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Being part of the Canadian family feels good, writes Janice Kennedy, until you start hearing the raised voices and slamming doors from inside our house. With all the raised voices and slamming doors, our family seems pretty troubled these days, doesn’t it? It’s tough to be an impassioned Canadian in this best-of-times/worst-of-times moment. On the one hand, Canadian pride has never been fiercer. Collectively, there’s an energizing determination to fight the trade war every way possible, from buying Canadian (or at least not American) to vacationing here or anyplace except you-know-where. Across the country, the maple leaf is ubiquitous.

Open this photo in gallery:At the Juno Awards this spring in Hamilton, Mitchell received a lifetime achievement award from Prime Minister Mark Carney. Peter Power/The Canadian PressAccording to her 1971 song A Case of You, Joni Mitchell drew a map of Canada on the back of a cartoon coaster in the blue light of a television screen. “Oh, Canada,” the Alberta-born daughter of a Royal Canadian Air Force lieutenant sang. I always wondered what a cartoon coaster was exactly. Now one might wonder where Mitchell puts herself on the map of Canada. On Tuesday, the legendary singer-songwriter became a U. S. citizen after decades of living and paying taxes in the country.