The World’s Canadian Population is Skyrocketing!
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 03.13.03 | 1:58 PM ET
The proof? Just look at Americans living or traveling abroad right now such as Larry McIlvain, a school principal in Saudi Arabia. When a street vendor in Riyadh asks where he’s from, the American tells him straight out, “Canada.” McIlvain is featured in a Los Angeles Times story today (registration required) about ex-pats’ war-related concerns. “I felt if I said America, it would have cut the connection,” McIlvain explains afterward. Of course, he is far from alone. I’ve spoken to other Americans who have used the Canada line recently, fearing that telling the truth wouldn’t go over well. It’s an old Amercan travel trick taking on new urgency. In World Hum’s 2001 gift guide, in fact, we featured T-shirts that speak directly to the miffed mullahs and torch-wielding mobs abroad. Their message, in bold red and white: “Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Canadian.” Product is moving fast.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
