Interesting that the author feels no gratitude to anyone other than her parents.  Essentially she has chosen to take her country for granted.  She isn't an immigrant but the child of immigrants and maybe this is par for the course.

I'm an immigrant and I am grateful to Canadians (previous immigrants and native born) for building the country.  Yes, it was "built"- with laws and customs, with dirt roads and railways, with cleared forests and fields.   With families who sacrificed their sons to fight in foreign wars.  With thousands of Canadians who fought for political causes like women's rights and medicare- and who were able to convince other Canadians to peacefully adopt these ideas.

I have lived and studied in other countries and I have found. that most people want the same things; justice, kindness and a good home for their children.  However, the difference is always in the details of what they are prepared to do to achieve these things.