Proud to be Canadian

An Australian Definition of a Canadian

This is absolutely wonderful, don't miss it. 

Be proud! Pass it on.

Once in a while someone does a nice job of
describing a Canadian, this time it was an
Australian dentist.
In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is . . .

**Proud to be Canadian
An Australian Definition of a Canadian -
Written by an Australian Dentist

You probably missed it in the local news, but there
was a report that someone in Pakistan had
advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to
anyone who killed a Canadian - any Canadian.
An Australian dentist wrote the following editorial
to help define what a Canadian is, so they would
know one when they found one.
A Canadian can be English, or French, or Italian,
Irish, German, Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. A
Canadian can be Mexican, African, Indian, Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian, Asian, Arab,
Pakistani or Afghan.
A Canadian may also be a Cree, Métis, Mohawk,
Blackfoot, Sioux, or one of the many other tribes
known as native Canadians.
A Canadian's religious beliefs range from
Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or none.
In fact, there are more Muslims in Canada than in
Afghanistan. The key difference is that in Canada
they are free to worship as each of them chooses.
Whether they have a religion or no religion, each
Canadian ultimately answers only to God, not to the
government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for
the government and for God.
A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous
lands in the history of the world. The root of that
prosperity can be found in the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms which recognize the right of each
person to the pursuit of happiness.
A Canadian is generous and Canadians have helped
out just about every other nation in the world in
their time of need, never asking a thing in return.
Canadians welcome the best of everything, the best
products, the best books, the best music, the best
food, the best services and the best minds. But
they also welcome the least - the oppressed, the
outcast and the rejected.
These are the people who built Canada. You can try
to kill a Canadian if you must as other
blood-thirsty tyrants in the world have tried but
in doing so you could just be killing a relative or
a neighbour. This is because Canadians are not a
particular people  from a particular place. They
are the embodiment of the human spirit of freedom.
Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, can
be a Canadian.
Please keep this going! Pass this around the World.
Then pass it around again. It says it all, for all
of us.
'Keep your stick on the ice'