Canada
First off... this is supposed to be about travel, not about politics. Since you decided to wade in there... I am a Canadian. I do my best to be nice and polite to anyone, but yes people from Quebec and Ontario are generally rude these days... they watch too much TV and believe the world is a cold hard place. I do not envy the US, don't know where you pulled that idea out of, we have the same facilities as you have there and less crime. We can watch Fox news or CBC or BBC for that matter. Most Canadians don't limit themselves to a single point of view by watching a single news channel.
Quebec and Ontario are known as CENTRAL Canada. Don't confuse them with the best part of Canada, the EAST COAST. The friendliest place in Canada without having to go so far North your teeth freeze. I live in New Brunswick, just on the other side of Maine. A trip from here, to Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland would be fantastic. Newfoundland I think is the friendliest place on earth. Every person I've met from there has been nice, which sounds kind of strange, but that's my experience.
When we are in the states we pay state taxes. I don't get any benefits from that, and there is no reciprocal US program to give Canadian residents the US taxes back. We get a lot of people coming here to buy cheap cars, drive them south and get their tax back. Sneaky. Yes, generally we pay more for items, especially since most of them are imported from the US, but since we have one of the highest standards of living in the world we don't mind too much.
You people have to realize, Canadians aren't mad at/hate you as Americans... we hate your Government. It's simple really, they don't follow any laws but the ones they make up in their heads. Softwood lumber for example. The US Govt. is seizing billions of dollars in duties that are against international law. Not only that, but trade panels staffed with Americans are even ruling the USGovt. is wrong. Couple that with the fact that a court ruled today that foreigners have ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS in the US makes me never want to go there again. So yeah, we like to play fair here in Canada, and when someone doesn't play fair we hate them. It makes us even more mad when someone tells us, "well, no one ever said you had to play fair." Trust me, if we didn't play fair the US wouldn't stand for it.
Yes I'm bitter... but you are always welcome to camp near me and have a beer. I might even wave at you if I don't know you and you wave at me. IF you say good morning, don't mumble it and expect a response... make it loud and clear. Lately I've even taken to repeating it even more loudly for those Quebec tourists we have coming through here.