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The National Question in Canadian Development: Permeable Nationalism and the Ideological Basis for Incorporation into Empire
Abstract
The contradictory character of Canadian nationalism distinguishes it fromthe nationalisms of other advanced capitalist countries in both content andform. Nationalism in Canada has been constructed in a more associativethan dissociative manner in relation to the British and American Empires.1As in other advanced capitalist countries, the national question in Canadais intertwined with the accumulation strategy pursued by the ruling bloc.The Canadian ruling bloc has had a long history of co-existing, facilitating,and profiting from foreign investments. How has it been able to manage andprevent a popular response to high levels of foreign ownership and continentalintegration? In this paper, I argue that in the historical formationand articulation of permeable nationalism2 has been an important ideologicaltool used to support and stabilize the deep integration agenda. Viewedfrom our perch in 2010, it becomes clear that the popular-nationalist interludefrom 1967 to 1984 stands out as an exceptional period of Canadianhistory.
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