As many here have stated, in their opinion, not much has changed in 10, 20, 50 or even 70 years.

Many people in Canada and countries all over the world share this feeling of things getting worse. I think a lot of it has to do with more information coming at you all the time as has been said. And the messages are most often negative.

But maybe another way to look at it is through another lens. If you decide that things are crap, I'll pretty much guarantee you they will be. But if you have an attitude that things change, and change sometimes isn't comfortable, but the same true values are there, and you look for the positive aspects of things, well, you can find those things too.

The United States of America, "Home of the Free and Land of the Brave", it's still there, hundreds of millions of people all over the world believe that about the USA, and millions come to your country for that reason and do find that dream.

I think there are values built into your Constitution, that while they may evolve, they will always define what it is to be "American". And I think the motto of the United States is still as strong and alive today in every American, regardless of current differences, this beautiful statement of Patriotism and unity, "E Pluribus Unum" - "Out of Many, One".