The heated, sometimes lunatic debate over Barack Obama’s health care plan that has consumed Americans these past few weeks has already yielded one important benefit: it has provided the Canadian political class with yet another opportunity to instruct the public in the many and profound differences between our two countries.
For some, it is a chance to reflect upon the greater civility of Canadians. You know, we’re more polite, more deferential, yadda yadda please and thank you. It’s “a clear difference in the two countries’ political cultures,” writes Vancouver Sun columnist Barbara Yaffe.
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