Canada - True North Strong and Free

Canada is an amazing country. We enjoy a level of peace, stability, and public security here that is rare in the world and in history. We are at the very heart and axis of The Universal Culture.

The World is no longer easily compartmentalized into isolated segments. People of all places and cultures now have immediate access to one another through amazing transportation and communication systems and we are exposed to all cultures.

These cultures are being melded into one all-encompassing new culture, which I call The Universal Culture. I have had more exposure to the many existent perspectives than some people and now I see a new phenomenon.

In Canada we have more ready access to data from people in all places and of all backgrounds than anyone ever has anywhere at any time up to the present. We have been accepting and tolerant and welcoming as we have woven The Cultural Mosaic.

These are qualities that are much-needed in a world fraught with intolerance and consequent violence in every nook and cranny of life. Here we have also enjoyed levels of freedom and democratic participation that are rare and beautiful. We have an abundance of food, water, and natural resources.

We have a strong economy and until recently we have had governments that sought diligently to serve the populace and the world. They were fair, kind, humane and efficient and embraced our functional democratic systems, values and institutions. They enabled us to care about and for the weak and the vulnerable in our midst.

We have been a Just and Compassionate Society. But all of that is now in jeopardy. Our current government seems to reject democracy or they sorely misunderstand what democracy is - Government of the people, for the People and by the People.

It is our responsibility as The People to remind them and call them to account...and then to govern ourselves in the manner we desire - with Justice and Compassion.
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