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| | ESR | May 24, 2004 | Victoria Day and the life and death of traditional Canada |
 | | It could be argued that, with the death of the living, breathing body of Canada, the country today is a wholly artificial entity, like Frankenstein's monster, kept supposedly "alive" only by the narrowest economic self-interest, and by massive state subsidies to the aptly-named "cultural industries" (which, incidentally, few today notice is itself a quasi-Stalinist term). |
 | | Indeed, there seems to be nothing to Canada today but the continued maintenance of a high standard of living and the vaunted social programs (especially the healthcare system); and the proclaimed right of anyone living or arriving here to enjoy all these benefits without one iota of responsibilities. |
 | | However, it could be argued that the ghosts of the old Canada may be discovered -- for those few who still seek them -- in whatever architecture has been saved from the post-Fifties frenzy of development -- splendid churches, the grave buildings of public squares and old universities, traditional homes built in solid style. |
| www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0504/0504vicday.htm (1067 words) |
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