About Distinctly Canadian
This is a place to share photos and videos with a 'distinctly Canadian' vibe to them. The definition of 'distinctly Canadian' will be left open. Culture. Politics. Nature. Entertainment. Weather. People. Cities. Towns. Share the images that you believe are representative of our Canadian identity, or are simply unique to Canada and Canadians.
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• In the 1970s, CBC Radio's This Country in the Morning held a competition whose goal was to compose the conclusion to the phrase: "As Canadian as..." The winning entry read: "... possible, under the circumstances."
• Robertson Davies once commented about his homeland: "Some countries you love. Some countries you hate. Canada is a country you worry about."
• A half-joking definition of a Canadian, offered by The Economist in 1993: "an American with healthcare and no guns".
• Mike Myers once commented about his native country: "Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being."
• Prime Minister Mackenzie King quipped that Canada was a country with "not enough history, too much geography".
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On December 30th, 2009, Prime Minister Stephen Harper prorogued parliament for the second time in just over a year. Banking on the apathy of Canadians, Harper assumed his actions would go unchallenged. He was wrong.
On Saturday, January 23rd, 2010, Canadians made themselves heard.
This group is a repository for the photographs taken on that day.
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Additional Information
 This is a public group.
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Members can post 6 things to the pool each day.
- Accepted media types:
- Accepted content types:
- Photos / Videos
- Illustration/Art / Animation/CGI
- Accepted safety levels:
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