If you asked a bunch of foreigners about Canada you would likely get the description 'nice'. If you asked Canadians about Canada you would hear how we 'invented' peacekeeping, punch above our weight and how the 'world needs more Canada'. Except that Canadians are wrong. We have dropped precipitously off the world stage over decades and are a mere shadow of what we once were? Why? Borealis talks to Ottawa-based journalist Andrew Cohen about this fall.
If you asked a bunch of foreigners about Canada you would likely get the description 'nice'. If you asked Canadians about Canada you would hear how we 'invented' peacekeeping, punch above our weight and how the 'world needs more Canada'. Except that Canadians are wrong. We have dropped precipitously off the world stage over decades and are a mere shadow of what we once were? Why? Borealis talks to Ottawa-based journalist Andrew Cohen about this fall.