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Recently in the news there has been a lot of discussion over the comments that were made on Fox news about the Canadian military. The especially appalling comment "I didnt even know they were in the war. I though [Canada] is where you go when you dont want to fight" brought back some of the ideas that were discussed in our lecture about Canadian identity. Although there have been many different opinions on the incident - from its insensitive nature to 'who gives a damn about fox' news, the general idea of the controversy reveals some of the ways that Canadian identity is structured by 'our difference from the US'. If you want to read more you can check out : http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Canadians+proud+their+military+history/1429829/story.html