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Topic
#1643

The United States is greater than Canada.

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
6
3
Better sources
4
4
Better legibility
2
2
Better conduct
2
2

After 2 votes and with 3 points ahead, the winner is...

Trent0405
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@Alec

They can use wind if they have wind. But, having your country's power supply nearly entirely dependent on whether or not the day is windy is not really a good plan.

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@bmdrocks21

Canada isin't a good place for solar, but why can't they use wind? I wouldn't force people to use it, but wind seems viable for a place like Canada.

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@Trent0405

Good debate to you too. I had fun. I'll catch you in our other debate!

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@DynamicSquid

Good debate my 10 legged friend.

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@bmdrocks21

"you guys just don't get much sun as far as I know"

Your correct ------- https://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/sunniest-places-countries-world.php

"You all would have to import a ton of energy."

Yeah, currently renewable energy sources are very inefficient(especially solar).

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@Trent0405

Yeah, we do need to improve those. However, you guys just don't get much sun as far as I know. You all would have to import a ton of energy.

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@bmdrocks21

That would be a problem, although I guess we could improve wind and solar via innovation.

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@Trent0405

So, how exactly do these climate change fellas expect your country to survive without fossil fuels? Solar panels and wind turbines likely won't work well in Canada.

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@DynamicSquid

TYPO-

I Said-----------"86% of Canada is White European, vs 70% in America"

I meant 60%.

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@bmdrocks21

Here is a chart showing oil prices over time, dropped hard in late 2014. This also caused Russia and Brazil's recessions in 2014. https://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart

Our economy still hasn't returned to it's pre recession size.

https://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/how-canadas-economy-went-from-boom-to-recession-so-fast/

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@Trent0405

Ah, thought that was just a silly jab at your boy Justin.

Didn't know you had a recession and that your economy was linked strongly to oil prices.

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@bmdrocks21

Things certainly have gotten shaky under Trudeau. I doubt he's the reason for the our recent problems. 2014, 2015, and 2016 were horrible years because of plummeting oil prices, causing a recession. Trudeau had little to do with it I'd say. He ain't helping though.

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@Trent0405

What, before Trudeau? LMAO

Canada has a higher land mass.

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@bmdrocks21

When was Canada great?

Well we still are great, but we were better in the early 2010's.

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@Trent0405

When was Canada great? ;)

(I legitimately know very little about Canadian history)

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@Trent0405

y0u F@$c1$t!!1!11!!!1!!!

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@bmdrocks21

MAKE CANADA GREAT AGAIN.

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@bmdrocks21

Lol, thanks.

#nOtmYpReSiDeNt

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@Trent0405

You make America proud!

#MAGA

probably on the spectrum i have a cousin like that

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@JacquesBonhomme

He literally just gave us tons of information...

in what way?

Uhh... did Odin just write our speeches for us?

United States
#17 in Quality of Life Rankings

No Change in Rank from 2018

The United States of America is a North American nation that is the world’s most dominant economic and military power. Likewise, its cultural imprint spans the world, led in large part by its popular culture expressed in music, movies and television. In 2016 the country elected Donald Trump president. Trump's rhetoric and stances on issues including immigration and foreign trade have raised questions around the world, including from the country’s closest allies, about the nation’s future course on the global stage.

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GDP
$19.4 trillion
POPULATION
325.7 million
GDP PER CAPITA, PPP
$59,792

Canada
#1 in Quality of Life Rankings

No Change in Rank from 2018

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Canada takes up about two-fifths of the North American continent, making it the second-largest country in the world after Russia. The country is sparsely populated, with most of its 35.5 million residents living within 125 miles of the U.S. border. Canada’s expansive wilderness to the north plays a large role in Canadian identity, as does the country’s reputation of welcoming immigrants.

GDP
$1.7 trillion
POPULATION
36.7 million
GDP PER CAPITA, PPP
$48,390

People consistently view a small group of nations as best providing for their citizens. For the fourth consecutive year, Canada ranks No. 1 overall for providing a good quality of life. Survey respondents view the North American country as No. 1 for both being politically stable and having a well-developed public education system, and No. 2 for having a good job market, a perception supported by independent research. The North American country is seen as possessing the fifth best well-developed public health care system. In fact, Canada is rated in the top 10 in all but one of the nine attributes, affordability, where Asian countries dominate.

Seven European countries are ranked in the top 10, and 13 from the continent rank in the top 20. Sweden, Denmark and Norway immediately follow Canada, with Switzerland, Finland, Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and Germany also finishing in the top 10.

Countries perceived to provide a lower quality of life perform most poorly in areas concerning personal safety and economic opportunity. Iraq, followed by Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, and Angola are at the bottom of the quality of life ranking. Iraq finishes last in the survey for being friendly to families.

For the second year in a row, the United States ranks No. 17 overall by survey respondents for providing a good quality of life. Its highest ranking is for its job market, where it ranks first. Its lowest ranking came in affordability, where survey responses placed it No. 56.

Beyond the essential ideas of broad access to food and housing, to quality education and health care, to employment that will sustain us, quality of life may also include intangibles such as job security, political stability, individual freedom and environmental quality.

What social scientists do agree on is that material wealth is not the most important factor in assessing a life lived well. The results of the Quality of Life sub-ranking survey reflect that sensibility.

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The 2019 Best Countries rankings, formed in partnership with BAV Group, a unit of global marketing communications company VMLY&R, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, are based on a study that surveyed more than 20,000 global citizens from four regions to assess perceptions of 80 countries on 75 different metrics. The Quality of Life subranking is based on an equally weighted average of scores from nine country attributes that relate to quality of life in a country: affordable, a good job market, economically stable, family friendly, income equality, politically stable, safe, well-developed public education system and well-developed public health system. The Quality of Life subranking score had a 17 percent weight in the overall Best Countries ranking.