"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 wor

All is not lost for the average Canadian however. There are still many signs that Canada is a dignified country with many people who endorse pure Canadiania. Some of the best evidence of this is when the Olympics come every second year. Canadians always proudly endorse their athletes abroad no matter what region of Canada they call home. The sport of hockey has long been something Canadians from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island all can identify with. Our hockey teams and players from world tournaments right down to minor hockey always endorse themselves as being lucky and proud to represent the country. We are a leader in world politics when it comes to peacekeeping and aid missions and many countries have a special place for Canada in their heart. Not to mention the countries we helped liberate in the WWI and WWII. Canadians can travel all over the world knowing there is not a country that they are in a serious conflict with.

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.

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a large scale. At the same time, it might be one of it's worst problems.

As far as media is concerned, there is also a recent swing towards many pro-Canadian television shows and most noticeably, commercials. Much like the new Molson Canadian commercial featuring "Joe" and his rant about being Canadian.

There are some disappointing losses to some of our heritage as some companies and traditions won't live on into the

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