Rick Salutin: Reflections from two Paul Anka documentaries and lessons for a frequently doomed nation

Rick Salutin: Reflections from two Paul Anka documentaries and lessons for a frequently doomed nation

Paul Anka was preoccupied with sheer survival, just like Margaret Atwood says Canadian writers have always been. He doesn’t want to flash across the night sky and supernova, as Americans might, he wants to survive, like a Canadian.