From a reader, who explains;
I found the following inscription printed on the inside cover of a text book I found which looks like it was from the 1930’s
It was issued by the Government of British Columbia’s Education Department.
(I’ve copied the text in the extended entry for those who find the image difficult to read.)
THE CANADIAN’S CREED AND PLEDGE
I believe in Canada
I love her as my home. I honour her institutions. I rejoice in the abundance of her
resources.
I glory in the record of her achievements. I have unbounded confidence in the ability of her people to excel in whatsoever they undertake. I cherish exalted ideals of her destiny as a leader among world nations.
To her I pledge my loyalty. To the promotion of her best interests I pledge my support. To her products I pledge my patronage. And to the cause of her producers I pledge my devotion.
New kid on the block.
I just think that being blind to the realities that exist “on the ground” today and commensurating about how great things used to be in the past, will not provide us with the best answers for the future.
We only have to look at our southern nabours to see the results when one tries to go about improving this world using “macho” and “retro” outdated methods.
Playing the Ostrich and ignoring that about 60% of couples today are both working and no longer getting married is like living in LaLaLand allright.
I think the major difference between the American flag and the current Canadian flag is that so few have died defending the current Maple leaf. Now the old Red ensign thousands died defending it. Canadians were dieing defending freedom for more than a year before Americans were in WW2. I am a proud American but if I was a Canadian I would be flying the ‘old’ red ensign in honor of all the brave heros who died defending it. Freedom come from the blood of heros not some politicans giving a speech in front of some t.v. camera.
all gave some
SOME GAVE ALL
I appreciate your graciousness in disagreeing with me, dutchymtl, but as for your comment “Playing the Ostrich and ignoring that about 60% of couples today are both working and no longer getting married is like living in LaLaLand allright” I have to demur.
The ostriches are those who don’t seem to realize that Canadian adults are massively neglecting and abandoning our most precious resource: our children. And this is happening because of fatherless families and too many double-income families. Look, my husband and I lived on a very modest income in order for me to stay home with our children; we didn’t–and still don’t–have matching furniture and I don’t have the wardrobe I would choose if I had more money. We didn’t have a lot of things our more affluent (and double-income) neighbours had, but what we did have was a tight family unit which, by the way, gave a lot of support to single-mom families in our neighbourhood (about 80% of my daughters’ friends lived in single-parent families). I babysat for them (no charge) when their moms were doing the late shift at the local gas bar or one of the town’s restaurants, or when a mom got caught in a blizzard too far away to get home that day (her four kids camped out on my kids’ bedroom floors).
Check out the statistics around troubled youth who end up in lives of crime and then in detention centres or jail: There is no corelation between poverty and a life of crime. The corelation is between fatherless families and a life of crime. Something like 80% of these young people are from homes with no fathers.
THAT’S the reality. Ostriches are the ones who refuse to see that if we don’t accurately diagnose the problem, the patient dies. It may be that these facts are not politically correct–nor comfortable for the multitude of parents who, quite inadvertently, no doubt, are neglecting their child(ren), but the fact is, kids don’t bring themselves up and they do far, far better with the guidance and support of two parents.
To NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
I guess our lifestiles are (were) quite similar. Always a Mom at home to bring up the children and support others that were in need for whatever fictitious reasons. I also agree that the gouvernements we (or rather the majority of us) elect, encourage the “double income” family syndrome to the detriment of our society, the family unit and children in particular. This in turn results in higher crime rates, suicides, school drop-outs, sexual promiscuity, etc.etc. Still, once again, if there is no father, and Mom has to work and soon there will be not be any good samaritan nabours (like us) left at home anymore…….
A universal daycare is a practical way to go at this particular time in our history. Who knows, may be in another decade or two or three, we will come full circle and return to sanity.
In the meantime to give those two family earners some extra cash to get rid of their children makes me squeamish. I would rather see a means test and make them pay and pay and pay, double or triple not only for day care but also for many other services they think they need (INCREASE the GST) and possibly it will help them come to the conclusion that their children are more valuable than a few extra (highly taxed) dollars for wardrobe updates and matching furniture.