O Canada, never stop being weird | Emer O’Toole | Opinion

They say my adopted country, 150 this year, is dull. From puppets to survivalism, the truth is far stranger

Canada Day is approaching, and it’s a big one, because the country turns 150 this year. I recently became a permanent resident of Canada, and received an armful of magazines and pamphlets intended to acclimatise me to life here in America’s hat. The Welcome to Canada handbook details the nation’s geography, climate, system of government, rights and freedoms, laws, and more. Yet it left me strangely bereft of information on the Canadian character...