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There have been, over the course of the past few months, history making events that are 'nation defining'.

The first of these events for Canada could be said to be the re-election of Jacobi for a third term as President. Media followers will recall that at the time there was a fair amount of opposition and bad publicity towards this third term. However the President did what he needed to do, most importantly guaranteeing the support of the DAL. This was significant because Jacobi was recognized as an administrator who, along with his cabinet, had organized Canada's largest surplus and establish a sizeable reserve fund in case of war. But the focus was not the economy but the direct and immediate threat of invasion by PEACE forces. A peace time administrator would be our war time President.

The second event and most significant for us today, was the landing of French (PEACE) troops on the East Coast. The dialogue in Congress had been about the prospect of normalizing relations with France, making reparations for our past misdeeds and moving on with a treaty. That these events took place the way they did speak less about the competence of the Jacobian administration and more about the duplicity of our negotiating partners and the treason of the United Kingdom. Recall that at that time a newly minted Fortis was to be put into effect as a defensive alliance, one to which the UK would have been a founding member. Could something have been salvaged in the early going of this emerging World War? Impossible to know because this was also the time when our leaders started to tighten the flow of information. The polemic of "Us" vs. "the Other", seen in the campaign defining "Jacobi vs. Cobra", came to the forefront.

A very capable and effective communicator in his days as a journalist and Congressman, Jacobi inexplicably turned insular. Congress, like the military and citizenry, was to follow orders without question for it did not have the full picture. This full picture was not available for security reasons or because information changed too quickly. The end result was a feeling of helplessness. Cabinet positions and ministers changed, and continue to change, with disturbing frequency and without announcements of any kind. Members of the Canadian population with skills that are deemed significant are brought in to help, only to be dismissed the second they voice their opinions or point to shortcomings. The union of regions that is Canada was being fragmented by war while the union of goodwill and cooperation was being fragmented by suspicion and silence.

The implementation of citizenship should have been a defining moment for Canada but by this time the PEACE advance could not be stopped and the question of everyone's lips was no longer "Who will win?" but "Would anything survive?". For weeks the Canadian population had been assured that our invaders would be stopped in certain fortress regions. When it came time to fight those fortress battles however, the government stayed mute. Only timid communications instructing to hold fights or defend various regions... no words to rally the flagging morale of the population, no sharing of a plan for continuance. The third defining moment in the recent history of Canada was when Ontario finally fell. It was a massive conflict to be sure. A battlefield on which most left everything they had before being forced in exile. A battlefield that saw enormous sacrifices and many heroes.

Talk to many reservists during the war and they will tell you they were never supplied, never included in the fold, leaderless. In the dying days before the fall of Ontario, even the Elites stopped receiving supplies. Ordinary citizens took up the supply job. One such hero who sacrificed most, if not all, of his personal wealth, was John DesChamps. Although the region was still lost, the spirit shown by ordinary Canadians was the start of something important. In the vacuum caused by the inability to communicate effectively, the seeds of citizen activism was born. The best example of this is the work done by Tyler F. Durden, a man deserving of the title of Captain Canada. First with his own money, then by coordinating donations and like minded patriots, Mr. Durden repatriated important numbers of Canadians. In some cases ensuring they would be gifted with the right citizenship, in other cases simply bringing them in from the cold prospect of living under occupation and contributing to the enemy’s economy.

These two men, and others like them who often work for the benefit of the whole in obscurity, are true heroes. They have given us a blueprint or measuring stick by which we can quantify our own dedication to the ideal Canada.

So these are the parameters by which Canada was reborn. A nation where self-sacrifice became necessary as a question of life and death. A nation where the failure to communicate effectively and in a timely fashion has caused many misunderstandings and more conflict at a time where we cannot afford conflict. A nation were promoting the efforts of some is deemed political in nature and a grasp for power. A nation where opinions, debate and constructive criticism are frowned upon as everyone should be simply happy to conform.

We live in interesting times.
And yet Canada is reborn in truth. Energized and enlivened by hope. The victory in Quebec, at no small cost in resources and manpower to us and to our allies internationally, is one to rejoice in. The reclamation of Congress by Canadians for Canadians is equally joyous and uplifting.

We must thank the CAF who remain operational minus the budget they had grown accustomed to. Whatever your opinion may be on the way the World War was waged, the dedication and time investment by our military leadership needs to be mentioned and appreciated. The future of our nation rest in an effective and active military.

We must thank our international allies for their generosity and commitment to seeing our regions returned to us. When the current of world affairs turns against you, the easiest thing to do is to build up walls and hide behind them. That is always a recipe for disaster as shown by the way PEACE extended their dominions. Our allies have shown themselves unwilling to hide and for this we are grateful and will remember. It is also a motivation for us not to lose our resolve for friends are near.

To the resistance groups your work is only starting. Born in a hostile environment they will be pressed to prove their utility and worth. It would be narrow-minded to think they do not have their use and I hope as the dialogue progresses and regions and nations are free that they will be accepted for the contributions they bring to the table. They are getting more organized every day and should be seen as the strong will of the population to contribute.

Finally we must thank the government who for all their faults have remained active. There is no Canada today without the diplomacy of our leaders. Never forget that the burden they bear, which is the eyes of a whole nation and the criticism that comes with it, is often the heaviest of all. Politics can eat up and chew out the most veteran of politicians. Politics in a time of crisis and pressure more so. For that alone, they deserve our thanks.

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*The above was an article from a Member Paper of the Writers' Guild of Canada*