A Vision for Canada

Canadians want and deserve a great Vision. They have worked hard and sacrificed much in order to build a nation and a society that is democratic, peaceful, just, compassionate, fair, supportive, prosperous, inclusive, multicultural, environmentally conscious, creative, productive and much more. We have overcome great odds in order to knit together widely separated regions in ways that help us all.

We don't only seek to help ourselves in Canada. We remember where our families are from [everywhere], whether we are First Nations or All Nations. The great migration has brought us together and we have created something wonderful in the face of hardship, obstacles, enemies, climate, terrain, and so on.

This nation was conceived as a Dream. It was never enough for Canada to simply exist and survive. We had to become something more than we were and perhaps more than seemed possible. In spite of the tensions and rifts in our internal relations, we have managed to work together for the good of all.

In the global age “all” has become much more. We reach out in creative ways to help those who are disadvantaged everywhere on the face of the planet. Look just about anywhere and you will find at least one Canadian fussing over the difficulties of others and pitching in with Canadian advantages to help those who struggle.

A true Vision for Canada must portray and enable us to see ourselves reaching out to the world to share our extraordinary culture, which is unlike any in human history. Here people live in peace, which enables so much more in in terms of productivity, investigation, research, invention, education, implementation, production of ideas, along with a sense of safety and security that is real.

Canada has resources that can quickly bring relief and hope to the world. A large number, likely a significant majority, are already doing this work. Some go abroad to be on the ground with those in need or in danger. Some contribute in their places of worship or work or where they receive their education. But almost all do it, regardless of age or status. This is who we are.

My proposal is that we do this more effectively, efficiently, economically, energetically and intentionally...and that we do it together. The world can be changed to be like us [peaceful] if we share what we have. This proposal is more about ideas and methods and values, which I call Human Software, than it is about money and minerals and wood and oil.

Imagine a Canada that systematically exports our peaceful ways to the world. This will bring stability and hope to the whole world and the suffering throngs who inhabit the countries from which many of our families have come...and it will make us better, bigger, richer, more self-respecting. The whole world has invested in Canada and Canada should invest in the whole world. We will garner much respect and goodwill if we take this route towards a peaceful and hopeful future.

If we do not do this and soon, there will be consequences. We could see a foreign army on our soil, blown out buildings and more dead than can be tallied. We could see Canada disappear altogether, crowded out of existence by the belligerent and the greedy. This is not what we want.

To have peace we must Dream BIG and work hard. We must do it together or we cannot succeed. A project of this magnitude and weight requires all democratically minded Canadians to help shoulder the work and responsibility. This is the cause that can unite us and carry us to a safe, happy and peaceful future.

If we rise up together as in times of war and devote ourselves to peace we might be able to prevent the fire that lays ahead. We can help save the world...and we should.
...
..
.