It's a cultural difference, you know.

Once upon a time, Canada's Charles McVety was adamant that "Canada needs a Ralph Reed," but it now seems as if this was all based on a misunderstanding, given the recently-revealed details of what is being described as "mortgaging old black people." The problem, of course, is that Canada doesn't really have all that many black people.

Now if we'd been talking about mortgaging aboriginals, well, OK, then. At least there would have been a market.