Which of the two countries is more socialist, Canada or the United States of

America? It must first be state that neither Canada nor the USA is considered a

socialist state. For the purpose of this project, a socialist state would be one

such as Greece was until the early 1990's; a country where the state owns all

forms of companies and/or businesses and offers practically every type of social

service known to modern governments. Since none of the two North American

countries that will be featured in this paper can accurately compare to the

above description, the paper will simply attempt to determine which of the two

has a higher degree of socialism when matched against each other following a

Before going any further, let's view the conceptual definitions to the key

elements of this paper. Socialism, as referred to throughout the text, can be

defined as follows: any of various social or political theories or movements in

which the common welfare is to be achieved through the establishment of a

socialist economic system. A socialist economic system can be defined as an

Elections , the population elects a mayor, a comptroller, a President of the Board of

ar was worth approximately 0.68 American dollars, therefore the Canadian government spent an approximate 6,765 American dollars per-student, compared to the US government's approximate 5,882.

distribution, and exchange collectively, and the benefits are distributed to all

What does this research tell us? It simply reinforces the theory that Canada is more socialist than the United States of America in its ways of governing. Perhaps it has to do with the fact that it is younger than its southern neighbor, that it still follows its European parents, France and England. America has matured more than Canada has, since it has been a free nation for much longer. There is no doubting that the US has developed its own governing system, with its own distribution of services and is striving off of it economically. There is however no less doubting that Canadians are proud of their social services, and education and democratic system. It seems both countries are in a state of comfort. America is generally content with its system and Canada is also generally happy with the way the country is run. It is however always fun to peek on the other side of the fence and see how our neighbor is doing, and how we compare to him/her.

represent, we see that many more views are covered. The Neo-Democratic Party can

are right of the center and the Canadian Alliance (formerly the Reform Party)

After the tally of 99 percent of precincts, the Democratic Party stood at 49

Republicans would be mostly right of the center, and the Green Party would be

municipal level in the USA, according to the City of St-Louis Board of

ared to the US since it is nearly safe to say that there are at least twice as many of these corporations in Canada than there are in the United States.

Having established what socialism is, let's move on to the research question,

However, in the top one-fifth of the income distribution, American families had disposable incomes more than 20% higher than their Canadian counterparts. In the top one-tenth of the income distribution, disposable incomes among American families were about 25% higher." (Income inequality in North America: Does the 49th parallel still matter?, The Daily, Statistics Canada)

question is therefore: is Canada truly more socialist than the United States of

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