Macleans Magazine publishes article consistent with a pro-North American Union media bias

by Paul Chen

In the "cover story" article title "We want to vote -- in the U.S. election" published in Macleans magazine published 4 March 2008, Glynnis MacNicol made much of a CBC poll which suggested that 15% of Canadians would rather vote in the U.S. election. LINK.

The article then appears to suggest that we, Canadians, ought to want to become Americans to somewhat "complete ourselves" in relation to "voter envy". Glynnis MacNicol apparently based in New York City, made specific reference to the prospects of a Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama "dream ticket".

Interestingly, the writer did not mention the extent to which successive U.S. elections have resulted in the U.S. having the worst economic disparity in the world; and the extent to which Presidential candidates have sought to represent the ruling elites, and not the "average American". The Macleans article also did not mention the kind of social injustice and overall political disenfranchisement that exists in American urban areas like New York City.

As Canadians, are we supposed to be envious about areas of social despair in the Bronx, and much of Brooklyn and Queens, which produces rampant crime; or the crack destroyed areas of Washington D.C. and Baltimore, or the even more dangerous areas of St. Louis, and Watts in Los Angeles?

Great Canadians including Tommy Douglas to former Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau, sought to help affirm, defend, and inspire Canada's national identity as a socially progressive and independent nation.

America has become an increasingly fascist society under the pretext of the "War on Terrorism", which does not present any substantive role model for Canadians to be envious. American Presidential elections have become a glossy charade controlled by the same Eugenics-inspire group of elites.

There are currently Americans in Windsor who have sought to flee, as refugees, asylum from the worsening political economic decline on the United States.

Are we as Canadians, destined to be sucked into the made-for-Hollywood glitter without any sincerity, that captivates many of our earnest, but dumbed-down American friends?

It has been in our national character, to be driven as a society, by a politics of substance, and deeds, linked to constitutional values of social justice, equity, along with “Peace, Order and Good Government”, over empty rhetoric. It is that tradition that has guided our nation into supporting a one-tier universal public healthcare system, and other social programmes. These values and accompanying public policy commitments have traditionally kept the quality-of-living for the average Canadian to be much higher than that of the average American. Indeed, Canada during the Jean Chrétien government, had achieved the status of being the best country to live in the world, according to the UN Human Development Index.

The Macleans magazine article at the very least, shows a curious lack of critical appreciation about who we are as Canadians.

When Macleans magazine published Glynnis MacNicol's cover story article, were the owners of that magazine, seeking to help champion itself as a voice for the North American Union, seeking to further rally more Canadians to see the "common sense" of the cited 15% of Canadians?

But these days, all over Canada’s television, radio, and print media, elites seem eager to convince us that we should surrender our national identity, in favour of adopting the perspectives and prejudices of corporate America.

In the 1970's into the "Free Trade" elections of 1988, the Canadian mass media sought to critically inform Canadians about the threat to Canada's national sovereignty posed by the U.S. political-military-industrial complex.

It is unfortunate that Canada's mass media has been bought out by self-serving interests, which now seek to present apparent dissembled articles and commentaries which appear to be designed to test the public opinion waters for a neo-fascist North American Union agenda.

As Canadians, it is within our national identity to once again be the leaders in quality-of-living, as spreaders of messages of empathy, peace, and wisdom, that can inspire other nations, if we can be left alone by the mischievous elites who seek to sell their souls out to forces of corporate greed, mass-deception, militarism, exploitation and oppression.

To them, I say, I would rather be Canadian.

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