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There's no going back: the nation your grandfathers fought and died for is gone

There's no going back: the nation your grandfathers fought and died for is gone

Increasing numbers of Canadians no longer recognize their country. The Rewrite is about holding news organizations accountable, but it is also about our culture and today we dive right into it

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Apr 23, 2024
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Sure, some of this is natural.

As people age, they tend to worry that the values they lived by are no longer being upheld. Civilization, as the saying goes, is thousands of years old but never more than one generation deep—and that becomes more of a concern as people enter the contemplative phase of their lives.

But most…

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