Disown the Podium

Remember The March of the Penguins, where all the male Emperor Penguins huddled together for warmth in the coldest place on earth and Morgan Freeman told us why?

I’ve always taken that image as a symbol for Canadians. Thrust into a cruel alien world, we take shelter in the centre. The edges frighten us, our well-mannered ‘middleness’ makes us the nicest…