When it comes to sport, we in this country have adopted the adage that if it’s Canadian, it can’t be good. And it’s paralleled with the ‘real’ political

world.

Now. before all the righteous wailing begins, just tell me why the Canadian World Cup soccer team, struggling to advance to the finals of the most prestigious sport event in the world, is receiving such pathetic and feeble coverage, while the made in America World Series, National Football League, along with the sadly feeble CFL and diluted NHL getall the marbles.

This country seems always to be in the position of putting down anything Canadian in favor (see, even our spelling is now

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And, it’s not only sport. Look at magazine racks and book stores, and television stations and movies.

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atmosphere from the baseball world series while trying to delude ourselves that there are two ‘Canadian’ teams in the League. Economically, we sold out to the U.S. many years ago and successive governments do their utmost to keep their foreign businessmen happy by draining the blood from the local Canuck yokel. While a bunch of Canadians are playing their hearts out down in Honduras trying to reach a pinnacle never before reached by this nation, having knocked off the United States and

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Mexico to get there, the blessed live-off-the-Canadi- an-taxpayers C.B.C. doesn’t give any game coverage.

But we are able to watch — live (and that’s a dubious term), the posturings and prattlings of a bunch of selfish politicians in Ottawa trying to convince the public that what is being done with the so-calfed constitution is being done for their benefit. All the while supporting movements to keep up soul destroying interest and mortgage payments in order so big businessmen will be happy.

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What is so particularly galling and disgusting is that if Canada wins a_ couple more games and looks like

they may make it to Spain,

then the media types will be wetting themselves . with excitement all trying to hop on the band-wagon.

Just the same way the politicians will come up with promises and cuddles when the election draws nigh.

Playing for Canada in this world cup round is knowing that you do not have the nation behind you.

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