Canada's achievements and sacrifices at Vimy Ridge 96 years ago have become a very meaningful touchstone for Canadians. The Vimy legacy has helped to build a bridge to a well-deserved national sense of pride and achievement. Let's all consider our unique history and Canada's place as a civil and open society.

You could learn a lot about Canada's national psyche from the country's enduring fascination with the battle of Vimy Ridge, fought 95 years ago this past week.

In other words, the 100,000 Canadian soldiers who won the greatest battle of World War I were not Canadians, according to today's Citizenship and Immigration. How dare Harper's government say that no one born in Canada prior to the 1947 Act was "legally" a Canadian citizen!

Thousands of Canadian students joined the Governor General and the minister of veterans affairs in France today to mark the 95th annivers...