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Lament for a nation

the defeat of Canadian nationalism

by George Parkin Grant · 1965

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Grant describes what he sees as the inevitable process of the disappearance of a sovereign Canada, driven by economic interdependence with the United States and a form of liberalism focused on technological development and consumerist individualism. In particular, he laments the downfall of the Diefenbaker government: an event he interprets as a noble conservative standing on the principle of sovereignty and then being beaten down by North American elites unwilling to tolerate an independent Canadian defence policy. (from [www.sindark.com/2012/10/04/lament-for-a-nation/][1]) [1]: http://www.sindark.com/2012/10/04/lament-for-a-nation/

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