Ghost of a flea

An Internet-based T-shirt company is selling what it calls a "Go Canadian" package for American tourists heading to Europe. The contents are supposed to allow the travellers to visit other countries undisturbed by any negative comments about the war in Iraq, George Bush or other controversial issues.

For $25 U.S., buyers get a Canadian flag T-shirt, a Maple Leaf lapel pin, a patch bearing our symbols for their luggage and a book entitled "How To Speak Canadian, Eh?", which purports to answer all the things Americans ever wanted to know about their northern neighbours, but never cared to ask.