friendly people, THE SKI BINDING, good weed, good beer, the phone, insulin, free health care, the gas mask, the g-suit, the snowblower, snowmobiles, the avro arrow, we invented basketball, bone marrow compatibility test, pace maker, washing machines, electron microscopes, IMAX system, sonar, tracer bullets, TV, cancer blood test, poutine, part of the blackberry, air hockey, real hockey, robertson screw bit (by far better than fillips), oil spill clean ups, canadarm, the zipper, discovery of cystic fibrosis gene, the light bulb, chocolate bars, ginger ale, instant food, kayaks, kerosene, lacrosse, stanley cup, velcro, degradable plastic, environmently friendly garbage bags, electric car prototypes, highway guard rails, so basically a lot of things that keep you and the people you love alive, safe and entertained, and this is just a random gathering, there are thousands more. really read that list if you dislike Canada and think how significant some of those were in history.