High Trust Society
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Summary
A nation is a people with a unique history and culture. We are more than just lines on a map or an economy, we are a nation. I see the nation as kind of the next building block above the family union. You have the individual, the family, and then you have the nation. And I think that's what we need to focus on.
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I would go back to the kind of just general kind of sense of community and the kind of high-trust
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environment that Canada was known for. It's not even that far gone. Like, when I was growing up,
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things were very different than things are now. You know, children had much more license to roam
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the streets and play. Now crime has gotten up. People aren't comfortable in their own environment.
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And, you know, we just don't have this same cohesive kind of community environment that we once had.
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And I think that has a psychological toll on people.
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A nation is a people. It's not a set of ideas. It's not a set of values.
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It's a people with a unique history and culture.
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We're more than just lines on a map or an economy.
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I see the nation as kind of the next building block above the family union.
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You have the family, and then you have the nation.