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Friend of mine has dual citizenship. His bachelor's was in Canadian Studies. He told me once that to understand Canada, you need to understand that 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border. Canada is a sovereign nation. I would never suggest otherwise. But as a sovereign nation, it is often culturally and economically beholden to a much more influential neighbor. Economically, demographically and politically speaking, California has more influence on world affairs than Canada. I had a (Canadian) film producer point out to me once that from an export standpoint, Chile has more more media distribution than Canada. When was the last time you saw a Chilean film? Heard a Chilean song? Read a Chilean book?