Political Tradition
Cosmopolitanism refers to 'worldly' values
which has made Canada a Great Country.
These values are associated with the
Canadian identity as a compassionate
society, that has for example, embraced universal
public healthcare, and multiculturalism.
'Wordly' values that have been vital to
the traditional healthiness of the Canadian
social fabric, (relative to the United States
and many other societies) have been substantively
undermined by the institutionalization of a "survival of
the fittest" environment. This "survival of the fittest"
environment in Canada has been induced
by Americanizing cultural norms associated with the
so-called "free trade" regime.
Our alternatively presented Cosmopolitanism at a basic level
could be viewed to bring together
the national vision of Canada's first
Prime Minister, Sir John A.
Macdonald, with the idealism of
Tommy Douglas -- who championed
universal public healthcare in Canada.
