What's up beautiful people?
It is your homegirl Shameless, all up in the United States.
And I am Canadian,
I'm half Canadian and half American.
My mom is Filipino-Canadian,
my dad's side of the family is American,
my dad he's now Canadian,
because he's been living in Canada for all this time.
And alas here I am!
So I thought this video would be cool.
I have a lot of Canadian and American viewers,
so why not?
Now, this is a YouTube video
that is simplified in 5 minutes,
so what I'm going to say is broad strokes,
generalizations, stereotypes,
this is not the case for everyone.
This is to give you an overview
of the major differences between Canada and the U.S.
Now, the first one is the accent.
The O-U-T sound, out.
Americans pronounce it out.
I'm going to go out,
I'm about that life.
In Canada it is out. [emphasis on O]
I'm going to go out.
I'm about to go to a store, can I get you anything?
And they also do the sorry, I'm sorry.
That sorry sound. [emphasis on O]
Americans pronounce it sorry.
I'm sorry. Shoot, calm down, I'm sorry.
And the Canadians apologize a lot.
That's like a dead giveaway you're Canadian.
When I moved to New York
everyone knew I was Canadian because I kept apologizing,
and the out sound.
So because I was a voiceover actor
I worked really hard to get rid of that.
Even though I got that right, people still were like,
"Well, where are you from? What's your story?"
This photographer was like,
"Oh you're Canadian, that explains it."
I'm like, "Explains what?"
He's like, "I thought you were rich."
I'm like, [scoffs] "Rich?!"
In Canada nobody would ever assume I come from money,
it's only because I'm a woman of color living in New York
without an accent that people are assuming
I went to a private school or something, interesting.
The standards of education between Canada and the U.S.
Canada it is higher, it is more affordable.
So not only is it accessible to more people,
the average tuition for Canadians is between six and $12,000.
American tuition -- I feel like one year of American tuition
is the equivalent of four years Canadian.
So, here in the U.S. I find that education is limited to scholarships,
if you can get a scholarship that's great,
if you can't you got to get that money.
Canadians have more access to education,
and because of that there's a huge thing in Canada,
it's called the Brain Drain,
when Canadians graduate a lot of the American companies hire them
because they are "smarter."
They have a more global perspective.
The other most noticeable thing I have noticed,
of noticeables,
Canadians are more family-oriented,
more like group, team.
When I was in Canada I really felt like this is awesome,
like teamwork, yes, go we support you, we love you.
In the U.S., again my experience NY-LA,
it's very hustle, hustle, hustle, hustle, get it.
Do it on your own, figure out a way.
And I think that has a lot to do with the money.
This Americans, especially immigrants,
will hustle for that dollar bill.
In Canada we have this thing called a loonie and a toonie,
which is a two dollar coin.
Coins, like pocket change, as valuable as it is
does not carry the same mentality as a dollar bill.
When it rains in New York people run onto the streets to sell umbrellas.
When it's hot in New York people are selling water bottles.
And you hand this over.
The whole mentality with one dollar bills
versus a one dollar coin is different,
and it translates in so many ways.
Other noticeable differences between Canada and the U.S.:
healthcare.
Healthcare in Canada is publically owned,
owned by the government, the people.
Here in the U.S. it is privately owned.
Meaning there is a non for profit, profit,
and government owned.
If you're sick in Canada and you're Canadian
it's costing the government.
So it's in their best interest to keep you healthy and alive.
In the U.S. there is actually a profit to be made on the sick,
which is a conflict of interest and a major concern.
So, that is a noticeable difference.
The average Canadian is healthier than the Americans.
The food regulations are so strict in Canada versus the U.S.
We weren't allowed to have Red Bull for the longest time,
that was illegal in Canada.
Trans fats and saturated fats were cut out a long time ago.
I confuse the two, one of those.
Drinking age limits in Canada: 18, 19
depending on which province you're in.
The U.S. it's 21, what else.
There is so much more,
I would love to hear all of those in the comments section.
If you lived in more countries than one
please comment and let me know which countries you've lived in.
I think it's awesome to travel
and explore the world outside of your own
I will ask some friends that are Canadian
about the whole visa situation,
because I get a lot of those questions,
and I can't explain that to you,
but I do have friends that have visas.
So, I'll see if I can snag them up.
Remember to do you, be you, and stay true, boo.
Be shameless. Be fierce, be fabulous, be worldly,
get out there, see the rest of the world.
Come on now.
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