Canadian society was carefully devised to run on the oiled ball-bearings of amity and cooperation, ensuring a near-Scandinavian calm, as in: an aversion to firing semi-automatic Russian assault weapons into schoolrooms; the casual embrace of free health insurance, even for deadbeats; debate over same-sex marriage that's about as heated as that over licensing dogs; open arms to immigrants, swarthy and otherwise; volunteering for U.N. peacekeeping duties, no questions asked; and a national disinclination to jaywalk, even at 3 a.m. on an empty street because, heck, they told us not to. Show less «