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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)
  1. People don't know too much about Canada.
  2. Canada is the constant victim of bullying from the USA so people feel sorry for Canada.
  3. Canada has a lot of good tourist PR out there, and Canada's tourism tends to be about natural places, which very few people find objectionable (compare that to say Carnival in Rio which some people might think is too naughty)
  4. The UK has been the aggressor in plenty of wars, but since Canada became its own country, it hasn't really been. It has joined on to wars started by the UK or the US, but isn't much of a warmongering country.
  5. People don't know about how very environmentally unfriendly Canada is in many ways, from the tar sands, to individual energy use, etc. So, Canadians avoid that damage.
  6. In any way that Canada is bad, the US is almost always worse, so any time there's a comparison Canada looks better.
  7. In general, Canada has been relatively friendly to immigration compared to many other countries. ...
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