The Australian Definition of Canadian
Here is an interesting article I came across with, about an Australian dentist’s definition of Canadian:
An Australian Definition of a Canadian
In case anyone asks you who a Canadian is . . .
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.
A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous lands in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can befound 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’
January 18th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
the first description is rather funny though. It reminds me of, I once asked, what do you call a Chinese who lives in India?
It’s not that unusual to call an Indian or Chinese, a Canadian. But when you call a Chinese an Indian, that sounds rather weird, isn’t it? Well, at least for me it does. :D
January 19th, 2010 at 11:36 am
Ai Shiang,
I agree with you. Which one comes first, the root of your family or nationality? To be more specific, perhaps for Chinese in Canada should be called Chinese Canadian, whereas Chinese in India should be called Chinese Indian :)
January 21st, 2010 at 9:02 pm
I worked for a group of Chinese who live in Canada, one person I heard of but their name isn’t coming to my mind said that the work place wasn’t Canada is was Chinada.
January 21st, 2010 at 9:38 pm
That’s the first time I heard of Chinada, Miles. That’s funny…. I guess certain places in Canada with high Chinese population, it can very well be true :)