Editing Imperialism (section)

=== Canada ===
In Canada, the "imperialism" (and the related term "colonialism") has had a variety of contradictory meanings since the 19th century. In the late 19th and early 20th, to be an "imperialist" meant thinking of Canada as a part of the [[British national identity|British nation]] not a separate nation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Berger |first=Carl |title=The Sense of Power: Studies in the Ideas of Canadian Imperialism, 1867–1914 |year=1970 |pages=passim |author-link=Carl Berger (historian)}}</ref> The older words for the same concepts were "[[loyalism]]" or "[[Unionism in the United Kingdom|unionism]]", which continued to be used as well. In mid-twentieth century Canada, the words "imperialism" and "colonialism" were used in English Canadian discourse to instead portray [[Victim mentality|Canada as a victim]] of [[Americanization|economic and cultural penetration by the United States]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Granatstein |first=J. L. |title=Yankee Go Home?: Canadians and anti-Americanism |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=1996 |pages=passim |author-link=J. L. Granatstein}}</ref> In twentieth century French-Canadian discourse the "imperialists" were all the [[Anglosphere|Anglo-Saxon countries]] including Canada who were oppressing [[Francophone Canadians|French-speakers]] and the [[Quebec|province of Quebec]]. By the early 21st century, "colonialism" was used to highlight supposed [[Anti-indigenous racism in Canada|anti-indigenous]] attitudes and actions of Canada inherited from the British period.