Friday, July 01, 2005
Happy Canada Day!
For you non-Canadians, Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, was a big step forward in Canadian independence, celebrating the union of provinces in 1867. If I remember my reading from last year, the Canadian parliament no longer had to send bills back to London to get approval from the crown.
I think it would be fair to rename Canada Day "One-quarter Independent Day". True independence from Britain wasn't obtained until 1931. In my opinion, true independence didn't arrive until the 1970's, when Canada finally got its current constitution.
That's a long time from 1776. Still, nobody died. And nobody in Canada has to listen to know-nothing newscasters compare their founding fathers with jihadist terrorists.
For reference, Brian Williams, one group wrote a deep philisophical treatise on the rights of man and an enduring constition, the other blows up folks standing at a bus stop. Six of one, half dozen of the other, I'm sure.
For you non-Canadians, Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, was a big step forward in Canadian independence, celebrating the union of provinces in 1867. If I remember my reading from last year, the Canadian parliament no longer had to send bills back to London to get approval from the crown.
I think it would be fair to rename Canada Day "One-quarter Independent Day". True independence from Britain wasn't obtained until 1931. In my opinion, true independence didn't arrive until the 1970's, when Canada finally got its current constitution.
That's a long time from 1776. Still, nobody died. And nobody in Canada has to listen to know-nothing newscasters compare their founding fathers with jihadist terrorists.
For reference, Brian Williams, one group wrote a deep philisophical treatise on the rights of man and an enduring constition, the other blows up folks standing at a bus stop. Six of one, half dozen of the other, I'm sure.
