I realize that you're Canadian and have a patriotic reason for
asserting the superiority of the Canadian Electrical Code however I
have an equally patriotic reason for asserting the opposite. In fact,
what Canada does wiring-wise has IMO as much relevance as the
electrical code of ... oh, say Bulgaria g. Canada doesn't allow AC?
Well that's nice to know. They probably do have special problems
wiring igloos g.

That's a stupid comment!
About equivalent to saying "Yeah they use lighted palm frond torches in
Florida or Hawaii"!
A reason for quoting the Canadian code was probably merely to point out
"Here is an authority not unknown for good safety practices in many
technical fields that regulates to the following standard."