They're too late. Bill C-55 is but one nail in Canada's culture coffin. One trade magazine publisher even disguises it to look home-grown.
Citizens know little of their own country.
A 1998 survey showed a large percentage of the population failed a short quiz. The 1991 Heritage Quiz of 1,628 Canadians, conducted by Martin Goldfarb and Associates for the Association for Canadian Studies found only 57 per cent knew Canada's first prime minister and only 31 per cent could name the governor-general. Canadians' perceptions of their country is increasingly Americanized. During elections, Canadians believe they elect a premier or prime minister , just as Americans elect a president. Canadians believe the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the Canadian Constitution.