Time for a major re-think

I am on the last few pages of John Ralston Saul's "A Fair Country - Telling truths about Canada" and have come to the conclusion that I need to do a major re-think of my notions of a political basis for child-raising. This conclusion comes from the convergence of two experiences - first being persuaded by Ralston Saul that it makes sense to learn to see ourselves more in line with our Canadian roots, and second, meeting cousins galore linked with the Grant Clan gathering in Winnipeg July, 2012. So the challenge I am setting myself is two-fold - first, to expand my sense of the Aboriginal, anglo and franco roots of my Canadian citizenry, and second, re-think my notions of the political basis of child-raising by grounding these notions in the Canadian context rather than in the Rawlsian and Nozickian context I used in my masters thesis. I am going to use this blog as a place to track this process - it would be wonderful if it also became a place for conversation with others that are interested in any aspect of this project.