Shield: Canadian Shield and Freedoms

shield: Our freedoms are not inherent, they do not flow from our glacial waters, they do not roll forth from our great plains and they are not chiselled into the Canadian shield, according to Metro News. Our freedoms come from fragile and hard won social licence, they come from laws written on paper and they can be changed, amended or destroyed with the stroke of a pen, with the casting of a ballot, by the silence of the media or the indifference of the public. We are not special, we are not exceptional and we are not without hatred. Our freedoms are cloaked in the shadow of colonialism, many are recent and none are irrevocable. While many Canadians spent the week following the U.S. election counting their lucky stars they live north of the 49th parallel, taking to social media to sooth themselves with pride-filled hashtags, others were celebrating Donald Trump ascendancy.A poll released by Mainstreet/Postmedia last week found that 20 per cent of Canadian men and 15 per cent of Canadian women would have voted for Donald Trump if theyd had the chance. Canada, we are precarious, we are flawed and we are at risk. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.