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To be quite honest, this is how I see it. Call me naive if you will, I'm not big into politics and world affairs.
The USA is involved in a significant portion of world affairs compared to other countries. On the International news, we will hear about foreign affairs in varying nations, but why would we be subjected to relations inside a specific country, such as internal strife? Whether it's a good thing or not (negative in the most part I'm sure, from a foreign perspective) the USA is discussed in a large portion of the world. Canada is rather absent from foreign affairs, which is why you do not hear about them. It's not a matter of ignorance, more the precedence a national media puts on foreign nations, whereas we are not subjected to other international news because they are not involved in significant world affairs.
I'd like to hear the opinion of members of other nations about what they hear about varying countries other than America. Subjectively, I assume a lot of "international intelligence" is due to the portrayal of America in the news. Therefore, we can be considered ignorant of other nations due to the fact the international populace is subjected to our negative depiction.
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