I saw a lot of back-packers through Europe with a Canadian flag on their bag. Many of them told me that it was to not be confused with Americans, to get a sligh

I saw a lot of back-packers through Europe with a Canadian flag on their bag. Many of them told me that it was to not be confused with Americans, to get a slightly better treatment abroad. Some of them were even actually Americans sporting the Canadian flag because of past bad experiences.