Over The Back Fence

Most Americans do not think of Canada as a foreign country--Canadians are their cousins, sometimes literally as well as figuratively. But Canadian historian Pierre Berton pointed out the difference in a speech in Alaska in 1997: "I know Americans sometimes irritate Canadians by saying, ''Oh, you’re just like we are.'' Well, we aren''t you know, and we know it. We speak the same language, we wear t...