Re-read "Why Is Canada Called a Developed Country?"

A few years ago, I read an article on "Why Canada is called a developed country when the soil has fallen into slag". Today, combined with my own experience, let's talk about "Canada with soil and slag".

My son studied in Canada in 2007 and has been working in Canada for 15 years since he graduated. From 2011, my lover and I went to Canada every year to spend some time with our children until 2018, due to the impact of the epidemic. I haven't been there yet.

Canada is indeed a slag, there are no high-rise buildings at all, almost most of the area does not have more than 4 floors of buildings, my son lives in the city of Edmonton, except for the city center is almost all houses below 4 floors, this is still known as Canada's five largest cities. The forest around the city is said to have never been entered. Shopping is either cash or credit cards, China's WeChat, Alipay and the like they have not heard of. Then such a country is really not wanted.

Let me now share my impressions of Canada.

1. Canadians

Canadians are a humble, polite, and helpful group of people. Canadians, whether familiar or not, greet each other, hello, hello, greet each other, and say MORNING when they meet. Recognize it or not.

Speaking of being helpful, this is the norm for Canadians, and no matter what difficulties you encounter, canadians will selflessly help you whenever they encounter them. I remember that I just arrived in Canada in 2012, my son has gone to work, I took a bus alone to a friend's house, the result was unfamiliar, got off a stop in advance, got off the bus after getting off the bus, did not know how to go, a middle-aged woman of the West was smoking on the side of the road while drinking coffee, I asked him how to go to 32nd Avenue 56, he patiently said to me for half a day, because I am not good at English, and then she said too fast, I did not understand a word, helplessly she said to me Come with me, I understood this sentence and asked me to go with him. I walked with him about 5 streets and then she pointed to the front and told me it made 56 and I saw my friend's home. Then she returned the same way.

Another time, my son took me and my lover to Banff Park in Canada to play, it was a winter, the Canadian winter was icy and snowy, my son accidentally fell into the ditch while driving, a front tire also exploded us We climbed out of the car, just when we panicked, there were 4 passing cars parked next to us, one of the pickup truck drivers, about 50 years old, took the rope out of the car, helped us pull the car out, and helped us unload the bad tire, the spare tire in Canada is not full size, The spare tire is narrower, so the car can't drive at normal speed, it's slower, and the young driver next to him says he has the same full-size tires as us, and if we need it, it can be lent to us, and then given to him after use, without any collateral. We don't want to bother people, and we don't know how to give it back to him. All in all we thank him for his kindness. Then it's time to keep going and find a place to repair the tyres halfway through.

Another virtue of Canadians is to be convenient with people, often at the door of the mall, the first person to open the door always have to look at the back, if there are disabled people behind them, people holding children, old people, people with things, and even some normal people behind them, they will use the door to suppress the body to let the people behind go first. This is the Canadian. This may have something to do with their Christian culture, charity.

Another characteristic of Canadians is optimism, all day long do not know what is sad, listen to a Canadian friend, its colleague a white youth, loan to buy a house, a few years later he lost his job, can not afford the mortgage, he hung up his house to sell, he behaved very peacefully, it seems that this matter is nothing to him, if this is in China, Chinese encounter this, must be very depressed, but the Canadians do not.

And Canadians don't all like to be officials, the son just went to Canada when he lived in a host family, is a sister and brother, the sister is about 40 years old, the younger brother is in high school, the sister is a nurse, once my son asked her you have been working for more than 20 years, why not be the head nurse, she said, when the head nurse is tired, I now earn enough money to spend, why should I be the head nurse to suffer. This is the Canadian, in Chinese parlance, xiaofu and an.

Most people say that Canada is a paradise for children and the elderly, and the welfare benefits of the elderly I don't know much about, too complicated. But I know the welfare of children. Starting with women giving birth to children, the mother has 18 months of paid maternity leave after the birth of the child, and this year Canada has stipulated that both parents can take maternity leave, that is, the father of the child can also take maternity leave and take care of the child at home, as long as two people rest together within 18 months. Look at the welfare of Canadian children. The government gives benefits to children from birth, and directly pays money, which is called milk money by locals until the child reaches the age of 18. Milk gold is calculated according to the income of both parents, and the income is high, the milk gold is less, and vice versa. In the Canadian government is to encourage fertility, the more children born, the higher the milk money, in Canada from primary school to high school are free, and even some church schools even send students' school bags, study stationery, of course, all schools provide free lunch, including parents. I've heard of this, I haven't seen it, and I haven't eaten it.

But in Canada, kindergartens are not free, so mothers of two or more children generally do not go to work, on the one hand, they can take their children by themselves, increase the mother's love of the children, on the other hand, save the child's money to go to kindergarten, due to the reduction of income, the milk money given by the government will increase accordingly. In this way, the income of the family has not decreased.

Let's talk about healthcare in Canada. Canada is universal health insurance, remember when the son just went to school in Canada, every month to pay the money for medical insurance, when the son goes to work, this money does not have to pay, in Canada to see a doctor, first of all to the community hospital, is Chinese often said family doctor. General fever and cold, the family doctor will not prescribe medicine for you, always let you drink more water, more rest. If you are prescribed medicine, you have to take the prescription to the store to buy medicine, this is not reimbursed, but if you have a serious illness, the family doctor will give you a list, you can go to a specialist hospital to see a doctor, if you want to drip, or hospitalization, then you do not have to spend a penny, not only do not spend money, sometimes even eating are responsible, this is called nutritious meals.

The next issue is Canada's treatment of people with disabilities and vulnerable groups. The Canadian government has a corresponding treatment policy for the treatment of persons with disabilities. Not only to distribute various benefits to the disabled, the government has also established many rehabilitation institutions for the disabled to use, under the leadership of the government, the whole society also gives care to the disabled, such as the best parking spaces in front of major shopping malls, are for the disabled to park the disabled car, generally two to three parking spaces. A wheelchair is painted on the parking space, indicating that this is a parking space for the disabled, even if the parking space is tight, even if there is no parking space at all, normal people are not allowed to stop, as for what penalties are imposed for parking, I don't know. But everyone is very self-conscious.

Let's talk about how the Canadian government treats Indians. Some time ago, the United States and Canada separately reported how white people in North America abused Indian children, how they brainwashed Indian children, and caused a large number of Indian children to die, causing a worldwide uproar. There are not many Indians in North America anymore, and they live mainly on government-granted Indian reservations. Your own culture is very little, but life is carefree.

Moreover, the government has a special policy towards Indians, and in the bidding for government projects, under the same conditions, Indians are given priority. I have a Canadian friend, and I am a fellow countryman, who immigrated to Canada in his early years and is now a Canadian citizen. He told me that once the government wanted to purchase medical surgical gowns, this is the province procurement, that is, the surgical gowns should be given to the hospitals in the province. The purchase volume is very large, and it is a long-term contract, he found an Indian chief, let the chief help bid, the result he successfully won the bid, now the project is still in progress, the government provides drawings, she entrusted a company in Jiangsu to process, the profit is said to be considerable, then he gave the Indians the return, you can not imagine, no kickbacks, no pay, each time to go to the Indian tribe with two bottles of wine can be, but every time to come back the next day, because the first day must be drunk, not drunk enough friends. I have also been to the Indian Territories with him, where indies are very large by tribe, one by one, large single-family villas, which are built by the government. The Indian chieftain's mansion is very grand, about four hundred meters, but you don't imagine that the Indians have chicken feathers on their heads, and now they are no different from the white people, just their looks are different. Today's Indians are basically unemployed and idle all day long, because the benefits given to them by the government are enough for them to live.

Let's talk about the Toilet in Canada, which is the toilet. When I came to Hong Kong in 1990, the deepest impression of Hong Kong was not the high-rise buildings, not the food and drink in Hong Kong, but the toilets in Hong Kong, that is, the toilets. Whether in the mall, whether in the AD, whether in the hotel, all the bathrooms are so clean. In Canada, the level of toilets can be said to be more than that in Hong Kong, public toilets in all places are so neat, bathrooms have paper at all times, and sometimes there will be an extra roll of paper. There are two kinds of hand paper, one is used for toilet use, the other is used to wipe hands after washing hands, and each bathroom has a special toilet for the disabled. A toilet for Mom or Dad. Users will also take care of the hygiene of the bathroom. That's it for today, thank you. In the next episode, we'll talk about Canadian prices and Canadian industries.