Thanks for the kindness but what I am telling you is that not only do other countries not do this on a multiple times a year basis but it's not healthy for the country's population.  
I'ts as if everyone gets a trophy for being Canadian. I think its fair to say many Canadians are delusional and have a poor sense of themselves and the world around them.
Articles like this are a key reason.

There is far,far too much dirty laundry and dirt that rarely gets talked about and never makes it to the international media  as well as a society  that has as its basis bigotry toward Americans.  You can ignore that or deny that but that's a fact.