Our intention in developing the series of stories you are about to read is simple: We believe in Canada, and in Canadians, and we believe in a shared, prosperous future for the people and communities who comprise this country.
We believe it is a great country – and one that does not have to be made great, again – and will use our platform to shed light on the ambition, vision and voices of those who strive to make it better. Welcome to How Canada Wins: A blueprint for a prosperous nation.
Over the next several weeks, and then beyond, we will be speaking with local leaders and advocates about the forces and issues shaping our lives. We will spotlight solutions along with the challenges, echoing the ambitions of the forebears who helped build Canada.
We will connect with business leaders, city planners and community advocates. We want to harness the power of our platform to exchange ideas. We want to talk about big dreams, and the steps required to turn them into reality.
This rolls into our editorial mission, which rests on five pillars: Ambition, pride of country and national service, quality of life, self-determination, and building great communities.
We are proud to be part of those communities. We get tense whenever Canadian athletes compete for gold on the international stage. We got a lump in our throat when Céline Dion sang from the base of the Eiffel Tower at the Olympics last summer. We even believe in a future – distant as it may seem – where a Canadian team somehow wins the Stanley Cup.
This series will explore the concept of championship wins in each of our communities, all by using the same rigorous journalistic process we employ every day. After all, our editors and reporters live alongside you in your communities.
You can read about our mission right here: postmedia.com/editorial-mission-statement.
We believe in Canada. We believe this series of stories – and, indeed, our editorial mission – can help light a path toward a shared prosperity for all of us, in all our communities.
Welcome to How Canada Wins.