- more to the point - does Canada have to be a mean country? - only if we continue to become more and more capitalist in nature, with the "I'm ok f*** you..' philosophy. We don't have to continue down that path - we've come a long way since this all started in the 70s and became dominant with mulroney et al in the 80s - but I think we could turn it around. Some ideas about how it might be done - Green Island   http://www.rudemacedon.ca/greenisland.html