Descripción: Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada.
«In some ways the very concept of "hero" seems to conflict with traditional views of what it means to be Canadian. Marshall McLuhan described us as "the people who learned to live without the bold accents of the national ego-trippers of other lands." And even though our history is full of great acts and great people, Northrop Frye contended that we are "a country which has manifested a great deal of courage but has never responded with much warmth to charismatic leadership."»