Kirsten Morry last compared Conrad Black and Barbara Amiel to Disney villains. Out of all the national flags that could be described as “two coloured stripes surrounding a white section with a plant in the middle,” Canada’s is my favourite (although Lebanon’s is lovely too). Though that sounds like a tepid endorsement, I assure you that my patriotism is no less than is appropriately moderate for a Canadian. The protagonist of Margaret Atwood’s book …