Heya Mooh! I remember reading about the 'laws per capita' in a book by Henry David Thoreau, but I can't for the life of me remember the name of the book right now! The only quote re Canada I can find by him is "I fear I have not got much to say about Canada, having not seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold!"

:-) *A-CHOO*

And the only sociological data I can find in my texts is from an American sociologist Lipset, whose research comparing Yanks and Canucks in the 80's indicated that "Canadians show more deference to authority and are more likely to put the welfare of the community ahead of their own ... are less likely to divorce, less likely to commit a variety of criminal offences, place less value on achievement."

Hmmm, I wonder about that! But when our relatively small population is considered, maybe the 'laws per capita' thing does make sense.

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