Canadian history is a work in progr...

Canadian history is a work in progres which cannot be viewed from a single perspective. National history is possible, if Canadians embrace the suitable the bad, the minority and majority perspectives. Canadian history cannot be the history of the same people, but of many, with many customary threads: our ancestors' quest for riches, the general disdain for our southern neighbor, and pride in nationwide healthcare. language to a Canadian Studies censure at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, January 7 2003

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Is national history possible? As author of five editions of a work called The Short History of Canada, I answer, as