canadians

It 's the time of year when Canadians mate.

You know you've reached a new plateau of group mediocrity when even a Canadian is alarmed by your lack of individuality.

We shall be Canadians first foremost and always and our policies will be decided in Canada and not dictated by any other country.

When the white man came we had the land and they had the bibles. Now they have the land and we have the bibles.

If we can find out why the idea rather than the nation of Canada can win a growing loyalty rather than commanding it then it seems to me we shall have come very near to trapping the elusive creature the Canadian Identity.

If ever Confederation fails it will not be because Quebec - the political voice of French Canada - has separated from it. It will be because the way to keep Quebec in it has not been found.

Beneath their work the moral core of Canadian nationhood is found in the fact that Canada is a monarchy and in the nature of monarchial allegiance. As America is united at bottom by the covenant Canada is united at the top by allegiance. Because Canada is a nation founded on allegiance and not on compact there is no pressure for uniformity there is no Canadian way of life. Any one French Irish Ukrainian or Eskimo can be a subject of the Queen and a citizen of Canada without in any way changing or ceasing to be himself.

The Canadian spirit is cautious observant and critical where the American is assertive.

To me it's very obvious there are huge cultural differences between Americans and Canadians. But a lot of what we are is American.

Living next to the United States is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

If a player continues transgressing the rules his side shall lose him.

To be Canadian is to live in relative calm and with great dignity.

We often say that we fear no invasion from the south but the armies of the south have already crossed the border - American enterprise American capital is taking rapid possession of our mines and our water power our oil areas and our timber limits.

You can be a French Canadian or an English Canadian but not a Canadian. We know how to live without an identity and this is one of our marvellous resources.

My father spoke French with a Bank of Montreal accent.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

The Americans are our best friends - whether we like it or not.

You are a big country now but you still tend to feel small and fragile. If the United States gets a cold you get pneumonia.