‘I AM CANADIAN’ – OR NOT

March 31, 2024

Citizenship can be viewed as a badge of honour but also as a system of indoctrinating the population in ever-evolving sets of values and narratives serving state imperatives. It’s an elusive dream for many but an expensive, burdensome source of aggravation for others – one increasingly being rejected by many applicants-turned-“onward migrants” who no longer embrace the value proposition of becoming Canadian.