#canadian

Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans. ↗

— Timothy Garton Ash

#bit #canadians #ethnic #europeans #immigration

But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#best #canadians #despite #difficult #either

However, if we examine the Canadian scene closely enough, we can see signs of this physical and spiritual rot settling into a number of our Canadian urban centres with a troubling spill-over into many of our more rural areas. ↗

— Alex Campbell

#canadian #centres #closely #enough #examine

We Canadians are not given as a people to great patriotic displays. ↗

— Kim Campbell

#displays #given #great #patriotic #people

I'm very proud to be Canadian, but I would move to New York in a heartbeat. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#heartbeat #i #move #new #new york

It would be simply suicidal to French Canadians to form a party by themselves. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#form #french #party #simply #suicidal

Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#compel #country #disastrous #french #house

Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats. ↗

— Jack Layton

#canadians #democrats #elect #get #here

My mother was Canadian, so you never knew what she was thinking. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#knew #mother #never #she #thinking

I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion. ↗

— Robert MacNeil

#britain #canada #canadians #fervently #generation