OTTAWA - A mocking You Tube video created by a retired U.S. marine offers up the Great White North for "Canadacy" in the U.S. presidential race and is racking up tens of thousands of page views and plenty of comments.
The 90-second video promoting a fictional "Canada party" appears to be attracting about equal measures of applause and scorn, judging by comments from American viewers.
The video, by a Vancouverite and transplanted American who uses the name Chris Cannon online, makes a humorous pitch for Americans to choose Canadian leadership later this year rather than supporting any of the current field of presidential wannabes.
With O Canada playing in the background and a picture of the Queen on the mantle above a crackling fire, a bearded and tie-wearing pitchman promotes alleged Canadian superiority -- with a heavy dash of self-mockery -- while trash-talking the U.S.
At one point, a list of leading Canadian indicators scrolls up the screen.
It says Canada leads the U.S. in crime prevention, the employment rate, Bigfoot sightings and bear attacks, among other things.
Warning: Video contains coarse language
