March 17th, 2009 - A nation of citizens (excerpted from Who We Are: A Citizen’s Manifesto)
by Rudyard GriffithsViews for this post: 1,458
Those who would have us believe that Canada has always been a contingent association of different regions, linguistic groups and ethnic communities ignore or have forgotten the story of our evolution as a civic nation. History shows that ours is a political community built on shared democratic values and institutions rather than on ethnicity, region or language.






Jack Mitchell is a poet and writer living in Toronto, author of two novels for young adults and a Canadian epic poem. His work has appeared in Geist, the National Post, and the LRC. He is a graduate of McGill University and of Stanford University.