rawbone8 said:
I'd imagine the massive exposure to American programming on Canadian television and in movie theatres has had some influence on Canadian speech in the past 50 years.
On reflection, It can work both ways though, with the infiltration of Canadian vocal content snuck into US mass media. To wit:
Canadian Actors / Comedians
Dan Aykroyd, Raymond Burr, John Candy, Jim Carrey, Tommy Chong, Hume Cronyn, James Doohan "Scotty", David James Elliott "JAG", Dave Foley, Glenn Ford, Michael J. Fox, Brendan Fraser, Matt Frewer "Max Headroom", Robert Goulet, Graham Greene "Dances with Wolves", Lorne Greene, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Gross "Due South", Phil Hartman, Walter Huston, John Ireland, Michael Ironside, Eugene Levy, Eric McCormack "Will & Grace", Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Norm MacDonald "Saturday Night Live", Mark McKinney, Howie Mandel, Raymond Massey "Abe Lincoln", Rick Moranis, Barry Morse "The Fugitive", Mike Myers, Leslie Nielsen, Michael Ontkean, Matthew Perry, Walter Pidgeon, Gordon Pinsent, Christopher Plummer, Jason Priestley, Keanu Reeves, Saul Rubinek, William Shatner, Martin Short, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Alan Thicke, Dave Thomas, Scott Thompson, Alex Trebek, John Vernon.
Canadian Actresses / Comediennes
Pamela Anderson, Neve Campbell, Kim Cattrall, Yvonne De Carlo, Colleen Dewhurst, Megan Follows, Jillian Hennessy, Margot Kidder "Lois Lane", Andrea Martin, Lois Maxwell "Moneypenny", Sheila McCarthy, Carrie-Anne Moss, Kate Nelligan, Sandra Oh, Catherine O'Hara, Molly Parker, Anna Paquin, Sarah Polley, Kate Reid, Helen Shaver, Jennifer Tilly, Deborah Unger.