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I too do not understand Canadians who t...</title><content type='html'>Well said! I too do not understand Canadians who think we should cut our ties with the Commonwealth, while at the same time they can&amp;#39;t explain why we shouldn&amp;#39;t then just join the United States? After all, in terms of nationhood English Canada is culturally close to the US than Quebec in many ways. To me the explanation is in history, which is that we choose to retain our strong ties with the Commonwealth and the old world.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5143744639502431096/6058848908057267438/comments/default/4973388715275881953'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5143744639502431096/6058848908057267438/comments/default/4973388715275881953'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ancestralnotes.ebradt.org/2011/07/proud-to-be-canadian-but-why.html?showComment=1311329719417#c4973388715275881953' title=''/><author><name>Graham Sproule</name><uri>http://theroyalunionist.blogspot.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://ancestralnotes.ebradt.org/2011/07/proud-to-be-canadian-but-why.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143744639502431096.post-6058848908057267438' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5143744639502431096/posts/default/6058848908057267438' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1763597372'/></entry></feed>
