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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 983224" data-attributes="member: 23950">Yup, we alwaays compare ourselves to other countries, esspecially our neighbour the USA.I know the US media stays mostly away from comparison their neighbor (must be a reason).As for songs playing on the radio, you are right, that 15 or 20% of radio songs must be from Canadian artists.But, we as a country also have the second highest people in the entertainment sector on this world.If we don&#039;t listen to the songs here from Canadian artists, then we hear them from the Superbowl or in Vegas (Celine Dion), or in American movies (Titanic / Celion Dion - Bryan Adams / Robin Hood).Other great singers and bands include the &quot;Guess Who&quot;, &quot;BTO&quot;, Shania Twain, Nickleback, just to name a few out of hundreds of famous Canadian singers.As far as the Canadian dollar goes, we are more than happy with a 90cent to a US dollar.Everytime we get near the par per dollar, it really hurts our manufacturing sector.We do earn more money here, then US workers.Our minimum wage is even higher then you pay part timers at UPS there !Besides, a dollar value doesn&#039;t mean diddly - You think Greece is better off then America because they have a Euro that is worth apprx $1.30 per US buck ? Or England at around $1.50 per pound against the greenback ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="klein, post: 983224, member: 23950"] Yup, we alwaays compare ourselves to other countries, esspecially our neighbour the USA. I know the US media stays mostly away from comparison their neighbor (must be a reason). As for songs playing on the radio, you are right, that 15 or 20% of radio songs must be from Canadian artists. But, we as a country also have the second highest people in the entertainment sector on this world. If we don't listen to the songs here from Canadian artists, then we hear them from the Superbowl or in Vegas (Celine Dion), or in American movies (Titanic / Celion Dion - Bryan Adams / Robin Hood). Other great singers and bands include the "Guess Who", "BTO", Shania Twain, Nickleback, just to name a few out of hundreds of famous Canadian singers. As far as the Canadian dollar goes, we are more than happy with a 90cent to a US dollar. Everytime we get near the par per dollar, it really hurts our manufacturing sector. We do earn more money here, then US workers. Our minimum wage is even higher then you pay part timers at UPS there ! Besides, a dollar value doesn't mean diddly - You think Greece is better off then America because they have a Euro that is worth apprx $1.30 per US buck ? Or England at around $1.50 per pound against the greenback ? [/QUOTE]

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