Say Please and Thank You & Stand in Line : Sutherland House Books : 9781989555378 : 1989555373 : 27 May 2021 : "Dany's optimistic vision is contagious, and he offers Canadians a new perspective on how to build a stronger country." - Zaib Shaikh, star of Little Mosque on the Prairie and Consul General of Canada in Los AngelesAfter the tragedy of 9/11, a sign suddenly appeared on a suburban Edmonton lawn that read: ?Osama bin Laden lives closer than you think.? The sign pointed to Dany Assaf's house. Dany was born in Edmonton, where he played hockey and dreamed of the NHL, a life familiar to any Canadian kid. Yet suddenly, despite generations of family history in Alberta, he and his family were branded as Muslim terrorists: the ?other? to be feared and shunned.Dany, now a top Bay Street competition lawyer who travels the globe representing Canadian interests, examines how we got to this point?from idolizing Darryl Sittler as a boy to dealing with the threats of white supremacists to the