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Just goes to show how much attention is paid to Canada in US schools. I think that if you waterboarded me, I couldn't tell you who the PM was (I only know the names of 3 - Trudeau, Mullroney (sp?), and Chretienne (sp?).)
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Stephen Harper.
But he's not nearly as important to us as your president is; you'd never see a movie about "The Canadian Prime Minister". We're just too mellow for that.
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I do have a question though, and this is probably the best place to ask it. Why do Canadians usually say that they are from "North America" or identify themselves as "North Americans" instead of saying that they are from Canada or are Canadian? 
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I've never actually heard that, either. But it's probably to distinguish themselves from "US Americans", which is usually what the generic term "American" refers to. "North American" is kind of a catch-all term, like "Down Under" refers to New Zealanders and Australians both, and "British" can refer to Scottish and English (can't it?). "North American" talks about what continent you're from, and what broader culture.
As for Santa, he lives on the North Pole. Last I checked, that wasn't under the jurisdiction of either Canada, Sweden, Norway or Finland. Mind you, if it's the magnetic North Pole, Canada's got claim (I think). And in Canada, if you send a letter to "Santa Claus, North Pole, HOH OHO", and drop it into any Canada Post mailbox, you'll get a reply back. Really!
