In this amusing and enlightening collection of quotes and poems about Canada, Eliakim Katz tells us about the elements that threaten Canada -- snow, harsh landscapes, and indecision. Canadians are a quiet, polite people who've never been shy about pointing out their own quirks, and Eli Katz brings out the best they have to offer, from Canadian luminaries such as Mordecai Richler, Margaret Atwood, Jean Chretien, Jacques Cartier, Brian Tobin, and Donald Sutherland. He also tells us what those outside of Canada, including Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alberto Manguel, Peter Ustinov, and Samuel Butler, have been saying about Canadians for years.