It's the inferiority complex that has plagued Canadians for centuries. Always in the shadow of the US, Canadians will go to extreme measures to call out if Canada played some role in a news story. Even something like this.
Before I get crapped on, I'm a Canadian myself, so I have first hand experience with this
That and the CBC has always had a nationalistic-liberal slant.
Gets especially sickening when we are involved in minor international politics or troop deployment. Canada this, Canada that. I still hear people chirping about the damn CanadaArm.
More stroking the ego than doing anything of note. (Edit: I am Canadian.)
