Myth and propaganda Canada's Vietnamese community gets a new origin story, and today draws its identity from an alternate reality created by that story.
Harper's national identity project Government rewrites history to shape a new national identity for Canada.
Canada's pro-Saigon policy brought the Vietnam war to Canada. Canada declares that the Saigon military regime has a legitimate claim to power in Vietnam and is an ally of Canada
Bringing the Vietnam war to Canada The detailed story of how Harper created a new origin story for Canada's Vietnamese community and got his pro-Saigon policy through parliament.
Canada's pro-Saigon policy is an offensive betrayal Government speaks to Vietnamese Canadians using partisan political references to the Vietnam war. This is to remind the community of their new role as a model for Canada's new national identity as a warrior nation.
Are Canadian politicians doing what they appear to be doing? Canadian politicians are demanding that the Vietnamese community reshape itself to conform to an invented origin story based on the Vietnam war.
Senator Ngo Senator Ngo's role is to sustain the myth, in part by visiting provincial and municipal governments to promote Journey to Freedom Day. He regularly reports his progress to the Senate.