States Life: Less-Than-Ideal Vehicle and Canadian Values

states life: So she is a less-than-ideal vehicle for discussions on citizenship, according to Globe and Mail. Ms. Leitch is nakedly ambitious; she endorsed a snitch line last year, a nod to George Orwell's 1984. Leitch aside, to think clearly about Canadian values, consider that there are really only two types of countries nation-states where citizenship is based on ethnicity Japan, for example or religion Saudi Arabia ; and countries based on a shared set of ideas and ideals France liberty, equality and fraternity the United States life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness Canada peace, order and good government . Canada's credo is not robustly idea obvious, but it is derived from British and French influences and thus includes assumptions about freedom, the rule of law, the necessary division of power and so forth. Anyone can rally to these; it matters little whether one was born in Buffalo, Beijing, Beirut or Barrie. To place these ideas at the pinnacle of a country's self-understanding means anyone is potentially welcome provided they commit to the ideas and the norms that flow from them freedom of speech and religion, property rights, the equality of individuals before the law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.