Question Answers:

1. Yes, I would say Canada has lost, or at least is beginning to lose sight of its own culture. As the summary of Issue One states, “There are disturbing changes now taking place in the attitudes of Canadians toward government and public life. There is a declining trust in elected officials, and voters have become less attached to traditional parties and more enamored of new vehicles of representation”. Already many of our major political institutions have been deliberately shaped to reflect, if not entirely replicate our American counterparts. Today’s politicians have slowly begun to lead our country to becoming Americanized, whether or not Canadian citizens realize it.
2. Canada is a communitarian country. We have focused our political thinking mainly in terms of the requirements of the community or nation as a whole, rather than in terms of the “isolated and abstracted individual”. The United States, however, is a country headed by “possessive individualism”. They strongly believe in individual freedom and rights, and rarely do things for the greater good of their nation as a whole. Communitarianism decreasing in Canada would result in the Americanization of our nation.
3. I believe that Canadian media is slightly at fault for promoting “the American way” in our country. Canada is currently dominated by American material, as it states in the article. The majority of the movies, TV shows, magazines and radio stations we browse through or watch originate in the States. The more we watch, listen and read about the “American way” of doing things, the more we become influenced by their culture. We have become used to hearing the American version of everything through the media, and have somewhat forgotten that Canadian media also exists.
4. As of now, I would argue that Canada is almost completely Americanized anyways. Most of the decisions made in our country are almost always very similar to those of the U.S. because of import/export situation and similar culture. As a result of this, I would say no, our imperialism and hegemony not remain the same. They will decrease as a result of our country basically being taken over by the American way, and we will not be as strong of a nation because our views will be smothered by those of the United States.
5. If Canada becomes completely Americanized and other countries begin to view both Canada and the United States as a whole, I believe that Canada’s reputation as a strong individual nation will indeed diminish. Canada has earned itself a large amount of respect from other nations, something the US does not hold within its grasp. Canada is viewed as a peaceful country, whereas the United States is not well liked by many nations. If Canada was viewed by other countries as being the same as the States, I believe our reputation would greatly diminish and other nations would consider us weak for allowing Americanization to take over our country.
6. I believe Canada definitely has the stronger sense of community. Our political background consists largely of communitarian values, much different than the possessive individualism values of the United States. Even if Canada has begun to change their political culture slightly to lean towards that of the U.S., they still value doing things for the good of the nation as a whole, and not just the “everyone for themselves” policy the States seems to have.
7. If the complete Americanization of Canada occurs, the Canadian economy will suffer. Already the United States has a stronger economy than Canada, and if their economy was allowed to further influence and dominate what would be left of our Canadian economy, there would be major problems. Canadian companies and organizations would be taken over, giving a boost to the States’ already booming economy while what is left of Canada’s once stable economy would crash.
8. Americanization cannot be prevented now. We're too far into it already. I would say it can be slowed down, but not definitely not prevented. The majority of the population relies on ideas, beliefs, and attitudes that we've adopted from westernization (Americanization). It would be too hard to go back now. Terrorist organizations are an example of a portion of the population that are attempting to slow westernization. By terrorizing people, they inflict fear in people, which in turn affects the economy and our growth in many ways. The Arabs and other eastern countries don't appreciate our rapid growth because it's having a direct effect on their culture and society if they want to be able to compete with countries such as Canada and the U.S.