Does That Make Four Solitudes?

When people talk about the Summit Series, they often talk about the national soul-searching that came with realizing we might not be the best in the world at Hockey, which seemed to be the only way we defined ourselves. But we won the series, so we managed to avoid all that.

And during the Rob Ford Crack Crisis, I now think I know what it would have been like if we had lost, and actually had to redefine ourselves.  A lot of people are noting that the dichotomy of Ford vs. Canadian stereotypes is evidence of Canada's two emerging personalities.  I'd have to agree.  And by coincidence, I came across this chart which I made months ago but never got around to posting:

Sport	Hockey	Curling
Liberal Prime Minister	Jean Chretien	Pierre Trudeau
Mulroney Cabinet Member	John Crosbie	Joe Clark
80' Rock Group	April Wine	Rush
Current Rock Group	Nickleback	Arcade Fire
TV Network	CTV	CBC
Adult-Contemporary Singer	Shania	Feist
TV Comic	Rick Mercer	Ron James
Hockey Analyst	Don Cherry	Dave Hodge
Nation-Defining Celebration	Vancouver 2010	Expo 67
Newfoundland Premier	Danny Williams	Clyde Wells
Hip-Hop Star	Drake	K'Naan
Definitive Degrassi Series	Degrassi TNG	Degrassi Junior High
Toronto Newspaper	Toronto Sun	Toronto Star
Supposedly National Toronto Newspaper	National Post	Globe and Mail
Music Awards	Junos	Polaris
Toronto's Football Team	Bills	Argos
Toronto Mayor	Rob Ford	David Miller

What's weird is that even as we change our national personality, we still seem to hold on to pride in our stereotypical character.