Because we're not the US. We don't want to be the US (well, most of us). We've been arguing about Canadian Identity since Day 1, and about the only thing we can agree on is that we're Unamerican.
Put another way, this system works for us and it's too much effort to change it. Rather than get all worked up about it and pull everything up by the roots, we did the Canadian thing and politely pushed the old girl into the corner, where we can ignore her without being actively rude.
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