Canada Is Not “Un-America”
A Wall Street Journal op-ed argues that Canada has little distinct identity beyond being different from the United States. But distinctiveness is not the same as exclusivity. What defines countries, like organizations, is the combination of strategic choices they make about who they are, what they value and how they behave. At a consequential moment for Canada, those choices are becoming increasingly clear.
What do the choices Canada is making now tell us about the country we are becoming?
“Identity is not simply something you inherit. It is something you express through choices, especially when circumstances change.’