Shooting down the myth of Canadian exceptionalism

An 18-year-old man travelled to Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14, where he shot 13 primarily Black people in a supermarket, killing 10.
As so often is the case when something happens in the United States, Canadians rush to weigh in, empathizing with or (more often than not) gloating about the wacky neighbour to the south. The horrific massacre of Black people at a grocery store in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 14 kicked the usual cycle int...

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