Con il mondo di atten-zione concentrata sul 2010 Olimpiadi invernali a Vancouver, commentatori in tutto il mondo si parla di Canada - vita canadese e la cultura, come il Canada com-pares negli Stati Uniti, e altro ancora.

Ecco alcuni esempi:

Forbes. Com chiede: E 'questo Il Secolo canadese?

"…The 21st cen­tury is shap­ing up great for the Canucks,” thanks to a sta­ble bank­ing sys­tem, plenty of nat­ural resources, and a strong hous­ing mar­ket, among oth­ers. Vedi tutti "10 rea­sons why Canada is cheer­ing."

Is Canada too mod­est? Commentatore Timothy Egan, blog­ging for the New York Times Opinionator, scrive:

Why the lack of self-​​esteem? Canada — snap out of it! You’re gor­geous, bambino, you’re sophis­ti­cated, si vive bene.

.…Vancouver is Manhattan with moun­tains. It’s a liq­uid city, a tomor­row city, in parti uguali India, Cina, Inghilterra, Francia e il Pacifico nord-occidentale. E ' the cool North American sib­ling. Se solo, e questo vale per il resto del Canada, essa non ha sentito il bisogno di arrossire.

In Green Village: Vancouver’s medal-​​worthy Olympic Village, L' Huffington Post dice che the place to live post-​​Olympics will be in Vancouver’s new Villaggio Olimpico quartiere:

Vancouver’s civic lead­ers believe that the athlete’s vil­lage built for the 2010 Giochi Olimpici Invernali, and the planned neigh­bor­hood that will sur­round it, sarà one of the very green­est neigh­bor­hoods in North America.  I am inclined to agree.

E non si tratta solo di Vancouver, dice Shelter Offshore, che chiede Si poteva essere più felice uscenti in Canada?

If you’re look­ing for a decent stan­dard of liv­ing for a fair price, unlaid back yet sophis­ti­cated coun­try, a place where you can grow old grace­fully and with dig­nity, a nation with città vivace e città e l'abbondanza di stun­ning nat­ural attrac­tions – then yes, Canada potrebbe essere la scelta giusta per voi.

(Want more about retire­ment in Canada? Here’s our ear­lier post on the Top 10 Luoghi per ritirarsi in Canada.)

E sul lato più leggero, il New York Times pesa anche in con E non è politico, ma i canadesi sono Lefties:

What is the dif­fer­ence between a Canadian and an American? The old ques­tion is com­ing up again here at the Olympics, with answers involv­ing eager­ness for war, ketchup, the pro­nun­ci­a­tion of touch or the abil­ity to iden­tify pou-you e il Tragically Hip.

But none may be so sim­ple as how one holds a hockey stick. According to sales fig­ures from stick man­u­fac­tur­ers, a major­ity of Canadian hockey play­ers shoot left-​​handed, and a major­ity of American play­ers shoot right-​​handed.

No rea­son is known for this dis­par­ity, which cuts across all age groups and has per­sisted for decades.

Happy read­ing!

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