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An Australian Definition of a Canadian
In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is . . .
You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a report that
someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward
to anyone who killed a Canadian - any Canadian.
An Australian dentist wrote the following editorial to help
define what a Canadian is, so they would know one when they found
one.
A Canadian can be English, or French, or Italian, Irish,
German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. A Canadian can be
Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian,
Iranian, Asian, Arab, Pakistani or Afghan.
A Canadian may also be a Cree, M?tis, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Sioux, or one
of the many other tribes known as native Canadians.
A Canadian's religious beliefs range from Christian, Jewish,
Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or none. In fact, there are
more Muslims in Canada than in Afghanistan . The key difference is
that in Canada they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
Whether they have a religion or no religion, each Canadian ultimately
answers only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming
to speak for the government and for God.
A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous lands in the history of
the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms which recognize the right of each
person to the pursuit of happiness.
A Canadian is generous and Canadians have helped out just
about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never
asking a thing in return. Canadians welcome the best of everything,
the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food,
the best services and the best minds.
But they also welcome the least
- the oppressed, the outcast and the rejected.
These are the people who built Canada . You can try to kill a Canadian
if you must as other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world have tried but
in doing so you could just be killing a relative or a neighbour. This
is because Canadians are not a particular people from a particular
place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit
of freedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere,
can be a Canadian.
Please keep this going! Pass this around the World.
Then pass it around again.
It says it all, for all
of us.
'Keep your stick on the ice'
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Robert White