[gruseom]

it is only a few Canadians and Americans that see it as a US vs Canada issue

No Americans see "it" as a "US vs Canada issue" because "it" is an exclusively Canadian concern. What Americans think of Canada is (a) nothing and (b) (when pressed) that big cold-but-friendly blank space at the top of the map. That doesn't stop them from being warm and fuzzy when they find out you're Canadian.

[arethuza]

Could be worse - you could be the "cold-but-unfriendly blank space at the top of the map" which I suspect is how English people see Scotland ;-)