Pictures of Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n
ngg_shortcode_0_placeholderWe visited Canada by the invitation of <\/em>European Bank for Reconstruction and Development<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 it is business visit by exchange of experience. <\/em><\/p>\n In detail about business part of the travel you can read HERE<\/a><\/em>, and this reportage is unofficial part of the visit.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cCanada<\/strong> like Russia, only there is clean and normal\u201d, \u2013 my daughter said at the second day in Canada<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Canada<\/strong> is homely and comfortable like house slippers. There is comfortable and quiet, just \u201con a foot\u201d, in Canada<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Comfort defines by both absence of perfection and fanatic order: it is clean, but within reasonable limits; it is order, but with possibility of small disturbance, as if Canada<\/strong> lives at the command \u201cStand at easy\u201d.<\/p>\n Canada<\/strong>\u2019<\/strong>s people is so variegated that question about nationality is forgotten at the first day of arrival. Polychromy of Canadian \u043en black-and-white background of America sets imperceptible harmony \u2013 it is safely, comfortably, understandably.<\/p>\n Canada<\/strong> is unpretentious and simple.Emigrants from all over the world speak simplified English, and domestic simplicity of language sets simplicity and prosaicness of life \u2013 all is simply: respect elder, take care of children, work hard, but without strain, keep a home and soil, which they live on.<\/p>\n Canada<\/strong> like Russia<\/strong>, only Canada<\/strong> has not yet become a great power, while Russia<\/strong> has already ceased to be one. And difference is not only in motion vector, it is in aims: Canadians do not create the great power; they make the state which is comfortable for life. Canada<\/strong> is one of the richest countries of the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n Canada<\/strong>\u2019s<\/strong> industrial areas from faraway look like industrial zones of Russian cities. Distinctions are in quantity of stacks, in quality of air and water and in quality of life of workers.<\/p>\n Canada<\/strong> ranks second place by territory in the world after Russia<\/strong>, but there lives only 34 million<\/strong> people. Every year Canada<\/strong> accepts 250 hundred immigrants from all over the world. Permanent inflow of new Canadians<\/strong> (they can become citizens of Canada<\/strong> after three years) does not allow Canada<\/strong>\u2019s <\/strong>culture \u201cto stand too long\u201d and makes revival in businesses \u2013 settlers tend quickly to make comfortable, to work enthusiastically and to create wholesome competition on work places.<\/p>\n Uninterrupted building (plus 250 000 flats or houses every year) is one of stable locomotive of Canada<\/strong>\u2019s<\/strong> economics. Of course, oil and gas are here, but Canadians<\/strong> stake on development of industries, agriculture.<\/p>\n National economics is variety just like population: the development of trade harmoniously combines with the development of industry, big business does not press small one, and all together does not destroy nature.<\/p>\n \u201cYou were building socialism, while we have built\u201d, \u2013 Jon<\/strong> Prickle said, our Canada<\/strong>\u2019s<\/strong> guide, consultant and good friend. Stories of school teachers about developed socialism are recalled in Canada<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The principle of \u201cfrom each according to ability, to each according to work\u201d have realized here, and there is nothing to say about social justice and equality: generously raising taxes also generously pour head of Canadians<\/strong> by rain of social welfare.<\/p>\n All like in Russia<\/strong>, it is only without lies and stealing \u2013 so taxes are returned. In Canada<\/strong>, difference between the richest and the poorest is practically unnoticeable for Russians<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Riches live near with a lake, aside from main road, their houses are bigger in three-five times, there are places for lawns on streets.<\/p>\n On the photos \u2013 the area where top-managers live (<\/strong>Jon <\/strong>showed me it as the place where I would live if I worked in Canada<\/strong> like I worked in Russia<\/strong>) <\/strong>and Photos of houses of the middle class, generally labors of metallurgical works. They live, commonly, in cottages, closer to soil. There are not fences and needless embellishments. Toronto<\/strong> is called as the big village by Canadians<\/strong> themselves.<\/p>\n 2.5 million<\/strong> live in Toronto<\/strong>, with suburban cities and villages \u2013 <\/strong>5 million<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is Canadians\u2019<\/strong> choice \u2013 live in a high-rise building, in a townhouse or in a cottage. Masterpieces of architecture are not habitual for our view: for example, a hospital was stylized under a factory, or avant-garde sculptures. There is ikebana near the hotel where we lived (see picture of Marina Volkova) ; it is branches of a pine, a birch in metal urn. By our standards, it reminds of thrown litter after New Year.<\/p>\n Tranquility of Canadian<\/strong> life is tried to explain by usual \u00abonly there were no war\u00bb. Last war was in 1812 in Canada<\/strong>. Since Canadian<\/strong> soldiers took part in arms in the other countries\u2019 territory only. Hardly more 60 thousand serve in modern army by the contract, armament can be counted on the fingers of one hand too.<\/p>\n However, there are not many things in Canada<\/strong> \u2013 there are not the president, governors, even the Constitution is not as the only document. There is not the ministry of education (but there is qualitative free education!). There are, probably, not ministries of culture and sport, but there are both culture and sport. Canada<\/strong> is proved to be very theatre country, conceding only Great Britain<\/strong> and USA<\/strong> by the number of performances and festivals; and count of art- galleries are amazed.<\/p>\n In Canada<\/strong>, galleries are organized, as all Canada<\/strong>, comfortably. Halls of Canada<\/strong>\u2019s<\/strong> galleries seem unaccustomed to us having accustomed to theme halls (there is Shishkin, there is Vrubel, there is the art of the 9th century\u2026) \u2013 they were created with a glance of feature of perception, but no art history. The hall of wood miniatures can be situated near the hall of photography. It is unusually, but not boring and not tiresomely. Whole families go to museums and galleries. The most childish museum is the museum of butterflies.<\/p>\n Original article is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nImmigrants usually begin from high-rise buildings in big cities, and adopting, they move to own house. City design is unpretentious; it has been created not to see round it, but for comfortable. Canadians<\/strong>\u2019 favorite materials are metal, stone, wood. Kingdom of stainless steels and modern embellishments is in public buildings.<\/p>\n