Why Canada Didn't Become America is a thoughtful exploration of the values that shaped Canada into a distinct nation-despite its closeness to the United States.
Sharing geography, trade, and history with a global superpower, Canada made deliberate choices that defined its identity: evolution over revolution, compromise over confrontation, peace over spectacle, and collective responsibility over extreme individualism.
In this book, Mohammed Mursalin Ahmed examines Canadian history, governance, healthcare, multiculturalism, Indigenous treaties, political culture, and international diplomacy to explain why Canada remained independent-and why it continues to protect that independence today.
This is not an anti-American book. It is a values-based study of how Canada chose its own path and preserved its institutions, social trust, and national character in a complex and interconnected world.
Whether you are a Canadian, a newcomer, a student of politics, or simply curious about national identity, this book offers insight into what makes Canada unique-and why those values still matter.