What's the difference between a Canadian and an American?

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Q: What's the difference between a Canadian and an American?
A: A Canadian knows the difference between a Canadian and an American.

Yes, that sounds like a joke, but it's serious: Canadians know far more about Americans than Americans know about Canadians.

Here are some things that Canadians believe. We might not always practice them, but we believe them:

• Immigration is a net benefit to society.
  
• A person's biological sex makes no difference to that person's ability to do any job.
  
• A person's biological sex makes no difference to who that person can fall in love with, or marry.
  
• A person's skin colour makes no difference to that person's ability to do any job.
  
• A person's skin colour makes no difference to who that person can fall in love with, or marry.
  
• Religion has no place in politics.
  
• Religion has no place in criminal law.
  
• Historical injustices should be rectified.
  
• What whites did to indigenous peoples is a series of historical injustices.
  
• Since people contribute more to society when they are healthy than when they are sick, health care should be paid for by society.
  
• Socialism is not communism.
  
• "Socialism" is not a dirty word.
  
• Prisons exist for rehabilitation, not for punishment.
  
• Firearms are for hunting, not for self-defence.
  
• Concealed carry of a firearm is something that only criminals do.
  
• People need to be trained and licensed before being allowed to operate a car unsupervised, just like they need to be trained and licensed before being allowed to operate a firearm unsupervised.
  
• Alcohol is no worse to society than marijuana is.
  
• Political cartoonists shouldn't take sides, they're supposed to skewer everybody equally.
  
• The word "colour" has six letters, and the second-last letter is a "u".
  

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