Canada Day

Your Afternoon Musical Interlude

Your Afternoon Musical Interlude

On this day, let us be reminded of Samuel Leonard Tilley’s suggestion for Canada’s official name, the Dominion of Canada:

He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

Sorry, we’re not allowed to quote from the Bible anymore.

Okay, let us be reminded of Canada’s great explorers …

Right. They’re “colonisers” … or something.

No worries. We’ll merely start off with the man who invented Canada …

Sh–. We can’t do that, either.

Screw it.

Here’s some Debbie Harry:

 

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by Osumashi••0•Posted inCan a civilization commit suicide?, Canada, Canada Day, history, Music

Families, not ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters, flock to Ottawa’s first in-person Canada Day celebrations since 2019

Thousands of families with children and flag-draped celebrants gathered in a wide field west of Parliament Hill for a sad Canada Day marked by a heavy police presence in the nation’s capital.

Security was tight, skies were gray and the atmosphere was subdued as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his family and then Governor General Mary Simon arrived at LeBreton Flats near the National War Museum.

It was the first official in-person Canada Day celebration in Ottawa since 2019.

Trudeau and his family were flanked by more than a dozen RCMP bodyguards when they arrived. Trudeau waved, shook hands and moved quickly through a fenced path sheltered from the crowd. There were no boos or shouts from it, though on Parliament Hill, protesters carried banners and flags continuing the anti-vaccine mandate and anti-Trudeau campaign of last winter’s so-called Freedom Convoy.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada Day, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Trudeau refuses to acknowledge protestors

“There are some people who really didn’t agree with many of your COVID protocols. They’re protesting here today. You are the Prime Minister. How do you heal those wounds?” Trudeau’s broadcasters, the CBC, asked.

“Well, I think we’ve always had challenges on Canada Day,” Trudeau responded. “And for many, the fact that there’s still work to do on Indigenous reconciliation.”

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada Day, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Protest