Congrats.  For a tedious philosophical tirade to simply hide the fact that the writers did not do their due diligence, researching our history.  Were they even historians?  Or just a group of kids at the CBC vaguely remembering their grade 10 history class?
Sorry you get an 'F' for this.  Compare to the BBC or TV5 (france) whose historical programs are genius, enlightening, as thorough as possible.