I agree completely with you. I teach on five continents around the world, and 48 hours from now I'm flying to Iran. Iran is a very different place from Canada. I've also taught in the United States. I also teach in China.
The point of this is that the differences between Canada and the United States, although some Canadians think they are very great, are I think very small. I look at the data between the States and Canada—demographic data, the interest rate, the unemployment rate, you name it. We track them; they track us. There's a very strong similarity between the two countries, because with the honourable exception of Quebec, they're an English-speaking country and we're an English-speaking country. With the exception of Quebec, we're a common-law country in both countries. So there are great similarities.
I lived in the States. I didn't disclose this, but I lived in the States twice. I taught in California for three years. The differences were so small they thought I was an American; whereas they don't think in Iran, when I go there, that I'm an Iranian, and they don't think I'm Chinese when I go to China. There are significant differences between those other countries, and very small differences. So I find the data compelling; I agree with you.