This illustrates how we are all a product of our environment. Alberta produces an abundance of right-wing assholes way out of proportion to their population. As in Texas, this is probably due to oil fumes or something in the water, or possibly cowboy hats that are way too tight and cut off blood supply to the brain. But I believe Sam when he says he hates Trump. This is the influence of the larger Canadian cultural context. Someone like Sam who lived in the US would currently have a Trump-Pence sign in his front yard so huge that it would have to have aircraft warning strobes on top of it.