"Frances Kelsey did her landmark work in the US, not Canada. She saved American babies from thalidomide, not Canadian ones."

Well aware of that scooter, she was also Canadian born, educated at McGill and retired here. She took a posting in the US because they had expected Frances to be a male and her achievements there were something we should all be greatly proud of. 

What next Wayne Gretzky wasn't Canadian because he played for LA?