I hope everyone has survived the past week with the onslaught of urgent e-mail messages flooding our Inboxes and advertising flyers bloating our newspapers touting Black Friday & Cyber Monday’s fantastic deals that we can’t live without.
For a county like Canada where our national credo is “We’re like Americans … only nicer!” we sure are fickle when it comes to embracing American culture and traditions. There is no doubt about it, spending money, doesn’t matter if we actually have it or not, has become a tradition and part of our North American culture.