I think a lot of Americans see Canada as this cute, silly little neighbor, but Canada really is an amazing place to live and to grow up. There’s a distinctly Canadian sense of humor. A lot of comedians come from Canada. The way that we look at ourselves is interesting, because where Americans see their country as this beacon of opportunity and industry and whatever. Canada just always takes that backseat, I guess.

What’s nice about Canada in terms of human rights, we just had the pride parade last weekend. I went for the first time. It was a crazy, amazing party. A million people from Toronto were on the streets. I look at the overwhelming feeling in terms of gay rights and women’s rights and whatever.  Where I think the States is lagging behind is just with general acceptance of that. In 2010, that kind of stuff should be a complete non-issue. In Canada, I’m really, really proud to grow up in a place where I can be whoever I want to be and not ever have to worry about hiding my sexuality or hiding anything like that.

But in a general way of life, it really isn’t that different. We get the same TV. We get the same music and movies and whatever, so it’s not that different. Toronto’s got a lot of skyscrapers and stuff, too. Everything is just on a smaller, more modest scale.

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