SC, Interesting read - on Amazon's review of your book:
He notes being particularly interested in finding out 'why an initially "conservative" society like Canada has ended up producing an autonomous, inner-directed, flexible, tolerant, socially liberal, and spiritually eclectic people while an intentionally "liberal" society like the United States has ended up producing a people who are, relatively speaking, materialistic, outer-directed, intolerant, socially conservative, and deferential to traditional institutional authority. Why do these two societies seem to prove the law of unintended consequences?' (pg 10).
*Canadians are tolerant, are they? How is their tolerance of the US? How about Western Canada tolerating Eastern Canada? The English tolerating the French?
*Canadians are inner-directed? Kind of like Chretien waiting until after Blair visited Bush post 9-11, even though Chretien was less than half the distance?
*Canadians are socially liberal? Right, kind of like wasting billions on failed gun registries and Quebec sponsorship scandals while people cannot get into hospital for an operation unless they're near death.
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