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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
OK, so why don't we agree to this:
1. Academics sometimes have to leave Canada, because there are better opportunities in the U.S. (this is just a fact)
2. Living in the U.S. for a while doesn't make you less Canadian. In fact, such an attitude is provincial and dumb.
3. Living in the U.S. also doesn't make you MORE Canadian. That would be even dumber.
4. The fact that Ignatieff happens to have chosen a career in the academy has no bearing on his trustworthiness, Canadianness, or any other substantive character that might have any bearing on his preparation for Canadian politics.
If we can agree on that, then I think we can finally drop all this nonsense. That is, if Harper quits beating on it like a broken drum.
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Totally agree.
However, comparing our flag to a beer label while living abroad, referring to himself as an American repeatedly, claiming the United States as "his country", and slagging our military and their achievements definitely makes him "less Canadian" than most.