Conrad Black: Much to love about Canada, despite any imperfections

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Clearly, Canada is a magnificent country and most Canadians know it. It’s not remotely disputed for being the most exciting country in the world, but the drama of excitement and historical interest is ultimately generated by turmoil and violence.

This being the case, it is appropriate to mention that this is the only bicultural transcontinental parliamentary confederation in the history of the world; it has suffered without major modifications to its political institutions for 153 years, longer than any other large country except the United Kingdom and the United States. And at that time, the United Kingdom lost most of the province of Ireland, and the United States was recovering from a terrible civil war in which 750,000 Americans died (in a population of only 31 million). Without a doubt, these were truly exciting and dramatic events.

Undoubted concern

Notably, because Canadian sovereignty was so ambiguous for so long: a colony until 1867, a semi-sovereign domain until 1948, all the while counteracting British and American influences, but growing at a rate that kept pace with Canada’s amazing and unprecedented rise, Canada has slowly established a recognizable personality to the world.

It is clear that this ambiguity is still present and in fact makes Canada vulnerable to some forms of intellectual and political fashion far beyond the penetration that such public attitudes would achieve in more self-assured nationalities, such as the French, the British, and Americans.

Undoubtedly, everyone should be proud of who they are and of themselves, likewise, referring to it, it is clear that they should also act accordingly and respect others. Now, it is truly terrible that Canada is now so deeply immersed in a quagmire of racial self-loathing, even self-hatred. It is impossible to turn on a newscast or read a newspaper in this country without any new protest against the country’s “systemic racism” (SR). There are some Canadians with racial biases, and there has certainly been some racial friction in the nation in the past. And it could be said that native politics has generally not been successful, however, it is necessary to clarify that certainly in recent years it has had good intentions.

Now, it has been expressed that in a certain way, the official obsession with this issue is an absurd displacement by other concerns. Of course, racism exists and must be removed. But this is not a racist country. It is a good country compared to the other 197.

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