[Dottore]

That is the difference I was trying to highlight. In Canada immigrants are encouraged to think of themsleves as Germans, Chinese, Lithuanian etc AND Canadian.

There is nothing in this country's constitution or immigration policy etc that would commit anyone to the absurd and counterintuitive position set forth in the quote attributed to Teddy Roosevelt above.

I mean just talk to any immigrant - and the sillyness of the Roosevelt quote will be clear. That is just not how it is.