I can’t live for more than four years outside of Canada. I’m Canadian, so ultimately that is my reference point. – Yann Martel
I knew I had to write about Canada. I just could not find in literature any examples of the immigrant experience that I’ve had. – Shyam Selvadurai
Australia and Canada were settled by adventurers, they had to break new ground. I think that is indelibly etched on our cultural spirit. – Tom Cochrane
I’m supportive of practical nationalism, like the kind we need in Canada to avoid being absorbed into a much larger country. The kind of nationalism I despise as destructive and infantile is really just tribalism writ large. – Steven Heighton
I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada. – T. J. Perkins
Conceived as a short-term remedy to the occasional ailment of acute labour shortages in key industries, the indentured-labour service had to be dismantled by the Conservatives owing to its inevitably scandalous abuse by disreputable employers. By 2012, there were 338,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada. – Terry Glavin
I’m half Egyptian, and I’m Muslim. But I grew up in Canada, far from my Arab roots. Like so many who straddle East and West, I’ve been drawn, over the years, to try to better understand my origins. – Shereen El Feki
Canada, Australia and New Zealand have apologised for their treatment of native peoples. – Stephen Kinzer
The Canadian economy relies on foreign trade. Nearly three-quarters of Canada’s exports go south. – Terry Glavin
Everything that comes out of Canada musically, I support. I support Toronto 100% because I’m on the side of the music. – Tory Lanez
Canada is like an old cow. The West feeds it. Ontario and Quebec milk it. And you can well imagine what it’s doing in the Maritimes. – Tommy Douglas
Canada is in budgetary deficit now only because of the recession, only because of stimulus measures, and we will come out of it. We will go back into surplus position when the economy recovers. So there is no need in Canada to raise taxes. – Stephen Harper
I spent my childhood in Newfoundland and then my junior high and high school years in Alberta, Canada. – Sara Canning
My first western was ‘Death Hunt’ with Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin; that was where I learned to ride. The movie was based on a true story about a guy that eluded the Mounties in Canada. We were in Canada for six weeks riding horses. – William Sanderson
All the jobs I’ve gotten in the last two years are because directors have seen the work I’ve done – indie films, plays, short student films, TV – since I moved to the states in 1996. I mean, I have an entire career in Canada that nobody has seen. – Sandra Oh
An uncle of mine emigrated to Canada and couldn’t take his guitar with him. When I found it in the attic, I’d found a friend for life. – Sting
Americans are a decade behind Canada when it comes to sex education and understanding their bodies. – Sue Johanson