If I Could Only be Canadien (or is it Canadian?)

My recent travels through the great north country of Canada made me long to be a Canadien or Canadian or Canadienne. Not really sure. Upon entering the province of Ontario you feel like you've entered a big vast land of granola crunchers that dwarfs the state it models itself after - Vermont. If you enter in Quebec you're due for another cultural shock - French speaking Canadiennes that speak well I think French, but it sounds different. But, I digress. What are the things that really draw me to the great state of Vermont, I mean Canada....

• All of the brands that we know are adorned with that awesome maple leaf.
• Chicken nuggets, pepperoni and other meat tastes different. How can that honestly be? Is it made different there?
• What is canadian bacon?
• The province of Alberta is completely rat free
• The signs on the QEW and freeways - remind you of things like "Fatigue Kills", "Tailgating Kills". They're really concerned about your well being
• eh...How can you not like a country that ends every sentence with eh.
• Strange Brew
• Nationalized health care
• Niagara Falls
• The metric system - it's like the Dewey Decimal system I'm glad someone uses it so that we didn't learn for naught in school, eh
• The Mounties - we'd feel much safer if the pseudo military that protects us dresses in red
  
• Famous Candiens such as: Pamela Anderson, Nelly Furtardo, Keanu Reeves

Obviously I can go on forever and rave about how great Canada is, eh. But, you just need to experience it for yourself. When you have that thrill of taking a shiny Looney out of your pocket and buying strange tasting chicken nuggets and being called a hoser worrying about driving with fatigue...Only a true Candianne can truly appreciate it..

DB