“This book is a collaboration between Indigo and many of Canada’s great culture makers. It is our big, love-filled birthday card to this great land and the people who live here. From one end of the country to the other, Canadian poets, writers, artists, chefs, architects, musicians, painters, and photographers share feelings, memories, and messages to commemorate our 150th. The World Needs More Canada will leave you thinking about this country and its elusive cultural identity in a special light. It will make you proud. It may even bring you to shed a few tears. How fitting that Canada’s 150th birthday comes at a time when the world is sitting up and taking note. Without basking in the glory—which would be so un-Canadian—it’s hard not to enjoy our moment in the sun. Canada is seen as cool and progressive. Foreign media can’t seem to get enough of our cultural exports, the stories of our generous embrace of those who land on our shores, and our amazing “second-generation” prime minister. Marshall McLuhan once famously said, ‘Canada is the only country in the world that knows how to live without an identity.’ Today, as is evidenced here, it is clear we know exactly who we are.”.