Comments on: I am Canadian, What am I

By: s andrews

s andrews — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 19:16:14 +0000

canada blows for culture. All we have is american culture. I live in VAncouver, and when i look around i see large mostly happy chinese, spanish, east indian families that hang out together…. contrasted with canadian ‘nuclear’ families whos family members can’t wait to get the hell away from each other when they go out in public. Just go to any mall in vancouver and you will see.

All the ethnic families bring their own culture over here and protect it because they know canada has none that they would ever want. I used to think ‘Those asses refuse to learn our language and dont talk to canadians unless they have to… they wont assimilate’. Now i see it differently and am envious of their cultures…. cultures that go back many centuries and WORK.

What does canada have? 100 years of beaver pelts and settlers, american style city planning, gridworked suburbs, lousy conceptual art, and that FUCKING native indian culture the government shovels down my throat… makes me want to hurl. Why the hell should i have to put up with that? That isnt my culture, i have no relatives or great grandparents that even knew an indian. We have jack shit, and i now know that this sort of way of living is not good for any person’s mental/emotional well being in the long run. Americanism has pretty much taken over… if they are budweiser, we are bud-light.

By: Get real

Get real — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:33 +0000

This article is exactly what is wrong with Canada. Canadians don’t have an identity, they are followers and posers. Multiculturalism is a myth and produces only one thing; the lack of identity. For that reason, Canada as a country is doomed to fail. This article to me shows nothing but ignorance and sounds like a cry for recognition which is all too typical of Canadians. To say that “We never had an early struggle to separate ourselves from our European roots like the US did,” is the perfect example of this ignorance. Although, Canada might not have faught a civil war there have been many struggles poth physical conflict and ideological. The Rebellions of 1837,the Red River Rebellion, the quiet revolution,the Oka crisis, Conscription Crisis of 1917, FLQ – October Crisis, Air India flight 182 bombing, The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot, the two Quebec referendums, just to name a few struggles, conflicts, riots that have shaped Canada. Not to mention that the result of two of those led to political hangings. People like yourself work so hard at sugar coating everything that you are eroding the very essence of Canada or at least whatever is left of it. With people and attitudes like that Canada will self-implode. You are so focused on trying to paint Canada as a “mosaic” (which is BS) that you neglect to realize that the very canvas on which this mosaic is paint is cracked and flawed. There is a great lack of unity in this country from east to west and having live in 5 provinces I have witnessed it first hand. How can a country be united when all we can focus on is how “different” we all are. The convas of this “great mosaic” is falling apart.

By: Carlene

Carlene — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:17:01 +0000

Wendy says:
April 28, 2005 at 5:25 pm
As an American who has fallen head-over-heels for a Canadian man (because he rocks!) I found your post wonderful and moving. Thank you for the insight. While I am currently day-dreaming about moving to Canada to be with him, (like I said, he rocks) at the moment, a lot of things bar my path, mainly finances and my Mother. But reading this made me feel like it is not too much to dream of. Thanks!

Carlene: I will fight you any day of the week Wendy! Bring it on!!!

By: Lilly kabrinkonka

Lilly kabrinkonka — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:41:27 +0000

uh huh, uh huh
that’s right girl
u r on a roll!11

By: Lilly kabrinkonka

Lilly kabrinkonka — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:40:26 +0000

I heart canadia
but ill have u say america is bettr than canada
because of entrtainment resons

By: sakshi

sakshi — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:03:50 +0000

canada is very multicultural.
it lets other immigrants in,
and makes them feel welcome

By: brian

brian — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:58:54 +0000

i love 8==D

By: Kelley

Kelley — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:36:56 +0000

:) i loved it i was just looking around to see what information i could find for my debate-”canadian identity is NOT threatened by americans” and what you wrote helped a lot! and it makes me proud to be Canadian

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:10:43 +0000

I was born in Canada and feel dissolusioned about the Canada that has been created for us by our government. As children we were taught in school that multiculturalism was “good” and that there was “zero tolerance” if one disagreed. It was not until later when I was in my twenties living in Toronto, a (perhaps the most) multicultural city, that I started to question whether or not multiculturalism was really such a good thing and if I had infact been brainwashed as a child. What brought me to this conclusion? The everyday things mostly. I’ve noticed is a SEVERE lack of etiquette in every day situations because, unlike a more homogenous society, there are no rules- anything goes and this is distressing when trying to run everyday arrons. It seems to me that Canadian Citizenship means little or nothing to the many refugees who come here, go on welfare and do drugs and pump up the crime rate.
Also, I’ve noticed that here in Ontario the Quebecois get a lot of flack and are openly called `racists` or `fasist` because they are somewhat strict when they deal with multicultural issues and protect their french identity. Increasingly we here debates in Quebec about what `reasonable accomodation` really is and again I am met with this resounding and automatic response born out of sheer sentiment that this attitude is racist. I think that if people come to Canada from another country they must naturalize and if being Canadian really means anything to anyone anymore we have to be extremely careful who we allow in to our country, they MUST speak ENGLISH or FRENCH or if they dont they MUST learn one of these languages by a certain deadline or be forced to go back from where they came from as they will not be able to contribute to Canadian society. The ratio of Immigrants (ie. professionals) must be significantly higher than the ratio of refugees. They MUST also have to attend classes to help them NATURALIZE. They have to know what is acceptable conduct in public. They have to also acknowlege that they will NOT under any circumstances be given any special rights once in Canada, that they will only be entitled the same rights as regular Canadian citizens. If this does not occur, Canada will continue to be what it is now, a dumping ground without any culture, save Quebec.

By: Mireia

Mireia — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:18:39 +0000

I’ve been taking a subject at university related to Candaian culture, literature and cinema. I’ve found your article absolutely interesting. Many of the issues I have been taught during this course appear in your text but it also serves to compare a Canadian opinion with other pieces of information that you can find in the net that sometimes are quite vague or repetitive.
thanks a lot for your paper!!
I will use some of the information you expose here in an oral presentation in class tomorrow !!!