"Liapkin rolled one to Savard... Savard cleared the pass to Stapleton, He cleared to the open wing to Cournoyer, Cournoyer took a shot! The defenseman fell over Liapkin... Now Cournoyer has it on the wing... There's a shot! Henderson makes a wild stab for it and fell... Here's another shot... right in front... Henderson has scored for Canada!" - Foster Hewitt, September 1972

If you were a Canadian on that fabled day in '72, you most likely knew where you were, what you were doing and how old you were. Most Canadians were huddled around TV sets and radios when Paul Henderson scored with 34 seconds remaining in the 8th game to win the Summit Series challenge for Canada against the Soviets. I personally wasn't born 9 years, 1 month later, however, I know the story all too well and it has a place in my heart as many vintage Canadian moments do. The question is, do many people still view themselves as proud Canadians? Many think we are simply the 51st state or a refugee dump station for other countries.

As the world drives into the 21st century, technology is taking an increasing role in everyone's lives. New innovations, such as the Internet, are making every corner of the worl

d closer. This is known as globalization. Where before countries were thought to be quite distant, today, we can travel and converse quicker then we ever could before. I believe it's this reason why Canadians feel that they're no longer their own sovereign country. This makes our country more accessible to other nations. Because of it, more people are visiting our corner of the globe and then moving here when they realize what a great place it is to live. Many feel our current immigration policy is a bit out of control and that many Canadian-born residents are losing jobs. However, Canada is a country that is largely founded by the early immigration by early-1800's Europeans so diversity is a part of our heritage. Many feel it's the American influence on our society that is causing our loss in identity.

More Canadian pride can be taken from the fact Hockey Night in Canada is the longest running syndicated television in the world. Many commercials have been running for the last 5 years featuring prominent historical Canadian moments and everyone is becoming increasingly aware of our roots. Also many web sites now offer Canadian alternatives to their site, like "Yahoo.ca" which will find Canadian web sites before searching the rest of the Internet.

There are some disappointing losses to some of our heritage as some companies and traditions won't live on into the 21st century. However, this is happening all over the world as everything is becoming, bigger, better, faster and more importantly closer. Canada has to follow the flow or we will be left in the dust. the future doesn't mean we will lose our identity, instead it means we will have to endorse it more openly as there is more of a world stage to play on. As long as Canada remains friendly with major countries like the U.S. and makes sure they keep their own identity at the same time, w

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