What Being a Canadian Citizen Means to Me

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When I ask myself what being a Canadian citizen means to me, what first pops up in my mind is all of the cherishable stereotypes that Canadians get figured as. Those stereotypes can range from pronouncing about, aboot and saying eh at the end of every sentence to riding polar bears around instead of cars (which would personally be awesome!). Being apart of these stereotypes is a blast and it gives a great laugh for everyone when asked by someone from a different part of a world, giving them serious response claiming that they're all true. It's a privilege to grow up in a country with plenty of friendly people around and in an environment where there are plentiful opportunities for job's and other career's that someone may want to pursue in life. Here, in Canada people have all kinds of values that are expressed throughout everyone, such as; Equality with all of the citizens and the basic freedoms like freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of thought. Sharing those values as a Canadian citizen makes me feel included in the community, just like how everyone else should feel, Canadian citizen or not. In all, being a Canadian is a great deal to me, it's not who I am underneath, but it's what I do that defines me (Batman quote!), being Canadian. Now it's aboot time I hop back onto my polar bear and make my way towards my igloo, I have to catch me some hockey
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