Why Canada won't win (much) at the Olympics

Of course I have to say something about the Olympics here. I'm noticing that America and China are smashing everybody else in terms of the medal count. Canada has, to this point, no medals. Nada. Even Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are out-medalling Canada.
I think there are good reasons for this. I think when one looks first at the two leaders, it becomes apparently clear that the big obstacle is culture. Not raw talent, not necessarily resources or support for athletes, but culture.
America has always had a culture of 'hitching up your britches', of overcoming great, and seemingly insurmountable obstacles to finally 'make it', the American dream of becoming somebody, if you only have enough gumption and hunger in your belly to do so. If you're weak, too bad; you just won't be allowed to play on the team. When you listen to the American athletes talk, they talk about wanting medals, about hungering for them. So they go out and do just that. I think part of their culture, of living the American dream, helps drive that need to succeed.
China, on the other hand, clearly has a huge part of face playing into their success. I'm sure there's a lot of governmental pressure on these athletes to perform to expectation (which appears to this point to be perfection), but I think a lot of national honour, familial and personal honour play into their performances as well. The strong desire to bring honour to one's country and family is a huge drive for Asians to do well.
Canada, on the other hand, is a different story. We're too self-satisfied, too accustomed to being taken care of (by our strong social system), too little fire in our bellies to do better, having too much of an attitude of "everyone should play and participate" rather than seeking out the talented and actually focussing on them. We're too interested in our own ethnic/religious/etc communities and individual lives, and not too concerned about the greater good for the nation. Listen to our athletes speak, and they talk of how glad they are just to be there and to participate in the Olympics. Nobody ever talks about wanting medals, or of being the 'best'. It seems too arrogant, too, I don't know, American in feeling. Hence, why we don't have the drive to win. The few that do have that hunger (witness the men's 8 rowing team, but then again, they'll probably medal) are rare.
Sigh. The media will likely bellyache after the Games about how few medals we won, how so many of our athletes we expected to win didn't, how we need to fund athletes better, but I think, until we change our attitude, our chronic deficit of medals will just continue...