Canadian Dream

This topic was the straw that broke the camel's back; Welcome to my first blog post, ever. I had been toying with the idea of starting one because I like to voice my opinions through writing (write my opinions?) and I do not have the drive nor the ambition to become a writer. Also the accessibility of starting one's own blog is too tempting.

Today I stumbled upon the heading of an article that read "Is Debt Killing the Canadian Dream?"
Beyond the fact that debt can be the killer of many dreams, not country specific, I was confused as to what the "Canadian Dream" was.

The cliche American Dream seems to be centered around starting your own business, making a lot of money and living in a large house in the suburbs (however I am sure that sentiment is changing).
But as any Canadian could tell you, Canadians and Americans are not alike.

So then what could the Canadian dream be?

My first reaction would be to say that there is no one dream that could encompass Canadians - the variety in people alone would pose a challenge.

However since there is no sport in shutting an idea for a blog post down here are some of the ideas that I have come up with about the "Canadian Dream" - the making of, the end result and the people.

• Passionate hard work leading to success - Canadians do not shy away from putting in the effort in order to reap the benefits, my guess? something to do with having to shovel so much snow just to leave the drive way (some are passionate about shovelling, don't judge)
• Starting from nothing and creating something to be proud of - this point is in honour of all the people who immigrate from foreign countries with very little and manage to start their own business and flourish within this country
• Something my friend Kayla likes to call "Canadian Famous" - where you would recognize them on the street, but there are no photographers following them, and they are able to lead fairly regular lives. (discounted: Canadians who move towards American notoriety - Jim Carey I'm looking at you)
• Respected but not boastful - an off-shoot of the above points, where Canadians work hard to achieve their dreams but are respectful of their success and do not take it for granted. What I think about the Canadian fashion industry.

As I was writing these down, I began to think of Canadians who would discredit each point, making this post little more than an idyllic vision of Canada. However I feel that there is such diversity within Canada that it would be unfair to discredit those people (I am too nice - even anonymously) And there are a great number more Canadians who have achieved what is success in their minds who might fall within all of my ideas.

Regardless congrats Canadians - I like the lot of ya.

Canada is my Dream