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It's not just the weather that's cooler in Canada
Pittsbugh Post-Gazette, Wednesday, July 30, 2003
(reprinted in Toronto Star)
But the Canadians seem more adult -- more secure. They aren't afraid of foreigners. They aren't afraid of homosexuality. Most of all, they're not afraid of each other. I wonder if America will ever be that cool.
Canadians'pride is back — in a big, neighborly way
The
USA Today, July 9, 2003
They always seemed so quiet, so polite. Still, America's neighbor to the north has been making quite a racket of late. With SARS and mad cow disease contained and the media off their backs, many Canadians now say we are witnessing the birth of a new image. No longer America's chilly little sister, they say, Canada is coming into its own. And just like that, it's suddenly cool to be Canadian.
Whoa! Canada!
Legal Marijuana. Gay Marriage. Peace
What the Heck's Going On Up North, Eh?
The Washington Post, July 1, 2003
With peace, pot and same-sex people saying "I do," something weird is happening. Could it be Canada is getting an identity? Even weirder, is it possible that Canada is becoming more American, and America is becoming more Canadian?
Land of the free, The Spectator (UK), May 2003
Britons should look to Canada for an example of civilised
21st-century living. There they will find a state which is unafraid of
preserving its sovereignty in the face of enormous pressure to integrate
with its gigantic neighbour; a state which is prepared to fight when fighting
is needed, but which also knows how to make peace when peace is called
for; a society which combines prosperity and opportunity for the individual
with socialized medicine, a successful system of public education, and
far-sighted subsidies to the arts and cultural groups.