The real lesson to be learned here is this:
At the height of the cold war, just a few years after the Cuban missile crisis, at the height of the atrocities of Fidel's regime and amidst a literal reign of terror, The Prime Minister of Canada visited Cuba and developed a deep friendship with Castro.
Canada has never been a good friend to the US, they just know their place after we kicked their ass in the War of 1812. The concept that Canadians are super nice and overly polite is a fraud. They are in fact duplicitous; smiling to your face and stabbing you in the back when they think they can get away with it. Think about when you first heard the BS of "Canadians are super nice" or "Canadians apologize for everything." It was right around when you started hearing all of the other culture destroying propaganda in the late 90's.
Also remember that Canada is mostly run by people who culturally are French. They will be your friend when it suits them but they will work against you behind your back if it is to their advantage. I'm not saying that they are our enemies, just as I would not label France as our enemy... but we would be fools to assume they are our best buds just because they share a border with us.
Since the very first censuses, Statistics Canada has collected data on the origins of the population. In 1871, the year of the first Canadian census following Confederation, approximately 20 origins were enumerated in the Canadian population. At that time, 60.5% of the population reported origins from the British Isles, 31.1% reported French origins and less than 1% reported Aboriginal origins.
When they say French, they in fact omit to precise people from regions now known as Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
If you have ever been to Quebec and Montreal you do not need to see census numbers. It is like visiting a shitty version of Paris, although these days Paris might be more of a shithole.
...Or go watch some video from a Canadian Parliament session... They speak French to rule the people even though only 1/3 of the population speaks it.
Been there before, most people I discussed with said they were originally from Northeast France and Belgium.
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