Distinguished Speaker Series: "Canada and the United States: So Close, Yet So Different"

About the Program: Canada and the United States: So Close, Yet So Different

Canada and the United States share much in common, enjoy strong cultural and economic ties, and have the longest un-militarized border in the world. But the differences between these two democracies are striking. It has been noted that while America’s revolutionary motto was “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness,” Canada was founded on the principles of “Peace, Order, and Good Government.” The United States is more violent than Canada and it always has been, while there is much greater acceptance of a larger role for government in the economy and society in Canada. Join Dr. Pierre Atlas, a political scientist who studies the US and Canada, in a conversation about these two North American neighbors with Dr. Kenneth Holland, a political scientist and former president of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States.

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