Canada has been the United States’ friendly upstairs neighbor for so many generations that we almost feel like family. We’ve enjoyed an amicable relationship marked by mutual respect, quick border crossings, and some good-hearted teasing about one another’s stereotypes. If you ask people elsewhere in the world the cultural difference between Canadians and Americans, you’ll usually hear something like, “Canadians are like Americans, but calmer and more polite.”

In other words, picking a fight with Canada is absurd. It’s like kicking a Golden Retriever—who would do that? And yet, here we are, trying to be good neighbors with our volatile granddad banging on the ceiling in the back bedroom, ranting about tariffs and changing lake names.

Mercifully, one of our Canadian neighbors has come knocking to check on us. Comedian Simon King shared “A Message from Canada,” in which he explains how Canadians, like Americans, come in all sizes, shapes, and colors.

‘We know it’s not all of you’

“I’m just kinda reaching out to let you know that, like, we know it’s not all of you,” he says. “We’re fully aware that it’s not all of you. I........

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