welfare, so they may feel they don't have to help others as much on an individual basis, he said.
Canadians also scored lower than Americans in happiness and optimism, even though Canada have been rated by the U.N. as the best country in the world to live in for the past six years.
"We just don't celebrate as much as Americans," said Stein.
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I also find the happiness point interesting... I would never have guessed that, actually... I find it rather peculiar.
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Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
No seriously, Canadian people rule. I would trust myself walking through Toronto more than Boston anyday.
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All we are is dust in the wind, dude....
Dust, Wind, DUDE!!!
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Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
All I have to say is this: Canada rules. B.C. rules even more. And Vancouver is the best place to live in the world!
I've gotten soooo many people jealous over my city.....Charles Cappy for example... Envies my BCTel's ADSL web access service, because it's twice as fast and three times less expensive. And that's in Canadian dollars. *LOL*
Many people envy the fact that we get CONSTANT showings of ST:TOS, ST:VOY, ST:TAS (The Animated Series!), and ST:TNG, daily. Many people also envy the fact that we get routine showings of those old Sci-Fi classics like Doctor Who, Voyage to the bottom of the sea, Lost in space, you name it. We got Classic Sliders and the new Sliders, we got the X-Files, we got south park, B5, Crusade (B5 related), Lexx the series.....tons of classic Sci-Fi movies daily......we got it all here, as far as TV goes. Bwahahah. Some people would kill to see one showing of one of the above. *eyes Charles*
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Pleh.
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Heed me warning or die painfully and be labelled Roadkill.. Beware the white 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier with "L" sign.
And how much u pay for that bc tel internet thing??
Is it better than that roger cable thingy?
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I did'nt do it.
Go figure!
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"I do whatever the voice of Charles Capps tells me to do."
Jeff Raven: Do I look like an alcoholic to you?
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Heed me warning or die painfully and be labelled Roadkill.. Beware the white 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier with "L" sign.
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"I do whatever the voice of Charles Capps tells me to do."
As a British Columbian from the other part of the province (the part most Vancouverites didn't know existed, or at least lumped in with Alberta and that Winnipeg place and Nuna-wha?, I can tell you flat out Vancouver is hardly the greatest place on earth. Well, I suppose it'd be great if you were a cantonese-speaking duck. The incessant rain would be nice, and considering nearly 40% of the city speaks Cantonese as its first language, the city of incessant fog'd be perfect.
And now for a rant about BCTel. Thanks to their great service in the interior, my 56k modem chugs along at 36 because their freaking lines are crap and they won't update them. Hopefully once the Albertans move in this Sept and take over, the insane long distance rates will drop and perhaps their network will improve.
Don't get me started on the losers that Vancouver is largely responsible for installing into the provincial legislature. Between the Neo-Facsist "Liberal" party who sing songs of the good ol' days when "clearit-logit-paveit" ruled the BC forest industry and there was money enough for all; and the NDP, the Political Wing of the Labour Union Republican Army; BC is just set...
*is dragged kicking and screaming off the Officer's Lounge by those who wish this board to be a happier place*
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"They don�t call it show business for nothing. This is an ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly town in many, many ways. But big f*cking deal. Big business is ugly. The world is ugly. Our job is to make our little piece of it better. Whenever you get into the general, it�s not going to be all beer and Skittles and Christmas trees."
-Ira Stephen Behr on the Moore fiasco
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*gives Jeff a look for the drinking stereotype...*
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I am SO not touching this thread. *LOL*
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And if they aren't, you weren't paying attention and, no, I'm not going to repeat myself.
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"Well, I suppose it'd be great if you were a cantonese-speaking duck.The incessant rain would
be nice, and considering nearly 40% of the city speaks Cantonese as its first language, the city of incessant fog'd be perfect".
"Don't get me started on the losers that Vancouver is largely responsible for installing into the provincial legislature".
I hope that was not intended as an insult.Won't take it as one till otherwise stated as an insult. I mean the cantonese speaking duck thing and Vancouver being 40% Cantonese speaking, throwing into the mix of those losers that Vancouver is responsible for voting in.
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I did'nt do it.
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Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
Who's the dolt that thinks this is a bad thing?
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Oooh... I suppose that could be taken the wrong way.
All I was saying was that (a) Vancouver has several characteristics that make it rather different from Canada as a whole, most notably due to ethnic composition and climate, which makes the assessment that Vancouver is the best example of "Canada" as false , (b) most Vancouverites I've known are generally ignorant to the remainder of the province and (c) due to the population breakdown, any political outcome in the province is always blamable on the Lower Mainland.
Now that that's out of the way, let's crack out the Kraft Dinner and get hunky-dorey, Canadian-style...
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"They don�t call it show business for nothing. This is an ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly town in many, many ways. But big f*cking deal. Big business is ugly. The world is ugly. Our job is to make our little piece of it better. Whenever you get into the general, it�s not going to be all beer and Skittles and Christmas trees."
-Ira Stephen Behr on the Moore fiasco
*To the tune of Tiny Toons
"We're tiny, we're toony,
We can't afford a loonie,
Because of Marooney,
And his stupid GST!"
There's more, but I can't remember what it is...
Yes, I know what a loonie is, and Yes, I know who Marooney(sp?) was.
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"I do whatever the voice of Charles Capps tells me to do."
Mulroney
That tune sounds awfully familair.
I mean the words
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I did'nt do it.
(the only eight-letter swear word in the English language).
Our last PM (if you leave Ms. couple-of-weeks Campbell out), who pops up every so often to sue the RCMP, the government, the CBC, etc... Has a chin that would embarrass Leno.
What your friend was referring to was Mulroney's gift to the masses, the Goods and Services Tax, a 7% sales tax stuck on top of the posted price of pretty much everything for sale in Canada. Some leading academics believe it lead to his sub-15% approval rating, his resignation, and the resulting plunge of the ruling Conservative Party from 200-something seats and a majority in every province to a bit fat 2 seats in the House. I tend to agree.
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"They don�t call it show business for nothing. This is an ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly town in many, many ways. But big f*cking deal. Big business is ugly. The world is ugly. Our job is to make our little piece of it better. Whenever you get into the general, it�s not going to be all beer and Skittles and Christmas trees."
-Ira Stephen Behr on the Moore fiasco
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Elim Garak: "Oh, it's just Garak. Plain, simple Garak. Now, good day to you, Doctor. I'm so glad to have made such an... interesting new friend today." (DS9: "Past Prologue")
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"I do whatever the voice of Charles Capps tells me to do."