Canadians and maybe Mexicans: Do you not appreciate being called American?

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I am Canadian. I was born in the US. I lived there until I was 23 and moved to Canada to marry. I have lived here since 1984. The funniest thing is I find in terms of politics, Canadians quite often lump themselves together with Americans. Even I am guilty of this. We is a term that refers to We Americans, and it's used often. Maybe it's just because we all live on one continent. As a Canadian, and having worked hard to get my citizenship status here, I really don't want to be lumped politically together with the Americans. I'm going to get a bunch of hatemail from Americans now telling me it's a good thing I moved out of the US. Fine, I'm glad I did too. I think the American political atmosphere stinks and it wrecked living there for me. When I lived there, I never voted for a winning president and I still don't agree with your choices. I might use the term WE from time to time, but I only do it out of the mass social behavior. I usually hate myself for doing it. I am Canadian and happy to be Canadian. In Canada, we don't persecute people when they come to the border and want to go skiing or otherwise vacationing if they are from the US. Now I am being told I will soon need a passport from Canada to cross into the country of my birth. Probably I don't deserve my birthright but to me its sad that the US doesn't even trust its own next door neighbors enough to let a simple picture driver's license suffice like it has for years. I am Canadian. I don't appreciate being lumped with Americans because we share the same landmass. French people don't get called Spanish or Italian, right? So...what's the difference?