National, Political and Cultural

National, Political, and Cultural. What are we? Where do we belong? All three of these identities are evident in our daily lives, and although we may not be aware of it, they affect our lifestyles in a large way. We as Canadians have great national pride. Walking through Abbott's halls I tried to count the number of Canadian flags on other student's backpacks and ended up losing count. We drink Molson Canadian and worship the dreadful Montreal Canadiens. This is national identity, we do these things because we love our home, this is where we belong, and we are proud to call ourselves Canadian's.

The general public's knowledge or interest in political functions is minimal, and I fit that category. Politics, especially in this country, are quite boring. This is more than evident when one looks at the low voter turn out at the last national election. No one really cares, but this however it a mistake as there are many issues which must be closely looked at, particularly in Quebec, where the French population seems to believe that they "belong" in their own country, but I won't get into that, or this paper will never end.

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