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Canada has this odd inability to assess its own performance by its own indicators; by how it should be doing intrinsically. There's a pull to lamenting itself in unrealistic comparison to much bigger/very different countries. Or excusing itself cause it's not said other country
There this dichotomy in Canada where it is both hyper-aware of other countries and holds itself up as an equal to very different countries; yet is also very insular, anxiously focused on itself, and fails to see any of the factors that lead other countries to be different
There's a pull towards mediocrity too. Because the measure of success isn't 'how should we, a small but slightly outsized G7 country be doing given our assets & needs?'. It's an unrealistic comparison to other countries, which results in either doing Terribly or Wonderfully
Conversations don't centre on whether we're OK with our performance ourselves. Like, given our funding, capacities and values, are we OK with this?
No, it's straight to 'other countries are worse', 'no, I found one indicator where we're better', 'at least we're not Romania'
No, it's straight to 'other countries are worse', 'no, I found one indicator where we're better', 'at least we're not Romania'
