title: Canadianity: Tales from the True North Strong and Freezing
author: Jeremy Taggart
description: Are you kidding me?Ive now wasted a few hours Ill never get back on this book.Oh well . . . thats the kind of day its been. (Lloyd Robertson)<br /><br />Jeremy and Jonathan have established themselves as the Woodward and Bernstein of their generation. Or at the very least, the Hal and Joanne. (Jay Onrait, author of the bestsellers <em>Anchor Boy</em> and <em>Number Two</em>)<br /><br />I was happy to hear that Jeremy and Jonathan had written a book. When they approached me about writing something for the back of the book, I said no. (Paul Langlois, The Tragically Hip)<br /><br />If you are looking for a good read, this is not it. If nothing else, this book is greattinder for the fire.<br /> (Hayley Wickenheiser, Olympic gold medallist)<br /><br />Ive known these guys a long time and to be honest, when I heard they were putting out a book, I just assumed it was one of those really simple colouring books. After barely getting through a couple of pages, I decided to stop. Regardless, Im proud of them. (George Stroumboulopoulos)
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  #  Chapter 1
  
  
  The morning was cold and wet, and ice and slush were all over the ground since
  the sun had begun to melt the snow. Now our small college campus looked like
  it had won the battle with winter. Small patches of green came up around the
  slush, and spring was nearly upon us.
  
  
  We had survived the worst of the winter, and I was ready for the warmer months
  to arrive. Our preparedness had paid off and we still had some food in the
  pantry, clean water, and even electricity.
  
  
  Some of the winter nights had been dreadfully cold, and we had spent those
  nights as a group in the common area since it was warmer next to the wood
  stove. It had been a strange but wonderful bonding experience, and I was proud
  of each of the civilians, farmers, and especially my girls.
  
  
  After we had blown the bridge there hadn’t been much trouble with Canadians.
  There were a few instances where someone tried to make it acr