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Ingratitude Is Tearing at Canada

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Ingratitude Is Tearing at Canada
Settlers in wagons make their way along a trail 60 miles north of Edmonton in 1910. Most early Canadians were happy just to be here, in cold and rough conditions. National Archives of Canada/Carl Engler
Brad Bird
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In the early years of the winding and pebbled road of my working life, a sign was hung in the staff room by one of my bosses, a grocer named “Friendly Fred.” I’ve never forgotten its wise but simple message: “Gratitude is the attitude.” It was 1976; I was 17 and happy to earn $2.15 an hour stocking shelves

Brad Bird
Brad Bird
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Brad Bird began his career by freelancing in the 1970s. He worked for the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1980s and various smaller papers since, as well as abroad in conflict zones and for a Conservative MP in the Harper government. Also an author, he divides his time between Manitoba and B.C.
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