Citizenship, Immigration and Federalism: The Complexity of Modern Democracy in Canada

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His Excellency John Ralston Saul
Speech given at the opening of the new Canadian Embassy
Berlin, Germany - May 13, 2005

"There's been a lot of progress in the past few years in relations between Canada and Germany. In many ways we have an enormous amount of work to do and I think Canadians are very conscious of it, certainly the government is. .

Obviously, we disagree on some things. What, exactly, I don't know but it must be a very interesting area to discuss because we agree on so many areas and wherever the other is a little bit ahead, we're asking them how they're doing it. There are a whole series of areas where Germany is way ahead of Canada and there are a few where Canada is probably ahead of Germany.

So I thought I would talk for a little while about something that all of you who have been to Canada know about. It's interesting to think about this as a Canadian when you come to Berlin and it's interesting for Germans who have been to Canada to think about it periodically once they're living again in Germany. That's the whole question of citizenship and immigration. Or turn it around to reflect the true order of it - immigration and citizenship. ..