r/CanadianEditorial

https://www.mustardclementine.com/p/we-can-do-better-than-a-downgraded

Happy Canada Day. I wrote about Canada’s dependency problem, our elderly toddlers, our disruptive teenagers, and why I don’t think finding a better daddy is the same thing as growing up. Constructive disagreement very welcome.

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