Myths are not entirely accurate, but they do contain many truths in that it helps us create a sense of ourselves and connect to a larger group of people who together form a nation. A civic nation with its fundamental rights and values and supporting myths is the only type of nationalism that functions properly.
The constitution is the most important document in any society and should be held above everything else if you choose to become a citizen. The foundation of Canada and any civic nation is the constitution, it 's the basis of what forms a nation, it 's everything we believe put on paper. In ethnic nations they base things on what 's called the law of blood which is the descent of a person of that ethnic background and they even allow automatic or rapid citizenship for their own dominant ethnic group. In israel it 's called the law of return and it allows any person of jewish descent to settle there and automatically they can acquire citizenship, It symbolizes the principle of the common people by stating all of our beliefs and values and making it clear that we choose to live together.