Canada

With respect, fuck this asshole. He is equating Canadian nationalism specifically with our history as a British colony. The 'other' groups he brings up are just as Canadian as someone with British or French ancestry. Hell, my own ancestors came here over 100 years ago, from Norway. Think about all of the Ukranian-Canadians across the prairies? Chinese-Canadians, many of have deep roots in our country? Are they any less Canadian than someone with the surname "Tremblay" or "Martin"?

This "post-national" nationalism is the sense of nationalism I have always had. Broad strokes, if you call this country your home; work to make it a good place to live within your capacities; treat your fellow countrymen (gender-neutral sense) with respect and tolerance regardless of their religion, creed, ancestral origin etc.; and respect the fact that your own beliefs and lifestyles may differ from others, and tolerate that difference; I am proud to have you count yourself as Canadian, and I hope you share in that pride.

We are a nation with many, many skeletons in our closet. Many of us have, very often, not lived up to the stuff I've written here - individuals and institutions alike. But IMO these are the ideals we should be shooting for, and where we fail, it is a call to work harder.

What I feel is that my own sense of nationalism, and what it means to be Canadian, is not "post-national" but instead nationalism premised in what we actually are and can be - not what some guy may have wanted when we were British North America.