I Am Canadian.

I am so proud to be Canadian at this very moment. I don't think I have ever been more happier to be a citizen of this fantastic nation.

We entered these Vancouver 2010 Olympics never having won gold on home soil. However our slogan for the games was "Believe" as brought on by our "Own The Podium" program. I must admit that I was extremely skeptical of this because it seemed like we were counting our chickens before they'd hatched but I still believed that we could get some golds around our necks.

I never expected this many golds, though. In two weeks, our Canadian athletes managed to win 14 Gold Medals, thus breaking the record for most golds won by the host nation (previously held by the US in 2002), as well as the record for most golds won by any nation at any Olympic games (previously held by the former USSR).

We overcame ridicule, criticism, and adversity and rose to the top. Alexandre Bilodeau "broke the curse" and won our first gold at home, Joannie Rochette skated with everything she had while mourning the loss of her mother, we skated and skiied hard, manoeuvered our bobsleighs just right, and danced our way to victory.

Today's gold won by the men's hockey team was the icing on the cake. Both of Canada's hockey teams managed to edge out the US teams for hockey gold. Proof that hockey truly is Canada's game.

So suck it America.

;)