Funny question posed to me the other day by a co-worker; Am I not proud to be Canadian? It brought up way more questions than the one posed! Well, its kind of a loaded question. You see, if I say No, I seem like a total ingrate for carrying on in a country that has brought me up. And if I say Yes, I hide a lot of the aggravation's I have with Canada in the first place. One thing to set the record straight; Canada IS a beautiful country and I consider it my first and only home, regardless of where life does take me. My family and friends are what I have to be grateful for in this country, not what the country has given me per Se.
My aggravation's come from the politics of this country and its ever dependency on the United States to tell them what to do at every turn. Being in a full blown recession, I see family and friends fearing for there very lively hood in every sense. The government is in a struggle to fight off a looming coup d'etat from a unified party of even bigger crooks then the ones in power, and on this cycle goes.
I don't consider myself Canadian, per SE, as I consider myself human first. I don't know that when things where being evolved in the universe there was any plan that was made by anyone to have "factions" of people and whomever faction you fall into is where your luck of the draw in life is. I understand cultures are different but there are underlying similarities in all human beings. Its amazing that, during this financial meltdown caused by an administration in the United States that lined the pocket's of all of the presidents friends, If those actions where to happen in most other countries he would of been (A) Overthrown or (B) Assassinated. And in Canada, I saw a Government that broke there own legislation and called an early election just to get a jump start on a couple of extra years in office before anyone caught wind of the recession coming. But that is the problem. In North America, specifically in Canada, we will complain quietly and let the government steal more and more of our hard earned dollars and delegate it to premiers taking vacations with there mistresses, or allocating millions of tax payers dollars to the liberals (sponsorship scandal) only to have the minister of finance whom whose ever watchful eye allowed this to happen and grant him the honor of Prime minister of Canada. I guess crime does pay after all.
I am a Dad now, and I really don't know how to explain the world to my daughter. I won't explain it as "you are Canadian so you bleed red and white" as more as "you are human, first and foremost". I am scared for her and the mess fuckhead George Bush and America has thrown onto the world. It's bleeding all over and like a Cancer; one day it will consume us. There are so many things that are "American" that have crept into Toronto and the rest of Canada that, when I was younger, wasn't even a thought (Anyone up for a shooting?) But there media and propaganda is a toxic nightmare. What to do?
Well, if you don't think outside the box, you will never get outside the box. How bout an Invasion? Ya, shits and giggles, lets go for all the way broke! We invade America, on a Tuesday, and just get our asses whooped! Naaaa, too messy. Well, how bout this proposition. How bout we try a new infrastructure? You know how, when talks of the American constitution comes up, the critics and people alike complain how outdated it is? Much like how the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is updated in Canada (snicker)? Well, why not, instead of a reliance of Money, we try a reliance of reward based on a humanitarian level? Why not substitute Money for something else? In any and all problems, I challenge you to say that money isn't involved in some form or fashion. We could build a society that doesn't need to rely on colored paper. Its not perfect, nor does it have to be, but it would be a start. And maybe we could ease the greed in this world......
Post Script: I am not the answer to the question. I just hope to be the muse to the answer. I am looking for far greater minds then mine to lead the way. There out there, they are just conditioned to be scared of Emotional ridicule and verbal abuse by not only society but the Government as well; the people who are too apathetic to question why and how. Don't listen to people; Every great person in the annals of history had many idiots to overcome. The people remembered throughout time will not be measured by the people around them, but by the actions they take. Don't shit on me for saying shit about a fucking corrupt country. I refuse to eat Ottawa's bullshit and them telling me I am wrong for questioning there means. We pay there ticket; No matter what country your in, your tax money pays the Governments fucking bills. Make your Government aware of that. If nobodies working for you, get a new fucking leader! Stop the apathy, start making things better for you and the next generation.
