Every G20 nation wants to be Canada, Stephen Harper insists

Every G20 nation wants to be Canada, Stephen Harper insists: "'We are one of the most stable regimes in history. . . . We are unique in that regard,' he added, noting Canada had enjoyed more than 150 years of untroubled Parliamentary democracy.

Just in case that was not enough to persuade doubters, Harper threw in some more facts about the geographically second-largest nation in the world.

'We also have no history of colonialism. So we have all of the things that many people admire about the great powers but none of the things that threaten or bother them,'"