Canadians
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VE9FC
Yeah, but trust me when I say they're not places you want to find yourself in.
Oh jeezers...the memories...the horrors...EEK
- 5,987
If you're going to party (judging by the first question then yes) forget about Toronto. I know all TO citizens defend their "rambunctious" nightlife, but it doesn't come close to Montreal. At all.
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- TwinTurboJay
Wow, even I didn't knwo Quebecs legal limit was 18... wild french people !
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TwinTurboJay
Indeed.
We live in a country where you're "authorized" to have sex/babies at the age of 14, you can drive a 1+ ton vehicle on public roads at 16, but don't even think about buying a beer/bottle of wine before 18/19 years old though! (or as some people would want, 21).
Makes perfect sense.
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- kylehnat
Out of all of the "rites-of-passage" afforded to us as we age, I think alcohol is deservedly at the end of the line. It's the least-desirable privilege to put in the hands of the young'ns. I think that our drinking age of 21 is a bit high, since we can do pretty much anything else at the age of 18. Out of principle, I would suggest that our drinking age be 18 (hey, if you're old enough to vote for the president, you're old enough to do it while completely wasted). On the other hand, the thought of high-school aged kids buying liquor scares me. Fifteen, 16, 17, and 18 year-olds are already stupid enough (I'm thinking of my former high-school peers as I type this). Let's not make it easier for them to get alcohol. Maybe Canada has it right with a drinking age of 19.Carl.
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It's 21 in the US. I hate it. I have to wait another 4 years before I can legally have a drink. So be happy that you have 18 or 19. 
- 2,767
I don't know. Almost everything (drinking, driving, having sex, smoking, heck, even voting) would be safer if the legal age was higher, it's just a matter of being consistent, and pragmatic about it.
You can buy alcohol at the age of 16 in the UK, France or Germany, and I have yet to hear that their have more issues with alcoholism among teenagers than we do.
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Yes, you are wrong. 
I do believe that Quebec and Manitoba are the only states with legal drinking ages of 18. If all states used the reasoning you stated, then Quebec would be the only state with an age cut-off of 18, because it is the only province using a 11-grade system.
In many places, the legal drinking age only applies to the purchaser of the alcohol. If you are drinking on your private property, then nobody can do anything unless you step across the border. I was told that this is how New Jersey runs it, but the source could've been faulty (or operating under faulty conditions). There are people in Jersey trying to push for a higher drinking age of 25, which is ludicrous.
I do believe that Quebec and Manitoba are the only states with legal drinking ages of 18. If all states used the reasoning you stated, then Quebec would be the only state with an age cut-off of 18, because it is the only province using a 11-grade system.
In many places, the legal drinking age only applies to the purchaser of the alcohol. If you are drinking on your private property, then nobody can do anything unless you step across the border. I was told that this is how New Jersey runs it, but the source could've been faulty (or operating under faulty conditions). There are people in Jersey trying to push for a higher drinking age of 25, which is ludicrous.
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STOP with the drinking debate! The title of this thread is "Canadans, and on the first page we're already talking about the morals of purchasing booze!
Anyway, I was born in Montreal but moved to Toronto at a very early age, where I've lived for my entire adult life. I visited Quebec many times as a child and teenager with m parents, but only last year I went back as an adult, to view the city of Montreal in a mature way. exigeracer is right. Montreal is for party people. I wouldn't say if you come to Toronto you will not have a good time, but the crazy drinking and excessive lifestyle cravers should seek out Montreal. And plus, there are too many people in Toronto already; we don't need more tourists, especially the kind looking to get ****faced!
Anyway, I was born in Montreal but moved to Toronto at a very early age, where I've lived for my entire adult life. I visited Quebec many times as a child and teenager with m parents, but only last year I went back as an adult, to view the city of Montreal in a mature way. exigeracer is right. Montreal is for party people. I wouldn't say if you come to Toronto you will not have a good time, but the crazy drinking and excessive lifestyle cravers should seek out Montreal. And plus, there are too many people in Toronto already; we don't need more tourists, especially the kind looking to get ****faced!
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exigeracer
Provinces, man. In Canada they're called Provinces.
- 5,987
That's evidence of being on the internet too much. I am well aware of my country's geography, demography, history and economy, including how many provinces it has...
Anderton - don't get mad:
He clearly wants to know how long he can drink in Canada, but the laws change from province to province. We are telling him those laws and how they change, depending on where he is (which he didn't say, so we have to fill him in).
And for the record, I don't like Montreal better because of the party scene. I have my reasons.
Anderton - don't get mad:
He clearly wants to know how long he can drink in Canada, but the laws change from province to province. We are telling him those laws and how they change, depending on where he is (which he didn't say, so we have to fill him in).
And for the record, I don't like Montreal better because of the party scene. I have my reasons.
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exigeracerYes, you are wrong.
I do believe that Quebec and Manitoba are the only states with legal drinking ages of 18. If all states used the reasoning you stated, then Quebec would be the only state with an age cut-off of 18, because it is the only province using a 11-grade system.
It's also 18 in Alberta.
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Anderton Prime
Well, considering many of the younger generations are inspired to patriotism by the 'I am Canadian' commericials for Molson Canadian's beer advertising campaign, this kind of fits right in then.
- 5,987
Hmm, that's very doubtful. That campaign was how many years ago? I think almost everybody's forgotten about it. I really haven't heard anybody talk about it in a long time, and there certainly isn't any patriotism left over from that campaign.
Although I got a huge kick out of the "I am Quebecois" - "I may not be able to go right on a red light, but tabarnac, I can go right tru it!"
Although I got a huge kick out of the "I am Quebecois" - "I may not be able to go right on a red light, but tabarnac, I can go right tru it!"
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