by July 1st is Canada Day. Personally, I prefer its older name of Dominion Day which was only changed in 1982 to the newer Canada Day. The day is meant to commemorate the confederation of Canada that occurred on July 1, 1867. That was when the Province of Canada (Upper and Lower Canada), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick formed a confederation. Other provinces such as Manitoba and Prince Edward Island joined in later years.
There are many things I love about Canada. This includes its natural beauty and most of its people. Indeed, my first girlfriend, Pat, was a Canadian who I met at a camp put on by the National Wildlife Federation. She was from the Niagara Escarpment area of Ontario.
There are also many things that I detest about Canada. This would include their gun control regime, their approval of euthanasia, their former Prime Minister, and much of the Liberal Party apparatchiks.
Despite President Trump’s desire to see them as the 51st state, real or not, I am not much in favor of a union of the two countries. That said, I would agree to make Alberta the 51st state if they were to secede as they are more conservative, have great hunting and fishing, and, of course, oil. As to the rest, no.
Could you imagine trying to integrate the Quebecois? That is, a bunch of grumpy, never satisfied, Canadians (or Canadiens as they would demand you spell it) who speak an antique version of French.
Non!
I think I shall celebrate Canada Day by either watching John Candy’s Canadian Bacon or re-runs of The Red Green Show.
