The government has unveiled its new guide to Canadian citizenship, known in English as Discover Canada. The contributors who helped to write the guide include a number of academics, including several historians:
Dr. Janet Ajzenstat
Mr. Curtis Barlow
Dr. Randy Boyagoda
Mr. Marc Chalifoux
General John de Chastelain
The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson
Mr. Andrew Cohen
Mr. Alex Colville
Ms. Ann Dadson
Dr. Xavier Gélinas
Dr. Jack Granatstein
Mr. Rudyard Griffiths
Dr. Lynda Haverstock
Dr. Peter Henshaw
Dr. D. Michael Jackson
Senator Serge Joyal
Dr. Margaret MacMillan
Dr. Christopher McCreery
Mr. James Marsh
Fr. Jacques Monet, SJ
Dr. Jim Miller
Ms. Deborah Morrison
Dr. Desmond Morton
Mr. Bernard Pothier
Mr. Colin Robertson
Dr. John Ralston Saul
Organizations that assisted with the prepartion of the guide include: Canada’s National History Society; Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (FCFA); Historica — Dominion * Institute for Canadian Citizenship.
I will post some thought about the historical section of the guide later today. These thoughts will include a list of the historical inaccuracies and serious ommissions I discovered.
The Past Speaks 
The test of good citizenship is loyalty to country,Government health care changes the relationship between the citizen and the state, and, in fact, I think it’s an assault on citizenship.