Milder extremes but basically the same.
Seems like the author just has some personal grudge.
"These days, Canada is the second-largest arms exporter to the Middle East. Our Alberta oil sands produce more carbon emissions each year than the entire state of California. Our intelligence agency is allowed to act on information obtained through torture. And a lot of French Canadians are into blackface comedy."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bad-water-third-world...
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/27/liberals-to-d...
EDIT: I'm also amused by Canadians who say they are further to the left of any American moving to the Bay Area for the big $$$$ in tech.
i.e. "Yeah, America is shit but Canada is no better" - is not a way to improve anything - only comparing yourself to the bad, not the best.
Almost talked my neighbor / friend into eating one but didn't have the heart to see him do it.