Here's an interesting perspective from Simone Schmidt of the Canadian Band One Hundred Dollars ...

"The conflict in Canada is always posed as, 'We have no national identity,'" says Schmidt during a recent interview in Toronto. "People have been hooked on that for about 40 years. [But] we have to realize we do have a national identity that we don't necessarily want to embrace. There's a range of things that come up when you love a place, just like when you love a person. It's like writing a love song – you have to be critical and embrace the things you don't love in the hopes of changing them."

As per my own cultural heritage ... it has very little impact or importance on me personally, and I find it more so as I get older ... but I do appreciate the cultures of other people in my community .... if not for the exposure and exchanging of different foods, music, languages and philosophies ... the weaving of all of these differences creates a wonderful, beautiful tapestry.

All cultures change and evolve with the exposure to new and different cultures.

biLL