One of the late Peter Gzowski’s most amusing contributions to the never-ending search for Canadian identity was his contest to find this country’s equivalent of “as American as apple pie.”<\/p>\n
So they made a national contest to come up with a new Canadian slogan and fill in the blank, “As Canadian as …<\/strong>” So what are “the circumstances” under which people feel and become most Canadian?<\/p>\n “To be as Canadian as possible under the circumstances …” Not a bad citizenship objective, despite its self-deprecating modesty. But let us then pay greater attention to defining, expanding and appreciating “the circumstances” under which we become “most Canadian.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the late Peter Gzowski’s most amusing contributions to the never-ending search for Canadian identity was his contest to find this country’s equivalent of “as American as apple pie.” So they made a national contest to come up with a new Canadian slogan and fill in the blank, “As Canadian as …” You could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[129],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90hsv-4T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":297,"url":"https:\/\/www.danieledavi.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/are-you-a-giver-or-a-taker\/","url_meta":{"origin":303,"position":0},"title":"Are you a giver or a taker?","author":"Daniele Dav\u00ec","date":"August 14, 2017","format":"video","excerpt":"Are you a giver or a taker? 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\nYou could think the winning entry was going to be, “As Canadian as maple syrup,” or, “… ice hockey.”
\nBut no, Canadians voted for their new national slogan to be — I kid you not — “As Canadian as possible under the circumstances.<\/strong>”<\/p>\n