Canada Is Better Than The USA

However, all of his objections are severely misguided. Canadians Live LongerPeople who live in our country live longer by around 3 years. This went completely ignored by my opponent. Canada Has A Lower Suicide RateMy opponent never responded to this point. It stands. Canadians Are More FitThis was ignored by Con. This point stands. Canada Has A Lower Crime PercentageThis is a HUGE point my opponent ignored. My country is safer, the USA is more dangerous. Canada Has Less PollutionThis is a HUGE point that went uncontested. Being A Super-Power And Having An InfluenceThe USA is a super-power due to military strength, which economically has run the USA to the ground due to all the money spend on pointless wars and weapons. The USA spends more on their military than most countries, and it is huge reason for all of the USA's debt, which is far less than Canada's debt (the USA owes at least 16 trillion, Canada only owes 1.2 trillion)[1][2]. Also, the influence on the world that the USA has is a bad influence, which makes it far worse than Canada. If the USA's influence was a good influence, and it is better than whatever Canada is doing, then the rest of the world should like the USA better. This is false. Canada is the 2nd most liked/ popular country in the world, with the USA only being the 8th most liked/ popular [3]. So, the world likes us better. It seems the USA's influence is generally regarded as a bad influence, so this cannot be counted as scored points for the USA. Most countries actually wish the USA would mind their own business, let alone having the intrusive "influence" that is costing its people so much money. "If countries could choose Canada of U. S. to have as a ally 9 out of 10 times they would choose U. S. " - YouThis is because of the USA's military, but living in what is close to a police state with a big military doesn't make you a better country. What makes a great country is one that doesn't even need a huge military or military weapons, as nobodywants to really harm you anyway. We don't don't need a big military, as we are more liked, and don't have nearly as many enemies as the USA. WaterFirst of all, it is completely irrelevant that America has one of the largest fresh water reserves. We have more water. Period. Not only that, our tap water is held to a higher standard than the tap water in the USA [4], so we get cleaner water in our homes. Gold MedalsThe USA is overpopulated, so there is a bigger sample to choose from so it is to be expected that the USA does better by sheer probability (the more people there are, the more good players you will find). The fact that Canada is better than the USA in the winter Olympics speaks volumes when the odds are against us. Also, we are not talking about what country is more important, but what country is better. There can be a country nobody cares about, that is still plenty of times better than an "important" country. It is a fallacy to think that important equates to better. Many horrible things are important. Canadians Are SmarterWhat my opponent is referring to is only one aspect. For example, Canadians score 10% than Americans on IQ tests[5]. This should be expected, as we have a better education system than the education system in the USA and perform much higher [6]. Additionally, as I mentioned in my last round, a higher percentage of Canadians actually get a post-secondary degree than Americans. So, in the larger picture, we still are smarter in general. The Rest Of The World Likes Us BetterI demonstrated this with a survey [3]. We are more popular and better liked. Yes, other countries would rather have the US as a war ally, but we stay out of other people's business (unless we are dragged into war with the US), so we don't have to worry about things like 911 happening in our country. The USA does. Then when it happens again, the USA will take another economic hit, and go to war again. Canada Will Be a Super-Power By 2050There is a good chance that this is true [7] due to everything we know about climate change. My opponent says it is better to be a super-power now, but there are two things wrong with that. One, it only thinks about the short term, and not the long term. What makes a country better is also based on the potentiality for the future. Secondly, the USA is a super-power for all the wrong reasons (military might), and is causing more harm for its people and others than good. The USA Is Overpopulated And Has Less Land Than CanadaThere are plenty of people living in all of the territories, so to say it is inhospitable is simply false. Also, this is the short term thinking I was talking about earlier. Due to global warming, all this land that is "too cold" will become warm and more comfortable to live in, while the USA will be dried up pretty badly (this is why we have a better future). Remember, the potentiality for the future is an important factor in determining which country is better. This applies to anything. It is better to have 100 eggs and 4 chickens, than 20 chickens and no eggs. This is due to the potentiality of the future, and propability of positive results. We Are More PeacefulMy opponent did not dispute this point, and it stands. The USA's wars are mostly pointless. The people who committed the evil acts on 911 were from Saudi Arabia, and not from Afghanistan. The government lied about the weapons of mass destruction (or, at the very least were sloppy and stupid). Why all the countless money spent on war, and more and more Americans going into poverty? Canada, in 2013, was ranked the 8th most peaceful country in the world, with the USA ranking an embarrassing 100th place! [8] Canadians On Average, Make More Than AmericansSome of the happiest people are poor, but let's be real, that is rare. “I've been rich and I've been poor. Believe me, rich is better. ” Mae West quotes (American Actress and sex symbol, 1892-1980) In general, it is better to make more money on average. Poverty, unfortunately for my opponent, is not a good thing, and America has a higher % of it than Canada [9]. Also, again, having an influence isn't a good thing if it is a bad influence. The USA may think they have a good influence, but the rest of the world disagrees, but they like Canada more, so we must be doing something better (probably because are a peaceful). So, America does a lot, but based on what it does, we can conclude that it just makes it more apparent that it is a worse country than Canada, ironically. SummaryCanada is better than the USA because we live longer, are most satisfied with our lives, have a lower suicide rate, better educated, higher IQs, people are more fit in Canada, there is less income disparity, there is less crime in Canada, we are better at winter Olympics despite the odds, our air is less polluted, we have more/ cleaner water, we will be a super-power with all of our land and resources by the year 2050 while the USA will probably dry up, plus the rest of the world likes us better. Canada is better in all important areas of life. Sources[1] . http://www.globalresearch.ca...[2] . http://www.huffingtonpost.ca...[3] . http://o.canada.com...[4] . http://mobile.omg-facts.com...[5] . http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com...[6] . http://blogs.edweek.org...[7] . http://www.ctvnews.ca...[8] . http://en.wikipedia.org...[9] . http://russell-davidson.arts.mcgill.ca...