by arthur Weinreb, associate Editor,
June 18, 2004
and I am un-Canadian.
I don’t like the Liberal Party of Canada.
I don’t like political leaders who are arrogant.
I don’t like political leaders who want to fully take care of me.
I like being responsible for myself.
I love to fly the Canadian flag. I don’t fly other flags simply because it may be more convenient to fly them.
I believe in telling the truth and integrity.
I believe in keeping my promises. If I promise to get to the bottom of something, I will get to the bottom of it.
I don’t believe that a government should be corrupt.
I don’t believe that the ends justify the means.
I want to live in a democracy--not a country where political candidates are appointed.
I believe that Members of Parliament should be free to vote their conscience on moral issues.
I believe in God.
I think that the definition of marriage is a union between a man and a woman.
I want to live in a country where no group or groups get special rights.
I believe that all individuals, including Christians and americans, are equal.
I think that everyone’s views should be respected, even those who think that abortion is wrong.
I believe that I can spend my money better than the government can.
as long as every person is able to receive health care, I think that I should be able to pay for my medical services.
I want to live in a country where its citizens are not defined by how their medical services are delivered.
I want a strong military.
I want my country to have a foreign policy and not simply to go along with whatever the United Nations decides.
I believe in a country that knows the difference between right and wrong and does not see everything in terms of moral equivalence.
I want a country where my government will protect me from external threats.
I want to live in a country where the government will go after criminals.
I want to live in a country where second and third generation citizens do not think that the country is second to the country where their parents came from.
My name is Joe.
and I’m un-Canadian.