Did you know that Canada has suddenly become ‘hip’ again?
I don’t know why, but for some reason, a notion like that coming from a New York Times reporter, irritates me.
It ranks up there with folks who think Canada is an extension of America, like we aren’t sovereign in our own right.
Peter Stevenson, the reporter who wrote the frivolous article, listed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as one of the reasons why our country has become popular again, and I’m glad our nation’s leader is getting some attention in the foreign press so to speak - any exposure is exposure after all so who better to promote us than our political rockstar of a leader, but what bothers me about the article is that this reporter lumped him with Justin Beiber, Drake and some other people I’ve never even heard of.
He’s not on my playlist, but Justin Bieber is popular anyway, and so is Drake, but those are the reasons why a New York Times reporter thinks we are hip?
Come on, really? Of all the reasons why Canada is awesome, he chose the Beebs?
If you’re going to be a big shot and write a list of reasons why we’re suddenly ‘cool’, you’d think a recognizable band like Rush or any of its members might have made the cut, but no, Stevenson left them out.
I do like America, don’t get me wrong, but I’m not all too sure about opinions like Stevenson’s.
For one thing, you have to wonder if it isn’t just the fact that our money is basically worthless to them, because they are definitely capitalizing on it whenever we do business.
Conversion rates are absolutely dreadful.
Books I had printed last year for $30, for instance, are now costing me $65, so things are obviously different than they were in 2014 or in 2013 even, but hey, America thinks we’re hip now so that’s a bonus I guess.
Sorry America, I don’t think many Canadians were aware you had such a low opinion of us to begin with, let alone care about popularity contests right now.
I guess if we’re on the list finally though, we should expect more business and profits on our end right?
Don’t worry I won’t hold my breath. I can’t wait until people like Stevenson find out a Canadian oil company filed a motion to sue the American government.
Now, that’s cool. That is guaranteed to make us popular with our southern neighbours.
In all likelihood, we are going to lose as we have done before, but that doesn’t matter.
Regardless of the financial return if we are successful, it is the principle of the thing that matters the most.
Americans think we are hip again, and all we had to do was allow our economy to tank.
After everything they have refused from us lately however, you have to wonder what they want.
