These are rightwing talking points with little relationship to the facts. Under the Trudeau government Canada has produced record amounts of oil and gas. Canada is one of the top four oil producers <i>in the world</i>. [1]<p>Canada has problems but a reluctance to exploit its natural resources is not one of them. In fact, the extent to which oil and gas production has ravaged swathes of the country is a disgrace.<p>1: <a href="https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/5781-record-high-crude-oil-production-largely-driven-oil-sands-crude-oil-year-review-2023" rel="nofollow">https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/5781-record-high-crude-...</a>
>I don’t feel pride in being Canadian because pride, to me, is reserved for accomplishments<p>>I had no part in being born in Canada, nor shaping this lovely country ... a country filled with opportunity and beauty, where hard work is rewarded, and life is governed fairly and predictably<p>>I am proud of my ancestors ... who crossed oceans, who spoke no English, and settled in the rugged, frozen prairies of Saskatchewan.<p>Does he think the modern Western democratic country we now know as "Canada" was always there and his fortunate ancestors stumbled upon it? Does he not consider carving this beautiful and just land of opportunity from a frozen wasteland an accomplishment of his ancestors?<p>How can you not feel pride in that? Does he not consider <i>himself</i> - a strong, healthy, intelligent, thoughtful man - an accomplishment of his ancestors; the result of millions of years of toil and struggle and selection?<p>Does he think it's random chance that he was not born in a hut in Tanzania?<p>How can one express pride in his ancestors and their achievements in the most abstract sense, while being very sure to completely reject any pride in himself and what they built? Indeed, what else is there? If you asked them, I'm sure they would say that their family and home are their greatest accomplishments - things that he explicitly excludes from eligibility for any sense of pride whatsoever.