Oh Canada: Explaining Canadian Silence (The lotus-eaters of the True North)

National Review ^ | September 30, 2003 | ‘David Frum’s Diary’

[Allan]

I suspect that what Canadians say to Americans' faces
and what they say behind their backs
is quite different

What you suspect is true.

[Allan]

Young women walk home from college night classes without fear of mugging.

On the campus of the college where I teach
(in Ontario)
several women have been mugged, raped and one was murdered.

[Allan]

I'd be curious to know the name of the reporter and the newspaper.

The views he expresses probably are shared by most of the reporters in Canada.

[Timesink]

You forgot about the "Canada clause" of the US constitution, wherein Canadian provinces can bypass the normal process for becoming States. British Columbia threatened to invoke it in the 1860s to gain leverage for the construction of a transcontinental railway.

Uhhh ... pointer please?

[Squawk 8888]

Sorry, I'm going from memory here- IIRC in a thread here about the Alberta separatist movement it was mentioned by another FReeper that the Framers, who desired and expected the Canadian provinces (the English-speaking ones) to join the Union eventually, included a clause in the Constitution to make it easier to admit the provinces. Serves me right for depending on secondhand info- perhaps another FReeper could confirm this, or at least point me to an online source of the original text of the Constitution before I shoot my mouth off again :~

[Squawk 8888]

The views he expresses probably are shared by most of the reporters in Canada.

Exactly. These views are ubiquitous among the media, academia and the civil service but generally not shared on the street.

[jodorowsky]

I started doing business in London, Ontario in the early 90's... I was amazed at how rapidly a city could fall into decline.

WE ARE THE DAMNED

TELL YOUR CHILDREN OUR STORY SO THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN

[freeforall]

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