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Originally Posted by PowerPlayoffs06
http://history.cbc.ca/history/?MIval...ge_id=3&lang=E
He was accepted into the RCMP in 1990. Apparently the traditions of his old country were more important to him than those of the new country he decided to live in. So he expected the new country to change its traditions so please him so he can hold onto his traditions.
So Canada can have no real culture of it's own. It's merely is some land where people from around the world are invited to come enjoy the freedoms and rights this country provides them, but hold onto their own out of date traditions because it suits their belief system and expect Canada to conform itself to those traditions and beliefs?
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Ahha, define to me what Canadian culture is?
To me it is the sum of all the cultures of all those who live in Canada, and that is why I think Canadians are somewhat apathetic. We are a very young country, a country still in the process of change, the change is coming from those within our country and it is coming from those who move to our country. And it is confusing to many because we don't know who we are yet or who we will become. The one thing I would emphasise to everyone is do not be afraid of change and do not be afraid because something or someone is different. Change in itself is not bad and change does not mean that you will lose your culture. You are the one who is responsible for keeping your culture alive. We are extremely lucky we live in a country where multiple cultures are accepted. Celebrate that fact. Don't bemoan the fact that everyone is not like you.
You know, I was just a school child when the whole fiasco with the flag was going on. My God, when I look back on that today, I can not believe that so many actually wanted to maintain the Union Jack as the defining symbol of Canada. Thank God Pearson stuck to his guns because now we have one of the most beautiful flags in the world, a flag that is instantly recognized as a Canadian symbol.
I was a young adult when the whole fiasco with the RCMP and the turban issue was such a divisive issue in Canada. Now look back on the institution of the RCMP since that whole scene. Was all that hullabaloo worth it? I do not think so. I can not see how the institution has been compromised whatsoever. I mean, there was a real issue when women joined the RCMP as well. And don't forget about the first aboriginal Canadian who became an RCMP officer. Heaven forbid, he was allowed to keep a braid under his hat, like how awful
Has the instituion of the RCMP and what it stands for and how we recognize it been compromised? I do not think so. It might have changed and grown, in other words, it is now visible to all that both sexes can become members of that instituion, and that people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds can belong to that instituion. But seriously, has that instution been compromised? Heavens no. So, don't be afraid to grow as a person or as a country.
And if you are not willing to change and grow, sadly, you will go the way of the dinosaur. Personally, I feel so much richer for having many cultures in our country.