Commentary in Canada on the film Argo winning the Best Picture Oscar focuses on the Ken Taylor/Canadian angle.

Who were the real heroes in all this, Canadian writers ask? Was it a CIA agent named Mendez or a small group of Canadian diplomats who risked their personal well-being to shelter their American colleagues?

Most Canadians want to say the latter, and many Canadians who reviewed the Oscars seemed to breathe sighs of relief when Ben Affleck managed to blurt out "...and I thank Canada" as he was rushing through his ritual Oscar night thank yous.

That "thank you" sort of made up for the short shrift Affleck gave the Canadian angle of the story in his film.

That's the conventional Canadian take on Argo.