And you are here why?

/via Questionable Content 

sorry about this... /via Questionable Content

Isomorphismes has this great map showing the the U.S. population as multiples of the Canadian one ...

Daniel brings the pain to "Canadians" at Crooked Timber .  It answers that crucial question - Do you believe in "Canada"? quite thoroughly, but lovingly. Mind you, I've lived up there, and I have to admit that the belief runs strong in those environs (it must be the cold).  Over time, all sorts of supporting myths and rationalizations grew up to support the “Canadian” faith. Apparently they fought a war against America in 1812, although not one with any noticeable or measurable political consequences. They don’t have a football team because they play “hockey on ice” (really!), a sport at which they are world champions (naturally, because it is a fictitious sport). They have all the nice characteristics of America, but have a healthcare system rather suspiciously similar to the British one, and so forth, and so on. As anyone can see, this isn’t a country – it’s far too perfect to be convincing. It’s a fantasy roleplaying character invented by a kid who...

We have it , and they don't.  From The Star The Supreme Court of Canada struck down Friday (4/13/2012) warrantless wiretap powers that police have in cases of emergency. The   high court   has given  Parliament a year to re-write the law. Ruling in a 2006 British Columbia kidnapping case, the country’s top court said a 1993 provision of the Criminal Code is unconstitutional because there is no accountability or oversight for the warrantless searches, either to the person wiretapped or in reports to Parliament. The unanimous ruling was written by rookie judges Michael Moldaver and Andromache Karakatsanis.  Sucks to be you Canada - we've got wiretaps when we want, where we want, without warrants and are thus clearly superior to you!