Canadians, America's good neighbors to the north, can rest assured their country won't be invaded by angry Americans fleeing North after their undesirable outcome of last November's Presidential election.

Only days after President George Bush won a second term in the White House, there was a surprising number of Americans visiting Canada's main immigration website, apparently wanting to leave the country and flock north.

Canadian Immigration Minister Joe Volpe says "We'll take talent from wherever it is resident in the world. I was absolutely elated to see the number of hits and then my staff said 'You know what? A hit on the Internet is after all just a hit'. I guess I'm happy Republicans and Democrats have found a way to live together in peace and in harmony."

Toby Condliffe, head of the Canadian chapter of Democrats Abroad, shares his explanation of the sudden interest of Americans wanting to migrate to Canada. He says, "I can only assume the Americans who checked out the Web site subsequently checked out our winter temperatures and further took note that the National Hockey League was being locked out and had second thoughts."

Last year, Canada, which has a population of about 32 million, accepted 235,808 immigrants from around the world.