Buckle up, here comes my Canadian perspective again…

I’ve noticed a couple of things since moving to the United States eight years ago: there’s a strange absence of mail collection boxes on street corners and other handy places (I no like having to drive to a post office in order to mail a letter) and a surprising lack of use of the one dollar coin. I was here for years before I even knew there was a one dollar coin. (And if you guys tell me there is a two dollar coin, I am going to be flabbergasted.)

Okay, I’ve noticed a few other things, too, especially now that I’ve been here through two—almost three—presidential elections and a nasty, ugly recession. One thing is that the American Dream really is a real thing! (I’m sorry, America, but in Canada, The Pursuit of Happiness is just a band with song titles like “Gretzky Rocks.”)Continue Reading