When I first arrived in the Sault 23 years ago to launch SooToday’s news operations, I confess I quickly developed a hidden agenda. I wanted to encourage the growing number of newcomers arriving in this city. I took great pride in arranging coverage of things like the city’s first cricket matches and restaurants specializing in exciting new cuisines. I wanted to be part of a community that didn’t just tolerate cultures different from our own, but actively celebrated them. If you’re ever invited to attend a citizenship ceremony, I strongly suggest you go. Seeing the pride on faces from around the world as they become citizens of our country is likely to forever change the way you view our nation. We may not be perfect. But we’re admired globally and it’s sad it’s taken us this long to see the virtues that others see in us.
When I first arrived in the Sault 23 years ago to launch SooToday’s news operations, I confess I quickly developed a hidden agenda. I wanted to encourage the growing number of newcomers arriving in this city. I took great pride in arranging coverage of things like the city’s first cricket matches and restaurants specializing in exciting new cuisines. I wanted to be part of a community that didn’t just tolerate cultures different from our own, but actively celebrated them. If you’re ever invited to attend a citizenship ceremony, I strongly suggest you go.
Seeing the pride on faces from around the world as they become citizens of our country is likely to forever change the way you view our nation. We may not be perfect. But we’re admired globally and it’s sad it’s taken us this long to see the virtues that others see in us.