I read Andrew Potter's piece.  It is perfectly valid to quote statistics about people who report having no friends, and in any case I see no reason anyone should refrain from criticizing or disliking any province, nation, music style, religion, sport team fans, country or institution.  But the article was also littered with the strangest allegations.  Writing for instance that in Quebec every restaurant will hand you two bills.  One with and one without taxes.  What on earth is that?  I live here, and I NEVER had any waiter come up with two bills, or even hint that there could be another amount.  Maybe I don't know the secret handshake or the password McGill professors use.