ortant, the 1945-6 Dominion-Provincial Conference of Reconstruction were the provinces in support of Canada's World War II effort, conceded the rights to collect taxes in the fields of personal and corporate income to Ottawa. If after the war the Federal Government had kept its promise and reinstated the right to collect personnel and corporate taxes to the provinces, Quebec would not have formed the idea of separation. By offering subsidies in lieu of provincial tax collection the divide between English and French Canada deepened. Funding was greatly needed in Quebec; the Federal Government error to restate there privileges result in further resentment against English Canadians. Both these factors only weakened the country. Hence, if Canada were a strong whole nation, instead of a divide one, maybe we would have a true national identity. Yet, Canada is a mosaic of identities and has no true single national identity, but Canada's growing multiculturalism in the twentieth century has become her identity. Her achievements whether they be in medicine, United Nations peacekeeping, or sports are her own. Yes, Canada has a national identity, an identity borne of many cultures and in the spirit of cooperation....
