text: Johnsmith,
  
    I disagree.
    In my view Canada's best values were the values of Canadian hippies in the era of social transformation, 1967-73.
    Our values were called the "counterculture". They included stronger democracy of the people, by the people, for the people, inclusiveness; community; secularism free from religious dogma; more money for workers, less for corporations; back to nature protection of the environment;  justice for all; social justice; equality for all;  strong social safety net; generosity of spirit; simplicity and anti-commercialism; organic food; meditation and yoga; fun; laughter; sex.
     Good will towards all with malice for none.
    All of these amazing values, except for the few that have been commercialized have been defeated by corporate culture.
     Believe me. Unless you're a CEO hippie culture was so much better than cut throat corporatist culture or the religion-ridden cultures of backward, impoverished, authoritarian countries.