It seems to me that this article is written by a white person for other white people only.  The "Canadians" he spoke of seems to only include those who have white skin and anglo features.  Not once in the article he had entertained the idea that Canadians from other ancestry might have a vastly diffrent opinion than his.  Should these Canadians of aboriginal, African or Chinese ancestries  continue to feel that they are secondary Canadians  to the "mainstream" Canadians?  Does the author able to comprehend the basic concept that the European settlers in the past basically robbed the land from the First Nation people and drove them out of their own home?  I agree Canadians should not feel ashamed of their history, but we should acknowledge and learn from the mistakes and acknowledge the vast contributions of non-white Canadians who had contributed so much in building this country.   And stop denying the rights of non-white people in this country as Canadian as yourself.