Canada has about as much right to claim standard time as the USA, seeing as it was a JOINT AGREEMENT to establish standard time. 
Like I've said before, these forums are filled with Canadian nationalists. The USA was a colony of England that actually accomplished MAJOR INVENTIONS AND GREATLY ALTERED HISTORY. Without American contributions to WWII, you'd probably have the British stranded against a Nazi-dominated Europe(assuming that somehow that still happen, of course, in this American-less world). Without Canadian contributions.......I have a feeling that the Germans would have lost World War 1 and 2 regardless......and I honestly think that had the Germans won world war 1, the world would have turned out better in the longterm. The USA provided the money and a good percentage of the brains that made the ATOMIC BOMB, along with Hungarians, Italians, and German exiled scientists(mostly Jewish), and British scientists. American culture dominates Canadian society like it or not. Your international politics power in practice consists of being America's glove. They slap the gentlemen America disagrees with, but it's sting is so miniscule you don't really feel it for more than 5 seconds. Having the USA dependent on Canadian oil(your main, and essentially only consumer of oil) isn't exactly awe-inspiring power and influence. Being a notable economy doesn't mean that much anymore, or we'd have Modern Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and Italy in the game. Lastly, being a civilization would imply complete independence, a solid history where your nation has proven it's distinct identity, and your people feel united and different from all other people in a specific way, whether it be language, culture, etc.
Canada honestly has very little or none of the criteria to be considered a civilization(under my thinking anyway). Distinct identity doesn't exactly exist as you officially gained home rule in the early 1900s and STILL have a monarch by technicality. You continue to speak their language, have near identical culture to your southern neighbor and your former master. A solid history doesn't exactly mean mooching off Quebecois settlements as the founding date of Canada, whose people at the time considered themselves frenchmen until recent times. Quebec is a part of Canada, but Canada is a mostly anglophone culture. Stating Quebec as your big source of history, culture, and separate identity wouldn't be very accurate.
Again, I'm sorry Canadians for this sounding a bit rude
But stubborn nationalists with little actual proof kinda annoy me.
Also, I'm Peruvian, and don't consider myself American whatsoever. The USA is only my current location, which might be changing to Italy soon, as I'm also Italian. So, no, no bias on my part with the above.
Like I've said before, these forums are filled with Canadian nationalists. The USA was a colony of England that actually accomplished MAJOR INVENTIONS AND GREATLY ALTERED HISTORY. Without American contributions to WWII, you'd probably have the British stranded against a Nazi-dominated Europe(assuming that somehow that still happen, of course, in this American-less world). Without Canadian contributions.......I have a feeling that the Germans would have lost World War 1 and 2 regardless......and I honestly think that had the Germans won world war 1, the world would have turned out better in the longterm. The USA provided the money and a good percentage of the brains that made the ATOMIC BOMB, along with Hungarians, Italians, and German exiled scientists(mostly Jewish), and British scientists. American culture dominates Canadian society like it or not. Your international politics power in practice consists of being America's glove. They slap the gentlemen America disagrees with, but it's sting is so miniscule you don't really feel it for more than 5 seconds. Having the USA dependent on Canadian oil(your main, and essentially only consumer of oil) isn't exactly awe-inspiring power and influence. Being a notable economy doesn't mean that much anymore, or we'd have Modern Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and Italy in the game. Lastly, being a civilization would imply complete independence, a solid history where your nation has proven it's distinct identity, and your people feel united and different from all other people in a specific way, whether it be language, culture, etc.
Canada honestly has very little or none of the criteria to be considered a civilization(under my thinking anyway). Distinct identity doesn't exactly exist as you officially gained home rule in the early 1900s and STILL have a monarch by technicality. You continue to speak their language, have near identical culture to your southern neighbor and your former master. A solid history doesn't exactly mean mooching off Quebecois settlements as the founding date of Canada, whose people at the time considered themselves frenchmen until recent times. Quebec is a part of Canada, but Canada is a mostly anglophone culture. Stating Quebec as your big source of history, culture, and separate identity wouldn't be very accurate.
Again, I'm sorry Canadians for this sounding a bit rude
But stubborn nationalists with little actual proof kinda annoy me.
Also, I'm Peruvian, and don't consider myself American whatsoever. The USA is only my current location, which might be changing to Italy soon, as I'm also Italian. So, no, no bias on my part with the above.
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