Beneath their work the moral core of Canadian nationhood is found in the fact that Canada is a monarchy and in the nature of monarchial allegiance. As America is united at bottom by the covenant  Canada is united at the top by allegiance. Because Canada is a nation founded on allegiance and not on compact  there is no pressure for uniformity  there is no Canadian way of life. Any one  French  Irish  Ukrainian or Eskimo  can be a subject of the Queen and a citizen of Canada without in any way changing or ceasing to be himself.
W. L. Morton
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