“I will not cease from Mental Fight,

Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,

Till we have built Jerusalem,

In England’s green and pleasant Land.”

—William Blake

When William Blake crafted those iconic lines, he did not have to mention England to make it clear that he was not writing about Canada, a far different place across the ocean. Nonetheless, it reveals the importance of land as one of the pieces that make up any one national identity, including Canada’s.