STEINBACH, MB

I’ve taken a break from scrolling Tinder while my wife is at Superstore to talk to you about values. Yes, values. I mean the traditional Mennonite values of free-market ‘every man for himself’ capitalism, and using politics as a tool to disseminate your religious views. It’s true that Mennonites who settled this region in 1874 taught a complete separation of church and state and an egalitarian economic structure, but when I say ‘traditional’ I actually mean, like, dating back to the late 1990s. Who says ‘traditional values’ actually have to have some tradition behind them?

Whatever their origin, the point is that our values differ from the rest of the country, and if we’ve learned anything from the United Kingdom this past week, it’s that we’re much better apart than togeth

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