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Canadians from coast to coast are finding and displaying patriotic pride
12 minute read Monday, Mar. 24, 2025It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment the flag-waving, chest-thumping Canadian patriotism movement began.
But it’s not a stretch to say it had something to do with hockey, that old proxy for geopolitical beefs.
Surely a tipping point was with the booing of the American anthem in Canadian NHL arenas immediately after the country was struck by the political equivalent of slashing — the introduction of tariffs, as an impending threat, that left the country wanting to throw off its gloves.
And throw off its gloves Canada did, in the round-robin matchup against the U.S. at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament last month, when three fights broke out within the first nine seconds of the game.
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