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    "title": "Canada: Final thoughts on an epic trip",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2006/07/15/canada-final-thoughts-on-an-epic-trip/",
    "datePublished": "2006-07-15",
    "dateModified": "2006-07-15",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "This trip home has been an eye-opener. It has reminded me why I want to call myself Canadian, and live in this country.There is a flow here. A bounce. A…",
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# Canada: Final thoughts on an epic trip

This trip home has been an eye-opener. It has reminded me why I want to call myself Canadian, and live in this country.

There is a flow here. A bounce. A knowledge that we are **NOT** as doomed as the United States is. Canada is not crippled by a devastating and useless war, a moralistic and divisive leadership, or a fatalistic sense of empire.

Even in the middle of nowhere, I knew I was in another place. A place where things get done. Slowly, but they do get done. A place where people all understand that there is a lot more to the world than navel-gazing introspection and misplaced imperialism. The world is a place to celebrate, not conquer.

Canada is home. The United States is the place I reside.

The next five years are going to be very interesting. And I know what side of the 49th Parallel I want to be on.

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