TOUGH ONE FRIDAYS: THE RECIPE FOR CANADA
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who have come here with nothing in their pocket but a dream. Hard work along with a determination to become Canadian makes great stories. Stories that Canadians love
to brag about to the world! One side of my family came over during the Irish Potato Famine. It was at a time when the Irish were treated quite poorly yet my family worked
hard, volunteered in three of our wars, and learned what it is like to be Canadian without losing their Irish heritage. Now everyone claims their Irish heritage, especially on St Patrick’s Day.
Conversely, Canadians hate cheats. It doesn't matter whether it’s a politician, an athlete, or an illegal immigrant. Consider an engineering student who cheats on their exams: you don’t think much of it until you realize you are driving on the bridge they
helped design! A friend of mine says it this way, “A chocolate cake without chocolate ain’t chocolate cake." There is a recipe to making Canada and it has made us the greatest country to live in. That recipe is why people want to be Canadians. However, when you throw in things that are contrary to that recipe, you affect the 'cake'. What are these damaging 'ingredients'? Drugs, gangs, historical hatreds from the old country, or a lack of understanding that we believe in equality: these things will poison the cake.
The good thing about our recipe is that it's flexible. When good things are brought into the
country, we get to choose what improves our cake. That is why people from all over the
world blend in. Can you picture Canada without Italians, Germans, Chinese, Lebanese or
Irish? That would not be Canada. So the secret is this: make sure the ingredients improve the
cake and keep the bad stuff out; then enjoy the cake!
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