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On Canada's 150th Birthday

On Canada's 150th Birthday

Here's my thoughts on what my country means to me. I hope you feel your country, whatever it may be, means as much to you.

On Canada’s 150th Birthday I was born and raised in this country. You might say that, by reason of my age, I grew up right along with it. I didn't think about Canada very much when I was young. Kids don't do that. I only really started thinking seriously about it after JFK was assassinated in ‘63. I distinctly remember wondering, how can a country that can produce people like him, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger and Marlon Brando to name but a few, assassinate one of their true visionaries? Many of us Canadians have tended to judge our country in contrast to the US because as cultures, we have many things in common. But as the years have gone by the differences between these countries have grown more pronounced. The US has become sharply divided along many fronts, while Canada, worts and all, grown more aligned as a nation. I no longer judge Canada in contrast to the US, because as I have grown, and have gotten to see a good deal of this country, what I find are a whole lot stand-up people, caring people, people from everywhere on earth who, like me, believe that they are living the most awesome country on the planet. But more importantly, people who are, through their everyday actions and their humanity, bound and determined to keep Canada that way. So I am proud to be part of this awesome country, and hope we can stay awesome for another 150 years.
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#Birthday #Canada #Bob Dylan #US #JFK
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CityVP Manjit

6 years ago #1

Yes, the core is what you say "people who are through their everyday actions and their humanity determined to keep Canada that way" which is why I look at an educator I know who got dished out the UN-Canadian way. Such is this moment I could only express my sense of injustice in a piece called "Ripped Education" https://www.bebee.com/producer/@cityvp/ripped-education Ultimately this experience did make me think of the experience of being a Canadian and when is it that we actually are?

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