In ode to our country's 143rd B-day...
And a few articles on what it means to be Canadian, etc:
Zerbisias: We must ensure the true north stays free
Potter: Call me corny, but this country’s peaceful blending of cultures is awesome
It's hardly possible to overstate the value, in the present state of human improvement, of placing human beings in contact with other persons dissimilar to themselves, and with modes of thought and action unlike those with which they are familiar. Such communication has always been... one of the primary sources of progress.
— John Stuart Mill
Vive le Canada!