>The HUGE issue with that is that my country (Canada) only gets $10 for things like healthcare and social programs while the US gets $15 for doing exactly nothing. So it might not make a difference in terms of the money in my bank account, but it's detrimental to me in terms of a lack of funding for government services.

From my previous comment:

>(presumably the tax treaty also contains provisions for your country to net out the difference with the US).

either that or both countries figured that it mostly cancels out so they don't bother netting it out.