Blame Canada

"Blame Canada" is a song from the film ' in which the parents of South Park decide to blame Canada for the trouble their children have been getting into since watching the Canadian-made Terrance and Phillip movie, refusing to address the reality that they themselves are to blame for their children's misbehavior.

Related Topics:
South Park - Canada - Terrance and Phillip

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The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song, creating controversy because all nominated songs are traditionally performed during the Oscar broadcast, but the song contained one word that couldn't be used on television, which was 'fuck'. Comedian Robin Williams performed the song with chorus girls dressed as Mounties who gasped when the word was to be sung.

Related Topics:
Nominated - Academy Award for Best Song - Fuck - Robin Williams - Chorus girls - Mounties

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There was also some concern about the fact the song referred to well-known Canadian singer Anne Murray as a "bitch", but Murray indicated that she wasn't offended by the tongue-in-cheek lyric. When asked, the Canadian Consul General Kim Campbell noted that she was not offended by the song since it was clearly a silly satirical song not intended to insult her country.

Related Topics:
Anne Murray - Consul General - Kim Campbell

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"Blame Canada" has also become an expression used in Canada to describe the American tendency to blame Canada for problems. For example, some Americans believe the terrorists behind the September 11, 2001 attacks entered the US from Canada, although it is evident that they did not. Also, power officials in the State of New York initially said the cause of the 2003 North America blackout was in Canada, but it turned out to be in Ohio.

Related Topics:
American - Terrorists - September 11, 2001 attacks - New York - 2003 North America blackout - Ohio

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