To the editor:
Re: Say it loud and say it proud: I just love being a Canadian, Dirk van der Werf column, July 1.
As an American in Ajax, I am continually amused and confused by Canadians.
Why is it that on Canada Day, the day Canadians should and would presumably focus solely on Canada, yet another column is published bashing America and stereotyping Americans?
Last year it was a News Advertiser editorial, this year a column by a Dutch immigrant, Dirk van der Werf's generalizations about Americans are comical.
To suggest that all 300 million Americans are "brash, presumptuous, in-your-face, and almost superficial" is simply ignorant. As far as health care, Mr. van der Werf conveniently fails to point out that the 265 million Americans who do have health care do not have to wait for it -- what a novel concept: not waiting for health care!
On Independence Day, rest assured there will be no editorials or letters in any American newspapers bashing Canada and Canadians; instead, the focus will solely be on the country which is where it should be.
Why do Canadians have to bash America and Americans to feel good on Canada Day?
Laszlo I. Buda
Ajax
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