|
I am not always proud of Canada but there are a lot of things that we do that make me very pleased...
Some of the things that make me proud:
*Our progressive politics (even our right wing is more left than the mainstream US).
*Universal healthcare
*That we are a mosaic rather than a melting pot... this is a very tough way to run a nation and is the main reason for much of our hand wringing over what it means to be a Canadian. Canada is the only nation in the world like this and as a result, I see us as the great nation building experiment. (I see us as less like the Europeans in this case than the Americans could ever dream of being).
*The fact that we have solved our differences peacefully. We are a nation without a civil war, born of diplomacy and compromise (the issue of Quebec is a work in progress as I see it and will be resolved amicably in the end). Not really all that many newly minted nations that can say this about themselves.
__________________
"My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars."
- Old Man Luedecke
|