Canada: Dissent from Nationalism

Canadians not only import more from the U.S. than anyone else, but chronically worry that they import far too much for their own good—from U.S. capital to U.S. television, movies and magazines. Is the Canadian national identity so undermined by U.S. influences that Canada runs the risk of cultural and economic absorption? In the current International Journal, the scholarly, influential quarterly of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Harry G. Johnson, 38, a Canadian professor of economics at the University of Chicago, answers a vigorous no.

Johnson is dismayed by the form that Canadian nationalist sentiment has recently taken, because it...

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