Canadian Identity
"Is there still enough Canadiana in Canada?" "Liapkin rolled one to Savard... Savard cleared the pass to Stapleton, He cleared to the open wing to Cournoyer, Cournoyer took a shot! The defenseman fell over Liapkin... Now Cournoyer has it on the wing... There's a shot! Henderson makes a wild stab for it and fell... Here's another shot... right in front... Henderson has scored for Canada!" - Foster Hewitt, September 1972 If you were a Canadian on that fabled day in '72, you most likely knew where you were, what you were doing and how old you were. Most Canadians were huddled around TV sets and radios when Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds remaining in the 8th game to win the Summit Series challenge for Canada against the Soviets. I personally wasn't born 9 years, 1 month later, however, I know the story all too well and it has a place in my heart as many vintage Canadian moments do. The question is, do many people still view themselves as proud Canadians? Many think we are simply the 51st state or a refugee dump station for other countries. As the world drives into the 21st century, technology is taking an increasing role in everyone's lives. New innovations, such as the Internet, are making every corner of the wor
Canadians in these major centers are even watching U. Also many web sites now offer Canadian alternatives to their site, like "Yahoo. This is an ongoing problem which may never go away as it's proved the test of time so far. However, this is happening all over the world as everything is becoming, bigger, better, faster and more importantly closer. How can a country call itself proud and dignified when 15% of it's population wants to separate? It's hard to control outer influences on a country like the U. As long as Canada remains friendly with major countries like the U. is our biggest trading partner and vice versa. Good examples are Woolco and Woodwards are out, American owned Walmart is in. One of Canada's best attribute is we are one of the only countries who have managed to have two separate cultures coexist on !a large scale. Not to mention the countries we helped liberate in the WWI and WWII. However, the issue of an internal section of Canada itself wanting out is the most complex and hardest to deal with. Most small Canadian businesses can't compete with the large resources that the ever expanding American chains rely on.
Common topics in this essay:
Canada Soviets,
Walmart Canadian,
Yahooca Canadian,
English French,
Vancouver Island,
French American,
Night Canada,
WWII Canadians,
Canadian I'm,
Liapkin Cournoyer,
molson canadian,
21st century,
henderson scored,
feel they're,
english french,
molson canadian commercial,
web sites,
canadian moments,
canadian commercial,
|
Acceptance Essays
