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In the lead up to Canada Day, the Globe has published a series of essays from prominent Canadians on the icons that are the 'most' Canadian: our food, our plant, our uniform, our animal.

Beavers, balaclavas, and blueberries. Or is it the pierogi and the prairie dog?

Do you agree with the authors' choices? What did we leave out? What makes something Canadian? Do we take enough ownership of our national identity? Are we proud enough as a nation?

Globe writers John Allemang and Wency Leung and author Joseph Boyden (who wrote about were here earlier to chat about what it means to be Canadian.



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