Introduction To mark Canada’s 150th year as a nation, our taxpayer funded state broadcaster, the CBC, invited Canadians to “tell their story”. Stories which would provide material for their Heritage Moment videos. Well, this is one man’s story. Almost every man’s story. But unfortunately it is not the kind of story that the CBC wants to include in its “inclusive” portrait of what it means to be a Canadian. Our protagonist, you see, is flawed. He is not an immigrant. He is not a refugee. He is not a woman of colour. And he is not a “she” — or something in between. To make matters worse, he is not a member of the Arts Community. He is not a native dancer, carver or a story-teller — or an over-rated, second-rate cultural icon who owes his celebrity to CBC promotion. Nor is he an immigration lawyer,…