Pearson-Shoyama Institute
Place du Canada

An American Point of View

Sir;

I wish you success in you effort to promote Canadian patriotism. Canada seems to me to be a place in which the great experiment of democracy can continue avoiding the failures of its neighbor to the South. It is the ONLY thoroughly modern and democratic country in which one can drive from modern cities and within a few hours be in land untouched by man and his greed since the days of Columbus.

It was my good fortune to be in Canada in October of '95. During that time I travelled from Toronto to Montreal during the days leading up to the vote. As an American from the Southern states I was amazed at how blandly people discussed carving up the largest (in
land and potential) democracy in the world.