Canadians love their myths. They keep us cozy, warm, and, when we need it, comfortably smug.
There’s a lot of material here, but today we’ll deal with the media-fuelled fantasy that Canada is viewed by Americans as a country they prefer.
Yes, it was true that, as early as November 7 last year, Quebec Premier François Legault and others were warning that Canada had to brace for an influx of migrants that would most certainly be fleeing the U.S. due to the election of Donald Trump as president. It was also true that Reuters, the next day, was reporting that Canadian police were “bracing” for the same. Even The Guardian weighed in. Everyone was all over this story. We were all “bracing.”
And it was true, as the CBC reported in January, that “refugee advocates, federal government departments and immigration lawyers” were again “bracing” for more asylum claimants.
