Are you a Canadian Nationalist?
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ShareYou may have read, or voted on, the poll question Tuesday. The question was, “Would you consider yourself to be a Canadian Nationalist?”
The suggestion for this question came from a news story titled ‘Survey Measures the “Olympic Effect” on National Pride’. The following excerpt gives the background:
TORONTO, March 8 /CNW/ - The Vancouver 2010 Games appear to have brought Canadians closer together, says a new survey commissioned by The Historica-Dominion Institute.
The survey, conducted by Ipsos Reid, found that eight in ten (80%) Canadians now ‘agree’ (37% strongly/44% somewhat) that they are a ‘Canadian nationalist’, up eight points from an identical poll taken a year before the end of the Olympics. Moreover, a majority (63%) of Quebecers (21% strongly/42% somewhat) now agree that they are a Canadian nationalist, an increase of 15 points from last year.
“The Vancouver Games were a sweet moment for Canada, perhaps a watershed,” says Andrew Cohen, president of The Historica-Dominion Institute. “In the afterglow of the Olympics, we are seeing a renewed sense of pride in our country, especially in Quebec. We are more confident about ourselves. The challenge for us now, as a country, is to sustain that momentum.”
We were curious to see how our Red Deer readers compared to this survey. Of course, we do not have any ‘year before’ figures for comparison, and our poll questions are not reliable or scientific, but here is what we found.
Of the 280 readers who voted in the poll question, 78% agreed (51% strongly/27% somewhat) that they are a ‘Canadian nationalist’.
Though this really means little, it appears that Red Deerians have strong loyalty to Canada.
And so it should be. Canada is a country to be proud of!
