The Canadian Manifesto by Conrad Black

★★★★ ☐ The publisher has provided a copy for review.
As a Canadian who's lived elsewhere (including in the USA) for over 30 years, this was fun to read. It starts with a review of our history and the relative tranquility of our national ethos. We've had no emancipation of slaves or civil war,. We've skipped most shows of force in industry contexts that result in loss of life. (No coal wars for us.)

So how do we appreciate and contribute our ethos to the world at large when our southern neighbor is writing the script for global interactions and forceful (sometimes even bullying) in promoting their worldview and agendas?

Black suggests several areas in which Canada could become a role and world leader. Can he galvanize a nation of responders and generally apathetic citizens to action? That remains to be seen.

I enjoyed it, cheered for much of it, and will ask my expat friends to read it as well.