Posts Tagged ‘canada day’
WAKE-UP-TO-CANADA DAY – TAKE 2
So here we are in Quebec, Kamouraska country, with me chasing around after my 17th-century Quebecois ancestors. Sheena shot these pix. Are we having fun yet? You betcha! Because also we are celebrating WAKE-UP-TO-CANADA DAY! Whole-heartedly. Unreservedly. Even, dare I say it, unapologetically. Of course we Canadians face a myriad of concerning issues, starting…
Read MoreHAPPY WAKE-UP-TO-CANADA DAY!
So the American fanatics who recently turned back the clock 50 years? They are are just getting started. They are bent on turning America into a totalitarian state. First the rights of pregnant women. Next those of gays, of non-whites, you get the idea. Think Germany — not of the 1940s and full-blown Nazism but…
Read MoreHow did Canada become multicultural, multi-racial, multi-national?
“Most developed countries tolerate plural identities. But what they struggle to accommodate, Canada embraces and proclaims.” So I wrote four years too early. “This is partly the result of necessity: ours is a country of minorities. But it derives also from historical timing.” In the introduction to 50 Canadians Who Changed the World, published by HarperCollins…
Read MoreHappy Canada Day . . . en francais aussi!
One of the great things about VIA Rail’s Destinations magazine is that it speaks both official languages. In French, the “extrait exclusif” included in the July-August issue (see previous post) begins as follows . . . POUR ECRIRE 50 CANADIANS WHO CHANGED THE WORLD (A PARAITRE CET AUTOMNE), LE CELEBRE AUTEUR CANADIEN KEN MCGOOGAN A…
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