Stephen Colbert on Kevin Vickers: Canadians are "John-Woo-diving bleep-kickers"

With the likes of Justin Bieber, Rob Ford, and Jian Ghomeshi, Canada is not only making international headlines, but we're also gaining a worldwide reputation for being a nation of idiots and assholes. (I guess we can also thank our current leadership for his contributions, too. Cheers, Harper.)

Thank god for Kevin Vickers.

While Vickers has been pretty much drowned out by the media tsunami covering Ghomeshigate, somehow news satirist Stephen Colbert managed to take note of Vickers' dynamic act of bravery.

On his Comedy Central program, Colbert paid tribute to the House of Commons Sergeant-at-Arms for his takedown of Parliament Hill shooter Michael Zehaf-Bibeau on October 22.

In fact, he even apologized for things he's said about Canada in the past. (How Canadian is that, eh?)

Here's the full CBC clip from the National with Evan Solomon's play-by-play description of what Kevin Vickers did:

Here's CBC coverage the standing ovation Kevin Vickers received in the House of Commons:

What's incredible to note is that Vickers (who hails from New Brunswick) had never fired his gun during his 29 years of service in the RCMP.