Canuck

  Tuesday, 2 December 2003

TheStar.com - AGO deep-sixes Group of Seven < 1:40:31 PM>.

The AGO has lost its way.

On the brink of launching an ambitious and only mildly necessary refurbishment, the gallery has decided to hide the work of the Group of Seven from public view

Canada's View on Social Issues Is Opening Rifts With the U.S. < 12:50:35 PM>.

From gay marriage to drug use to church attendance, a chasm has opened on issues at the heart of fundamental values. [New York Times: NYT HomePage] "The nations remain like-minded in pockets, but the center of gravity in each has changed. French-speaking Quebec, with nearly a quarter of the population and its open social attitudes, pulls Canada to the left, just as the South and Bible Belt increasingly pull the United States in the opposite direction, particularly on issues like abortion, gay marriage and capital punishment."

A fine article outlining some of the key differences between the US and Canada. There were many paragraphs I would have like to have quoted but this one drove home the importance of the cliché 'My Canada includes Québec!'