Canadians

Canadians are the people of Canada.

Quotes



 * As individuals, we are all, at least in part, products of our own histories, which include our geographical place, our times, our social classes, and our family backgrounds. I am a Canadian who has grown up in this country and so have enjoyed an extraordinary period, unusual in much of the world’s history, of peace, stability, and prosperity. That has surely shaped the ways in which I look at the world, perhaps with more optimism about things getting better than I might have if I had grown up in Afghanistan or Somalia. And I am also a product of my parents’ and grandparents’ history. I grew up with some knowledge, incomplete and fragmentary to be sure, of World War II, which my father fought in, and of World War I, which drew in both my grandfathers.
 * Margaret MacMillan, The Uses and Abuses of History (2008)


 * Overt debates about genocide have been relatively slow in developing, in part because of the creation of a TRC, mandated with collecting the ‘truth’ about the IRS system while similarly engaging in ‘reconciliation’ (a contested term) with settler Canadians. While Canada's history wars may seem slow in getting off the ground, the TRC's more ‘balanced’ approach and wide-ranging engagement with non-Aboriginal societal actors may have a greater effect in stimulating national awareness than in the United States and Australia.
 * David B. MacDonald, “Canada's history wars: indigenous genocide and public memory in the United States, Australia and Canada”, Journal of Genocide Research, Volume 17, 2015, "Issue 4: Special issue on Canada and Colonial Genocide", (pub. online (11 Dec 2015).


 * Canadians love Canada, a lot.
 * Ryan McMahon, "Why I Won't Be Attending Canada's 150th Birthday Party" (18 June 2016), Colonization Road, CBC FirstHand


 * Canadians are proud of our country despite its tragic history and present imperfections.
 * Erin O'Toole, "Time to raise the flag" (1 November 2021), Toronto Sun, Canada


 * Our church has had a lot of bad dealings with those demon-possessed Canadians! A big Canadian flag flies at our church upside-down, the international symbol of distress. We fly it day and night, to educate and warn people about the fagi-nazi regime just to the north of us. Canadians are afraid of their tyrannical fag-run government. You can determine for yourself about Canada, and keep as far away from them as you can.
 * Fred Phelps, "God Hates Canada" (31 July 2008), WBC Video News. Westboro Baptist Church


 * Some years ago, Nancy and I both belonged to a very honorable profession in California. And as I prepared for these remarks today, I learned that among those in the motion picture industry in Hollywood, it has been estimated that perhaps as many as one out of five are of Canadian origin. Now, many of those whom I counted as close professional colleagues and, indeed, close personal friends did not come from America's heartland, as I did, but from the heart of Canada, as did most of you in this historic chamber. Art Linkletter, Glenn Ford, Raymond Massey, Walter Pidgeon, Raymond Burr are but a few of your countrymen who are celebrated in our entertainment industry.
 * Ronald Reagan; Remarks of the President and Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada Before a Joint Session of the Parliament in Ottawa Online, The American Presidency Project; 11 March 1981


 * Under the eye of God, near the giant river, The Canadian grows hoping.  He was born of a proud race,  Blessed was his birthplace.
 * Adolphe-Basile Routhier, "O Canada" (1908)
 * Original French: Sous l'œil de Dieu, près du fleuve géant, Le Canadien grandit en espérant.  Il est né d'une race fière,  Béni fut son berceau.


 * Canadians are just too damn polite.
 * Peter Zeihan, as quoted in "The Last Best West: Alberta's New Separatists" (29 February 2016), by Drew Brown and Mack Lamoureux, Vice News


 * Canada’s demographic situation is similar to the rest of the developed world — a large population moving toward retirement and hardly any young people in the replacement generation coming up.
 * Peter Zeihan, interview with Jen Gerson (2015)