“I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone.” LongFilmDifficultGoneToo MuchBoardsCanadaTopicsFundingApprovedPaperwork Author:Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
“It was a long hard bumpy road, but this great country kept me inspired with its beauty, character, and spirit, driving me to keep marching on and devoted to sing about its people and places that make Canada the greatest country in the world.” PeopleWorldLongCountryHardCharacterSpiritInspiredDrivingCanadaDevotedGreat CountryMarching OnBumpy Roads Author:Stompin' Tom Connors
“The Anglo-Saxon has established himself in climates totally diverse - Canada, South Africa, and India - and, through several generations, has preserved his essential race characteristics. He is not, of course, superior to climatic influences; but even in warm climates, he is likely to retain his aggressive vigor long enough to supplant races already enfeebled.” LongEnoughCoursesRaceGenerationsInfluenceEssentialsIndiaSouthClimateWarmSuperiorsCharacteristicsCanadaAggressiveDiverseSouth AfricaVigorAnglo Saxon Author:Josiah Strong
“My zest for exhibition has over a long career become increasingly a mania. The ecstasy I feel as I survey work I have done I want to share with the world - not the whole world which couldn't care less, but my private world, which is my country, Canada.” WorldWantFeelsLongCountryDoneWholeCareCareersShareWhole WorldCanadaEcstasySurveysExhibitionsManiaZestLong Careers Author:Joseph Plaskett
“Is it in our national interest to overheat the planet? That's the question Obama faces in deciding whether to approve Keystone XL, a 2,000-mile-long pipeline that will bring 500,000 barrels of tar-sand oil from Canada to oil refineries on the Gulf of Mexico.” LongFacesInterestPlanetsOilMilesCanadaSandMexicoBarrelsPipelineNational InterestsKeystonesGulf Of MexicoRefineryKeystone Pipeline Author:Jeff Goodell
“Canada, having few indigenous prejudices, has been compelled to import them from elsewhere, duty-free, and it is the rare Canadian who is not shaken, at some time in the year, by "old, unhappy, far-off things / And battles long ago", like Wordsworth's solitary reaper. We are a nation of immigrants, and not happy in our minds.” YearsMindLongHas BeensNationsDutyBattlePrejudiceUnhappyCanadaImmigrantsElsewhereSolitaryLong AgoCompelledIndigenousNot HappyImportsReaperWordsworth Author:Robertson Davies
“There is an international disease which feeds on the notion that if you have a cause to defend, you can use any means to further your cause, since the end justifies the means. As an international community, we must oppose this notion, whether it be in Canada, in the United States, or anywhere else. No cause justifies violence as long as the system provides for change by peaceful means.” IfsMeanLongEndsStatesUseCausesCommunityUnitedUnited StatesViolenceDiseaseNotionInternationalTerrorismPeacefulCanadaJustifyInternational CommunityEnds Justify The Means Author:Richard M. Nixon