We survive here in Winnipeg and there are times it is minus 40 with a wind chill!
I just looked it up - in 1982 we got our own Constitution which was signed into law by Queen Elizabeth that same year.
Yes - USA is the "Sleeping Giant" to our South and thankfully we are allies - we have the longest "undefended" border in the world
I just copied and pasted the following from Wikipedia:
"The International Boundary is commonly referred to as the world's
longest undefended border, but this is true only in the military sense, as civilian law enforcement is present. It is illegal to cross the border outside border controls. Everyone crossing the border must be checked. The relatively low level of security measures stands in contrast to that of the
United States – Mexico border (one-third as long as the Canada–U.S. border), which is actively patrolled by
U.S. customs and immigration personnel to prevent
illegal migration and
drug trafficking."