I have always loved this song. Always. I know, it is a separatist anthem and I don’t care. The imagery is beautiful, human and dare I say it, quintessentially Canadian.
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They Call Me "Mr. Sinister": God Love Ya Canada
My wish for you on your birthday is a return to the sense of common purpose and possibility that made the railway a reality.
Continue readingNew National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day
Well, while Stevie Spiteful has already begun the task of flushing Canada down the toilet in earnest:
And he turns us into another version of tea-party nation:
Stevie Spiteful keeps one promise: We’re really beginning to longer recognize Canada. Canada, is now Harperland, . . . → Read More: New National Anthem-My Canada Day Gift-And Why I Boycott Canada Day
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Happy Canada Day
And all that. No Cobourg frolic this year, unfortunately, just work, work, work The dearth of posts the past week is not for lack of trying — have several rattling around in the draft file, but circumstances — work and family commitments, and also some (usual) nursing nastiness, which i will probably write about in a […]
Trashy's World: Happy CANADA Day!
NOT Dominion Day!
Today is to celebrate the birthday of a great (though currently politically misguided) and independent country. While our Constitution may refer to the land as a “Dominion”, the term is about as anachronistic as Christians turning Leviticus in the old testament for guidance… it just doesn’t “work” in modern times.
And technically, yes, we […]
Trashy's World: Happy CANADA Day!
NOT Dominion Day!
Today is to celebrate the birthday of a great (though currently politically misguided) and independent country. While our Constitution may refer to the land as a “Dominion”, the term is about as anachronistic as Christians turning Leviticus in the old testament for guidance… it just doesn’t “work” in modern times.
And technically, yes, we […]
Northern Reflections: Canada Day 2011
This has been a difficult year. In Alberta, a forest fire ravaged the town of Slave Lake. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the Souris, the Assiniboine and the Red Rivers have inundated huge swaths of prairie farm land. In Quebec, the Richeleau River has t…
Continue readingPample the Moose: Canada Day 144
As long-time readers of this blog may know, I spent many years researching the history of Canada Day celebrations, especially the ones funded by the federal government and those hosted in Ottawa. The project is pretty much wrapped up now, having yield…
Continue readingThe Skwib: Ten indisputable facts about Canada (Part One: History)
To commemorate Canada Day tomorrow, I thought it might be useful to clear up some common myths people have about Canada and Canadian history. Many of the readers of The Skwib come from outside Canada, so this brief history may be especially helpful to you (though we Canadians can always learn more about our rich […]
Continue readingTrashy's World: The “royal” visit – and why I am glad I’ll be outta town!
I detest hero-worship in any form… and the fawning over the “royal” visit is the epitome of hero worship!
Not that I am implying in any way that they’re heroes at all but they occupy the same pantheon as movie and sports celebs. They are false heroes who get paid more than most of […]
Pop The Stack: Democracy is a Canadian Tradition
Just a housecleaning post with a bunch of random stuff I’d like to get out there. Canada is awesome and Vancouver’s not bad at all, at all. This site went over 8000 reads today due to a post from last year entitled Canadian Traditions. It shows the big human flag from Victoria’s Canada Day celbrations […]