Your Canada

The vision of Canada that I have absorbed from Canadians looks like this:

- a place where there is justice with compassion for all

- a place of progress, opportunity, options and optimism

- a safe and secure place for people of all ages, conditions and origins

- a healthy population in a healthy environment

- a place that welcomes and embraces ideas, discussion, debate and innovation within the bounds of our democratic Values, Principles, Processes, Institutions, Laws and Charter of Rights and Freedoms

- a community that reaches out to the world to cultivate peace, justice, compassion, tolerance, respect, progress, prosperity and stability

- a place where citizens are democratically engaged and involved at all levels of society

- a place where economy means being careful with resources

- a place that shares in the life of the global community while cherishing ALL of our people of all backgrounds and languages and origins

- a world leader in education, the environment, global security, and the nurture of peace

- a multicultural society

- a place with a strong, diverse and sustainable economy that has and makes cutting edge technological tools and exports innovations to the world

- a creative community

This is the Canada that Canadians seem to hold in their hearts and live out in their time and place. This is the place that we have imagined together and built. This is your Canada.

If we can Dream it, we can make it!

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