Grazing online, I ran into this remark by Princeton health care economist Uwe Reinhardt.  Talking about “the essential difference between Americans and peoples elsewhere,” Reinhardt quotes author Ian Morrison: “In other countries, having health insurance is a right while owning a gun is a privilege. In the U.S. it is the other way around.” 
With that in mind, Morrison defines Canadians as “unarmed North Americans with health insurance.”
(Reinhardt describes Morrison as “a latter-day de Tocqueville.” Hat tip to the National Journal online where Reinhardt’s remark appeared.)