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The fact that most people don't realize that a huge number of musicians and other celebs popular in the USA are Canadian isn't really a stirring argument in fav
by Pxtl 3y ago
The fact that most people don't realize that a huge number of musicians and other celebs popular in the USA are Canadian isn't really a stirring argument in favor of the distinctness of Canada's culture. Our values may be distinct, and our history, but our culture? At least here in the English-speaking part of Canada, the culture is vaguely American with a lacquer of branded fandom for Tim Horton's and the NHL.
Trudeau wasn't wrong. The fact that conservatives pillory him for this rare moment of truth-telling is part of what's turned him into such a breathy-mouthed coward.
- thsksbd 3y agoThey attack him because, rightly, it was his father who set in place a series of policies that destroyed English Canada's once unique, distinctly British, culture. But, why do I care? My parents dragged me into Canada at age six, I left as soon as I graduated. Not my country, not my problem.