[I-M-S]

Canadians aren't crass enough to describe it as superiority, but it is true that the identity of English-speaking Canada is largely built on "not being America" and that the vast majority of the population is content as long as things are "better than in the USA".

[abernard1]

They of course are "not better than in the USA." But one can hold that weight long past you're drowned in the ocean.