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I've always been very proud to be Canadian.
Every time I take a road trip to the USA (only because it's the only foreign country you can drive to), the feeling that I get coming into the Canadian boarder is indescribable. My eyes start to sting, I can't wait to cross that imaginary yet very real line. I see the lions on the bridge, the coat of arms, the flags and I get all proud and sentimental.
We have carved a great nation out of a inhospitable piece of geography. Massive in its distances, unforgiving climate, varied in culture , and yet incredibly beautiful. In some ways we have taken the best of the British and European system, the best of the American system, and combined it all and yet come up with our own unique way. We have managed to stay independent of the elephant, we have kept our country together by hook or by crook when so many had predicted or even fought for its demise. No small feat of accomplishment.
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