[Dennis Kalma]

Aaahhh....our secret is out....I think the benign neglect that the US applies to Canada (deservedly so, no criticism implied of US policy or attitudes in that regard) would be upset if you all found out that there is a socialist banana republic north of the border. Freedom of speech is curtailed (try holding an anti-abortion poster near an abortion clinic....quick way to do jail time, or try refusing to print pro-homosexual material if you are a printing house....you will be fined), the government is a regularly elected dictatorship....and yes.....it is illegal to offer preferential medical treatment for payment....so we just go to the US to get it when we need it.

And for you Canadians who are reading, yes, I am renouncing my Canadian citizenship and have recovered my Dutch citizenship, largely in protest over how poorly our government treated the US during events of September 11, 2001.

Dennis