National Identity

Nation: 1.a large body of people, associated with a particular territory, that is sufficiently conscious of its unity to seek or to possess a government peculiarly its own.

Recently our federal politicians have been grandstanding back and forth about motions declaring the province of Quebec a nation. A lot of paper and bytes have been wasted discussing what it means, whether it is true or not, and why or why not it is a good idea to talk about it.

Idiots.

Of course Quebec is a nation. Its been a nation for years, decades.

I've got more news for you: Ontario is a nation as well. So is Alberta. And the other provinces and territories. There are nations within nations, nations stretching across other nations, and people belonging to multiple nations.

Quebec is a nation within the nation of Canada, just like many other nations. Having our "leaders" declare this in Parleiment does not make it any more or less true. Seperatists do not want their own nation, they already have it. What they want is more power for their nation and that power must come from the nation of Canada.

And that is the rub. Its always about power.