Canada’s greatest weakness may be its arrogance, the belief that we remain a global example simply because we keep telling ourselves we are.
We boast about our healthcare, institutions, economy and moral leadership while ignoring the dysfunction, declining services and falling standard of living right in front of us.
Patriotism is not pretending everything is fine. It is caring enough about your country to confront reality, demand better and do the hard work required to rebuild it.
Canada’s reputation cannot survive indefinitely on nostalgia and self-congratulation.
A country that believes it is above criticism will soon find itself beneath the standards it once claimed to represent.
Are we going to build national infrastructure and be a grown up country or no?
Because it costs money to do things and not every project can be a pipeline or a data centre.
Two years ago, an Israeli supporter in Toronto shot a nail gun while yelling “every fucking Palestinian will die.” He paid $100 fine for that.
Yesterday, in Montreal, a self-proclaimed Zionist said he’s killed a lot of Palestinians & is going to “go back” & kill a lot more.