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Originally Posted by valo403
So Enmax is a symbol of Calgary culture? Telus is a symbol of Canadian culture? Rogers? Insert any successful Canadian company here.
Origin and success does not equal culture.
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I see your point. I guess I'm just looking at it from an outside perspective. If I were to ask you what you think US culture is my guess is the words guns, baseball, obesity, etc....
If you were to ask an international what they think Canadian culture is, my guess is Tim Hortons lands in there somewhere. Probably in the top 5. I'm not saying that people have to like it, it's just something that is identifyable as something purely Canadian. Whether it is PURELY Canadian when considering their corporate structure or whatever isn't really a relevant point. Whether or not they have since super-saturated themselves in the market of "being Canadian" is also irrelevant.
I don't buy Tims coffee because I feel like I'm funding Canadianism or something. I buy it because its convenient and inexpensive and not bad.
But just like you have to try the fish n chips in England, just like you have have an American cheesburger in the US, you have to have a Tim's coffee in Canada. Whether you like it or not, whether Tims is a driving force of the campaign or not really doesnt matter. What matters is that Tim Hortons is associated with Canada in a very big way nationally and internationally. And in my mind that makes it part of our culture.
And just because a few people here (and judging by product sales they are in the vast minority) hate Tims and all it stands for, doesn't offset the millions that visit Tims everyday making it a cultural phenomenon.