Commentary Canada is in crisis, but the pandemic is only the tip of the spear. Not long ago, Canadians were strong and free and proud of their history. Immigrants armed with faith, freedom, family, and industry overcame a vast geography and harsh climate to establish a flourishing and prosperous nation. Unfortunately, these pillars of Canadian greatness have been undermined for decades; without a reversal, the future is bleak. My own family’s story highlights what post-Confederation Canada was all about. My great-great-grandfather, John Thomas Harding, left England and settled in Adamsville, Quebec, in 1895. In 1907, he found land in southern Saskatchewan and walked over 100 kilometres to Moose Jaw to file for the land title. Two years later, the 50-year-old returned with his wife and two youngest children to homestead. They built their house out of the ground itself in an area without trees or roads, whose only landmarks were …