Canada's own identity starts with our remarkable sense of culture and customs. For the native peoples, the Canadian identity stretches thousands of years into the search of struggles to retain elements of their ancient culture. From a colonial perspective, the traditions which surface in Canadian culture seem to be born of an earlier time, of different origins and places, of old-fashioned rituals, and customs. Unlike the United States, its senior neighbor, Canada's aged-like identity is more reserved and skillful, unwilling to commit it self to anything specific. Within each region of Canada-

North, South, East, West and Central- there are definite qualities that detach Prairie from Maritimes, Ontario from Q

Canadians seem to follow in the footsteps of the Americans, but change it to make it better. In, Canada, our system of government is a blend of British and United States practices, with some Canadian additions, made to fit our own particular needs. Of course, British, United States, and Canadian governments all have a lot in common, since both Canada and the United States learned from Britain the all important idea of responsible government, which rest on the rule of law and the consent of people. We, paid close attention of the problems that were raised in the United States federal system and changed it considerably for Canada, to avoid what they we thought were its weakest points and make it fit better with the practices of British government. Technology was also formed with the help of the United States. When United States grew in to an industrialized place producing large quantities of goods, which were sold in many parts of the world, Canada became a customer and helped import raw materials needed by the United States. The growth of trade between the nations made the lives of Canadian and American people similar in many ways. We became accustomed to the idea of driving the same cars, furnishing their homes with the same materials, watching the same movies and television shows and reading the same magazines, but Canada used the technology to combat the North/South pull to stop Canada from being determined geographically. We used the technology the United States has and created our own to let Canadians learn about themselves more. We created the Canadian Broadcasting System (CBC), to show the different cultures and customs each region of Canada has. We have our own airlines, Air Canada and Canadian Airlines, to help Canadians travel f

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