TY - JOUR
AU1 - Chapnick, Adam
AB - T H E L E S S O N S O F H I S T O R Y Adam Chapnick On protocols and fireproof houses The re-emergence of Canadian exceptionalism Ever since Canada’s government leader in the senate, Raoul Dandurand, uttered the phrase, “We live in a fireproof house,” at the fifth assembly of the League of Nations in 1924, the expression has had a special meaning for Canadians. At the time, it reflected the widely held notion that their country was exceptional. Unlike the citizens of Europe, who had yet to dis- cover how to live together in harmony, Canadians had long made peace with their American neighbours, and had thereby constructed for themselves a veritable fireproof house across the Atlantic. Thanks to their international behaviour and fortunate geographical location, they would never need to call on the international community for military assistance. As such, in spite of their League membership, they felt entitled to a lesser burden when it came to maintaining the peace of the world beyond their borders. Fifteen years after Dandurand’s now infamous remark, the outbreak of the Second World War exposed the national illusion for what it was, and soon after Canadians 
TI - On Protocols and Fireproof Houses
JF - International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis
DO - 10.1177/002070200606100312
DA - 2006-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/on-protocols-and-fireproof-houses-1fvpORbauC
SP - 713
EP - 723
VL - 61
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -