Whoa, Craig. You're mixing Canada with the US. We're a different country and culture. As Dalton wrote to me one time: "Remember it's not all black hats and white hats." That's what keeps Canada governable and US in the slings. You've got cultural AND political wars to attend.
We're a country engaged in a multicultural experiment that confides reciprocity to everyone: French and English, immigrants and native Canadians and indigenous first-here. Fake civility doesn't enter it. Whatever we're doing, it's an improvement on Washington's poisonous polarization, which according to polls all Americans condemn.
We do take pride in not beating ourselves up while waiting without venomous exchanges to test the performance of our legislators in the next federal election. See the difference?
