The author looks at an important question – in what sense is Canada a nation?
In societies such as Canada, the terms “nation” and “state” are often considered to be describing the same thing. However, a more subtle approach could describe a “nation” as something close to a cultural or ethnic entity, whereas a “state” is a legal structure than can include mostly one, two or several nations.
Gad Horowitz is one of the most interesting figures of the Canadian Left. One of his central ideas was that Canada as a whole could be characterized as a binational State. The two nations are English-speaking Canada and Quebec. Gad Horowitz had also suggested that “Britishness” can be mostly a “political nationality” that does not imply ethnic or religious exclusion.
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