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[[Image:Flickr_ymimexico_247769858--Jalapeno_poppers.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Jalapeno poppers.]]
'''Anti-Canadianism''' represents a consistent hostility towards the [[Government of Canada|government]], [[Culture of Canada|culture]], or [[Demographics of Canada|people]] of [[Canada]].
'''Jalapeño poppers''' are [[jalapeño]] [[chile pepper|pepper]]s that have been hollowed out, stuffed with a mixture of [[cheese]], [[spices]], and sometimes ground meat, and then deep fried. They are served (usually with some kind of dip) as appetizers at some Mexican- or Southwest-themed bars and restaurants.
==HistoryExternal links==
*[http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_24509,00.html Emeril Live! Tailgating Recipe Contest Winner]
One person commonly thought of as an anti-Canadian thinker was [[Voltaire]]{{fact}}, who is generally [[A few acres of snow|misquoted as saying Canada is "a few acres of snow."]] Although he was referring to [[Acadia]], it is not clear from the full quote whether Voltaire was truly anti-Canadian or not.
*[http://southernfood.about.com/od/jalapenochilerecipes/r/bl21220b.htm Mexican Recipe]
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See also:[[American Revolutionary War]] and the [[War of 1812]].
==Modern perceptions==
{{see also|Foreign relations of Canada}}
Generally speaking, where people have formed opinions of Canada they tend to be quite positive. Dislike for Canada may rise due to a specific objection to policies and attitudes of Canada and Canadians. The latter type is generally limited to the few countries who have a history of important disputes with Canada.
===United States===
{{seealso|Canada-United States relations}}
In the [[United States]], Canada is often a target of [[conservative]] and [[right-wing]] commentators who hold the northern nation up as an example of what a government and society that are too liberal would look like.
[[Image:Buchanan_Pat.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Pat Buchanan]]
"Soviet Canuckistan" is one unflattering [[epithet]] for Canada, used by [[Pat Buchanan]] on [[October 31]], [[2002]], on his [[television]] show on [[MSNBC]] in which he denounced Canadians as [[anti-Americanism|anti-American]] and the country as a haven for [[terrorism|terrorists]]. Moreover, in [[1990]], Buchanan said that if Canada were to break apart due to the failure of the [[Meech Lake Accord]], "America would pick up the pieces." He said two years after that "for most Americans, Canada is sort of like a case of latent arthritis. We really don't think about it, unless it acts up."
Another conservative commentator is [[Ann Coulter]] who, in the wake of Canada's refusal to participate in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]], as well as its turning down of the [[National_Missile_Defense_in_Canada|Missile Defense Plan]], has proposed (semi-humourous) extreme solutions to "Canadian dissent", such as a military invasion of Canada.
===Brazil===
One place where anti-Canadian sentiment has been observed is [[Brazil]] where people boycotted Canadian goods and burned them in the streets to protest a Canadian ban of Brazilian beef imports, reportedly because of fears of [[mad-cow disease]], but which many Brazilians believed were motivated by an unrelated trade dispute between the two nations. Canada's subsidies to aircraft manufacturer [[Bombardier]] have been a source of much tension with Brazil because they are said to interfere with the business of Bombardier's Brazillian rival [[Embraer]].
==Anti-Canadian Canadians==
===From the right===
During the 1990s, there was a controversial [[brain drain]] of well-educated Canadians to the US and Britain. Many, like [[Conrad Black]] or [[David Frum]] have chosen to leave the country feeling that Canada is unsalvageable. {{fact}} Even current Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]] at a few points in his career denounced Canada. [http://www.canadiandemocraticmovement.ca/displayarticle378.html]
===From the left===
Forceful statements against Canada have come from the far-left of the Canadian political spectrum, for example the [[Communist Party of Canada]]. Often the criticism is that Canada too closely follows the United States lead and is acting like a [[51st_state#Canada|51st State]].
See also: [[Quebec sovereignty movement|sovereignty movement]]
==Anti-Canadianism and humour==
Humourous anti-Canadianism often focuses on broadly-known attributes of Canada and Canadians (such as cold weather or [[publicly-funded health care|public health care]]), as the finer details of Canadian culture and politics are generally not well known outside Canada. Consequently, such humour is often made at the expense of accuracy outside Canada. However, these broad targets are more accurately caricatured within Canada itself. Such self-deprecating humour is nearly universal among Canadian humourists. In keeping with this attitude, some genuinely critical anti-Canadianisms (such as "Soviet Canuckistan") are embraced by Canadians as humourous, in defiance of the original intent.
==In popular culture==
*[[Michael Moore]]'s 1995 satirical [[Canadian Bacon (film)|Canadian Bacon]].
*The 1999 film ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'' which features the anti-Canadian song, "[[Blame Canada]]."
*The television sitcom ''[[The Simpsons]]'' regularly parodies Canada and Canadians.
==External links==
* [http://www.isp.msu.edu/CanadianStudies/dimitry.htm ''Toronto Star'' article by Dimitry Anastakis]
* [http://ccr.ptbcanadian.com/simpsons/ ''Simpsons, Eh?'']
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