Only in Canada

I'm a pretty multicultural guy but something I heard tonight could only happen in Canada.

While lacing up the blades at loonie skate, some young boys were lacing up their's across from me.  The tv had the Canuck-Penguin game on and there was a shot of Sidney Crosby.  One boy said well he's played for your team to another.  The other said he hadn't.  I inititially thought the boy meant the Canucks but I discovered he mean national team.  The other boy said what do you mean, he played for Canada to which the second  boy said, my country isn't Canada it's China.  Now the boy who said that had obviously been born in Canada or at the very least received all of his education in Canada because he spoke English like a native English speaker, no accent whatsoever.

It got me thinking, what is wrong with our country where someone who is born here sees himself as being from China and not Canada.  Do we not do enough to bring our immigrants or children of immigrants into the fold? 

My grandparents immigrated from Scotland in the 1920s.  Both my parents were born in Canada as was I obviously.  My parents never saw Scotland or UK as their country nor do I.  Did we assimilate my parents better than we now do?  Has multiculturalism diluted rather than strengthened Canadianism?  It's only nine months since the Olympics brought us all together as Canadian and made us more patriotic than ever before.  Yet already at least some are reverting to their old country ties and abandoning their Canadianism.  Now it might be this boy is unique and is just trying to figure out where he belongs in this country but who knows.  Maybe, just maybe, we are not quite as Canadian or as united as we think we are.

I am sure after I ponder the above rhetorical questions, I will have more to write.  Stay tuned.