Oh Canada.

A lot of negation can be used to describe a Canadian. For instance a Canadian is not an American, we don't live in igloos or ride moose, not all of us speak french and drugs aren't free, Kenneth Boulding once said; "Canada has no cultural unity, no religious unity, no economic unity, no geographic unity. All it has is unity." With all of these "not's" and "don'ts" you start to wonder, if we aren't all these things then what are we? Part of the issue Canadians have in defining themselves is that as a nation we are so young compared to old geezer's like England, France and Greece. We are like the youngest sibling in a big loud family, full of dominating personalities. Canada like that younger sibling is just looking for a name for itself in this big filled up world. The advantage to having started after most others is that we can see what worked and what didn't. We take the values and ideals respected by most and use them to define us. For instance we support equal education, universal healthcare and we work to keep the peace on a global and national front. It's not always easy as we see from the events that take place in Obasan but we try our best to keep the Canadian way of life alive and recognised.