The soul of the Canadian personality is supposed to be reticence. This is the country that has made “diffident” a bad word. Politeness is our second name. No one wishes to be pushy and those among us who are aggressive are assumed to be either Americans who have worked out their Vietnam draft-dodger angst or recent arrivals from Hong Kong.By Allan Fotheringham4 min
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