Where Church and State Align

 

 

He says on Canada Day, we celebrate all that is exceptional about our country, but we must not gloss over the fact that there are those who still need help.

 

Johnston urges all Canadians to discover what they have to give to create a better future.

 

It's a message we're hearing a bit these days - that each man for himself isn't going to work, that market forces don't create social balance and that the only solutions that work are ones that we build together.

 

It's the antithesis of the notion that Canadians don't care about the way our democracy functions, and that we're all on our own to survive as best we might with the resources we have or can wrest away one way or another.

 

The Pope feels the same way.

 

The Conservative Party has been attempting to rebrand itself as Canada's natural governing party - or, more appropriate, to rebrand Canada in its (Stephen Harper's likeness).

 

Alas, governments don't shape society in their image - it's society that, ultimately, shapes government.