John Robson: People Move to Canada to Be Canadian, Not Hyphenated Canadians

John Robson: People Move to Canada to Be Canadian, Not Hyphenated Canadians
People gather in a park on a warm fall day in Montreal on Nov. 7, 2020. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The other day I happened to have commercial dealings with a guy whose name and accent made clear he was from Russia. So here’s what I told him about the invasion of Ukraine: nothing. Not because I don’t care about Ukraine. I do, on humanitarian and strategic grounds. The reason I didn’t give Boris what-for (and don’t use his real name here) is that he’s not Vladimir Putin, RT, or “Russian.” He’s Canadian.

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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