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The Scott Ross: The Need of a Canadian National Monument

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Canada has no real national monuments.

Mostly it’s because of the irony; towering statues and obelisks that promote pride in Canadian humbleness or simplicity would tend to miss the point. But that problem assumes Canadians would look upon a 100ft copper maple leaf with arrogance and not their common reverence for the natural world around them.

Some may say we don’t need any large showy structures, that national monuments are grandiose and idealistic. However there’s nothing more idealistic than believing Canadians are so above human nature that they have no need for symbols to inspire them.

We are known for pragmatic and humble, but those traits should not stop us from lifting them up in stone or steel to remind us of what we aspire to be. We have never let us being humble stop us from doing great things and we certainly shouldn’t let it now.

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