Dont know him, and if indeed he's Canadian, then he should be ashamed. We Canadians have enough problems with identity without someone like him just tossing us in with the US.
Yes, I agree that Canada has been mall-ified, which is why I love living in Montréal in specific and Québec in general: our provincial government may be acting like a bunch of linguistic psychotics, but we're doing our level best to stay away from anything the US casually throws across the border. Wish I could say the same for Alberta or Vancouver, but... :: shrug ::
As for the rest... honestly, Namo, it's not saying anything all that new. It's just taking a lot of the same stuff we've heard for God only knows how long and re-packaging it. If there was an aim for this, it eluded me, sorry. Are we becoming more and more Americanized? Yep. Do I know anyone who likes it? Nope. I am fiercely proud of my adopted country and wont take any BS from anyone who says we should just join in with the US: the last guy who did, when he found I was born in the States, quickly found he'd appealed to the wrong set of patriotic values.
So again, yes, we have our issues. No question about it. I am not a fan of Harper and what he's inflicted on Canada. But I will take him and the entire PCP before even considering having my country treated like some kind of step-sister to our good friend to the south.
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