Canadian Civility: Canadian Sense

canadian civility: Yet now, five months after Obama paean to Canadian civility, tolerance and openness to the world, it appears the president was right, according to The Waterloo Record. Everywhere you look, people are losing faith in what Obama applauds as the liberal, market-based democratic order that has created unprecedented prosperity and security for the world. Modesty is as Canadian as maple syrup, and while the American president praise during his state visit to Ottawa was deeply satisfying, no one wanted to get a swelled head or succumb to a very un Canadian sense of smug superiority. And everywhere you look, frightened, angry and disillusioned people are turning to populist politicians who prescribe tariffs, closed borders and minority punching bags as the panaceas for whatever ails the citizenry. That mantle is falling as the new president finalizes plans to shred trade deals, deport millions of migrants and build a wall to keep out the Mexicans. This month election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president only sharpened the focus on the rise of protectionism and xenophobia in America, the nation that until recently was, whatever its shortcomings, hailed as leader of the free world. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.