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SO, WHAT DO CANADIANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF?
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4. Baseball is Canadian

Don't think so.
reply.... Yes, it is. Your Mr. Abner Doubleday was born in 1819.
Baseball is referred to in letters in Canada in 1748/1749, from the diaries
of Lady Hervy.

5. Lacrosse is Canadian

Actually a version of Lacrosse was played by native Americans before we
arrived
here some indians reside in Canadian territory so this statement could be
partially true.
reply...Huron Indians, from Canada, were credited of inventing Lacrosse, the
National Sport of Canada.

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7. Basketball is Canadian

Don't think so.
Reply......The inventer of Basketball is Canadian, James Naismith, McGill
University, Montreal 1891.
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11. In the war of 1812, started by America, Canadians pushed the
Americans

Don't think so. My history book stated that it was the commandeering of
American ships and the impressing of our sailors into the British navy so
they
could help in the fight against the French and the British refusal to stop
that
practice that led to the war of 1812.

reply....War declared in 1812 by President James Madison. New York State
wanted Canada. American troops invaded Canada and were promply thrown out
by Canadian Troops.

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13. We have the largest English population that never ever surrendered
or
withdrew during any war to anyone. anywhere. EVER.

There were no Canadian troops at Dunkirk??

reply.....No, there were no Canadian troops at Dunkirk. Canadian troops
were garrison in England at the time of Dunkirk.

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21. We invented ski-doos, jet-skis, velcro, zippers, insulin,
penicillin,
zambonis, the telephone and short wave radios that save countless lives
each
year.

Most of the above but not the telephone if my memory is correct.
reply.... check your memory, Telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell in
Brantford Ontario Canada in 1874.
He improved it in Boston 1876. A speech given by Bell, in Ottawa 1909, he
stated "Of this you can be sure, the telephone was invented in Canada. It
was made in the USA."

Jim Carter