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I have no illusions about the demographic size of Canada. We are small. Politically, we do have influence mostly as an arbiter of middle way... because of our size and more importantly our history, Canada has served well in diplomacy.
When I hear Americans come down on our health care and our taxes, I just consider the source of the criticism. They are a product of their system and me of mine. Perhaps I am deluded as much by ideology as they, but I prefer our system for our circumstances.
As for "That Canadian", that Canadian is pretty much any Canadian who is either taken for granted, or heaped with scorn by an foreigner who doesn't know what he is talking about... As BigBen points out, we are small but we are proud (what nation isn't?). If you dis us, you're going to get our backs up and we will start talking about how we kicked your asses in the War of 1812, how the US does rely on our natural resources and is your largest trading partner (still edging out Mexico and China).
We say these things because we don't like being taken for granted (we are not the 51st state of America).
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"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
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