Kay's five years of US experience weren't superficial, just different.
Canadians didn't become "overnight nationalists". Far too many of us have been guilty of stereotypical thinking for far too long.
"I’m not going to let Trump dictate where I vacation"
Hoo, boy - is that a misdiagnosis! Trump would tell you to bring your money and visit more frequently. It's precisely those overnight nationalists that are trying to intimidate you - not that it's any of their business.
The fact is that the US is trying to return to classic, commonsense governance - secure borders, no men in women's sports and washrooms, no racial hiring and admissions quotas, ... - while we in Canada are still stuck in all that mire and possibly getting worse:
-BC court puts property (large real estate ownership, specifically) rights into serious question;
-differential criminal sentences based on race undermining equality before the law;
-Alberta making separatist noises;
-Quebec likely to give the PQ a big election win in 2026 - serious separatist noises.
I would love to see an accurate poll on economic union with the US.
Wonderfully rich reminiscence and very apt for today's debate. I could write a similar one about my time as an American student at Oxford in the early 1990s, still the best two years of my life, although I was not involved with anything as contentious as law.
Great essay. I have lovely Canadian friends who told me they would come to their US vacation condo but would not buy anything here because they would feel like traitors. I replied that behavior didn't hurt our government, just local businesses. I made a large purchase from a small Toronto firm not because I like the Canadian govt, but because they had a good product.
Kay's five years of US experience weren't superficial, just different.
Canadians didn't become "overnight nationalists". Far too many of us have been guilty of stereotypical thinking for far too long.
"I’m not going to let Trump dictate where I vacation"
Hoo, boy - is that a misdiagnosis! Trump would tell you to bring your money and visit more frequently. It's precisely those overnight nationalists that are trying to intimidate you - not that it's any of their business.
The fact is that the US is trying to return to classic, commonsense governance - secure borders, no men in women's sports and washrooms, no racial hiring and admissions quotas, ... - while we in Canada are still stuck in all that mire and possibly getting worse:
-BC court puts property (large real estate ownership, specifically) rights into serious question;
-differential criminal sentences based on race undermining equality before the law;
-Alberta making separatist noises;
-Quebec likely to give the PQ a big election win in 2026 - serious separatist noises.
I would love to see an accurate poll on economic union with the US.
Here endeth the lesson.
Wonderfully rich reminiscence and very apt for today's debate. I could write a similar one about my time as an American student at Oxford in the early 1990s, still the best two years of my life, although I was not involved with anything as contentious as law.
Great essay. I have lovely Canadian friends who told me they would come to their US vacation condo but would not buy anything here because they would feel like traitors. I replied that behavior didn't hurt our government, just local businesses. I made a large purchase from a small Toronto firm not because I like the Canadian govt, but because they had a good product.
I wrote the following 40-page long essay:
https://unbekoming.substack.com/p/breaking-the-algorithmic-lock-how