That dammed beaver : Canadian humour, laughs and gaffs

"Humour is at the core of Canadian identity because we have a truly unique way of looking at ourselves and at the world. Our greatest joy is found in irreverence, poking fun at our own stereotypes - shorts in the snow, beavers in the bush, love in a canoe - or by tweaking the nose of the grumbling giant to the South. We see the chaotic and the absurd all around us, and through irony, parody, and satire we laugh when facing the truth, or at times...