1. Because why try something that never worked in the first place ?
2. No, they were devoted to Britain from what I understand, and the Queen.
3. No - I think I used other words like 'welcoming'. I would also add 'industriousness' and 'pragmatic' as well as 'cooperative'. The strong sense of nation happens in some places but not others.
1. It seems to work in the US.
2. Then why did we create Canadian citizenship in 1947 and get rid of being just "British subjects" immediately following the war, and the Canadian flag came a bit later? Answer: nationalism.
3. These things have been our motto for at least 30 years. Why would we continue to rely on something for our nationalism that hasn't done nearly enough for it? You're basically calling for the status quo. It's not enough. You need a shared culture, not feel-good buzzwords. Quebec has a shared culture, therefore nationalism. You're saying 'yay multicultarlism", which is literally the exact opposite of a shared culture. Quebec having a different culture than the rest of Canada has been DIVISIVE, the same with aboriginals. We need to emphasize our commonalities, not our differences.
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