it akes more than |

. by. John Belanger’

a Maybe that accounts f

an. trying to. get out.

We just can’t stand the.
competion. This does not

_ apply to goods and services,

for one of 6ur endearing

/. features is that’'we love
things American. But it does

ly to ideas. If a new idea

" “drifts north from the U.S. .
‘and. crosses the 49th parallel
.it_is immediately. regarded

with suspicion.

current t public perception of
one James Earl Carter, Jr. is
perfect proof of this par-
ticular pudding. |

His- predecessor’s public
‘perception was even worse,
for some perfectly good

' reason.

this to humble America -

about the

- As queues for gasoline lengthen in the U.S., the
temptation is to feel that the sun ha finally set on
the American ¢ empire, such as it is..

Nothing: “could” ‘be further’

from the truth. True, the
~ lineups have driven some to
frenzy; ‘even: violence. And
they are maddening proof all
is not well in the home of the
free and the land of the
brave. :

But. you will . not knock
over the Excited States of
Hamerica with a lineup,
; however long. The country

-is made of sterner stuff: This
corner has long been an.

unabashed fan of the U.S. I
_like its people, its style.

Next to this place it is

undoubtedly the best place

_in the world. I like the way it

- looks, its unbridled

- arrogance. I like its open-
ness, its friendly attitude’
The Americans are without
question’ the friendliest
people in the world.

Some picky Canadians.

wil] dispute this, but we area
cold, impersonal nation. The
_U.S., as anyone who has
ever spent any time there

will tell you, is not.
has made all the difference.

This is not to demean my
native land. Heaven forfend.
The first thing I do upon
landing at Toronto In-
ternational Ai is kiss
the tarmac. It is merely to
point out that some coun-
tries are different than
others.

A poet called Sandburg
said it all long ago: “The

TRAINING ~—
DIRECTOR

BRITISH COLUMBIA

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4

offices.
THE CANDIDATE

of

- feature of the place.

"(grown in 4 Short yoars to"an Siganization with over 2,000

" republic i is a dream. Nothing
happens unless first a
dream.” One thing about the

eternal varieties is that they ~

. are, well, eternal.

With the possible ex-
ception of England, America
has probably given more to
‘the .world_than any other
nation. Yes, there are
problems:. Yes, they are

- mounting. But America will
survive. It always does,
which is yet another
charming and enduring

It is fashionable here to be
anti-American. We are smug
about lineups in New York,
Los Angeles and

Washington. We point with

justifiable pride to safe,

decent and § comfortable
cities and laugh at
Cleveland.

Anyone who laughs at
Cleveland has never been to

Regina.
One fact of life we ‘must

4 > fale
cultural
western world. When Paris

gave up that position in the -

30s New York took over and
has never looked back. And
for all of our carping

nationalism, Canadians must _

realize that we are doomed
to being a backwater
forever, an eddy in the tides
of cultural life.

Which is not to say we -

don’t contribute, of course.

na

aa ares

centre of the

We do. But the leadership
comes from the U.S.’ This is
true in almost every field of
endeavor. It is; especially’
‘true in the world ‘of, wait for
it, business.

“The Ameticans did not
invent business, but they

_ Sure as hell honed it to an art
- and a -science. They are .

without question the best
businessmen in the world,
swift, innovative and daring.
Give an American an new

idea and he will run with it.

.

Give a Canadian a new
idea and he assumes the pose
of Rodin’s The Thinker. Our

‘national animal is all wrong.

It shouldn’t be a beaver. It

Should be an ostrich.

There is a _ streak of
jealousy in us, a fibre of envy
that leads to much anti-
Americanism. It has been
said, and is about to be said

again, that underneath every

Canadian is a furry little

‘That does not say much
U.S. and

people. But it says yards
about us.

Worse, if i it’s possible, this

attitude is hardening. It is

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