Sunday Salon: tolerant Canadians

Reading was slower this week than last. I finished Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid. Although the book was, predictably, a very exciting page-turner, the rationale of each of the criminals in the two intersecting crime plots turned out to be, well, ludicrous. Nevertheless, I'll probably read her next.

I read a passage that I thought Susan Barr might like (apart from the grammar, which like me she probably won't):

" 'He was planning to escape to a cottage in Canada?', Kevin expressed the incredulity Carol thought they were probably all feeling. 'Canada?'

'He was thinking about it, at least,' Stacey said.

'You wouldn't think Canada would be the destination of choice of an Islamic fundamentalist fugitive, would you?' Chris said.

'They're very tolerant, the Canadians,' Paula said."

(Note to Susan: Carol does go on to add 'not that tolerant'.)

I'm now well into The Pool of Unease by Catherine Sampson: verdict so far is excellent.

Comments

[Susan Barr]

Perfect spot to go 'on the lam'! This is indeed a very tolerant country. I think we actually have the British to thank for that. When they won on the Plains of Abraham they realized that they couldn't hold the country without gaining the cooperation of the population (mainly French at the time). The goodwill created then has lasted to this day and extended to many different cultures as well.