If Canadians are politically illiterate, there is a reason for it

By not offering some kind of a vision for Canada, our leaders are encouraging people to lose interest in the country itself.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada is a ‘post-national state’ with ‘no core identity,’ and some Canadians have interpreted that to mean our history and political culture don’t count for much, writes Andrew Caddell.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

March 29, 2023

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—Almost 20 years ago, I was assigned to produce a PowerPoint deck for the then-Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, now Global Affairs Canada. The purpose of the assignment was to look into the future to determine how the multilateral syst...

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