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Originally Posted by berj
Wow.. just.. wow. I was going to stay out of this.. since this is clearly an American problem. But then this piece of claptrap reared its ugly head. Is it really too much to ask that one actually research things a bit before posting?
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Yes, the US did have more total crimes than Canada but we also have a larger population.
USA 295,734,134 people
Canada 33,098,932 people
So all you can really go by is a statistical representation
Using statcan and US FBI data.
Canada's homicide increaded 12% from 2003 to 2004 per 100,000 people (2005 data is not readily available to me)
USA's homide rate increased 5.5% from 2003 to 2004 per 100,000 people (data from FBI)
Total number of crimes may be more here in the states but the rate of change doesn't lie. If Canada had the same population as USA would you still stand by your position?