Comment by refurb

> As a duel citizen of the US and another Commonwealth nation, I have to say that this is exactly the ridiculous self-caricature perspective that gives foreign nationals a sort of combination of pity and contempt for the average US citizen.

Ahh, you see there you made a mistake. I'm not American.

And your examples of "this is better" don't address the point I made - how Canadians identify themselves.