Our obsession with the U.S. is hazardous

Each year tens of thousands of adult Canadians leave to work in the U.S. and never come back. Plus, many Canadians know more about the U.S. Supreme Court than our own. That’s a problem.
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27.
OTTAWA—This week was a high point for Canadians obsessed with the country to the south of us. On television and in social media, the carnival sideshow and morality play that was the Senate judiciary hearings in Washington, D.C., into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh consumed us. Meanwhile, ne...

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