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From: andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: What is Canadian culture, $$
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Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 19:15:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 24 19:15:56 1987
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Reply-To: andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews)
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>In article <5292@watmath.UUCP> imprint@watmath.UUCP (Imprint) WRITES:
 [a definition of Canadian culture]

In article <2751@hcrvx2.UUCP> jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson) writes:
 ["why would free trade change any of this?"]

     My old friend JBR has once again missed the point entirely.
We were talking about how including the media in free trade would
make the American media and culture more influential in Canada.
The response (from him among others) was "who cares, American
culture is so similar to Canadian that it wouldn't matter anyway,
right?"  So the responses have been definitions of Canadian
culture and its distinctness from American culture.

     Now he seems to be admitting that there are differences but
now also arguing that the massive influx of American media would
not affect Canadian culture in this way.  I think he either forgot
his previous position or is just retreating to what he thinks (in
his foolishness :-)) is a more tenable position.

--Jamie.
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