Canada: Hippie Nation?

“Canadians can’t quite believe it: Suddenly, we’re interesting.
After months of making the news only with our various communicable diseases–SARS, mad cow and West Nile–we’re now getting world famous for our cutting-edge laws on gay marriage and legalized drugs. The Bush conservatives are repulsed by our depravity. My friends in New York and San Francisco have been quietly inquiring about applying for citizenship.”

Naomi Klein in The Nation

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