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Canada Day Wiki--Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of July 1, 1867, the effective date of the Constitution Act, 1867 (then called the British North America Act, 1867), which united the three separate colonies of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada"
roamer65
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(28,394 posts)bdamomma
(63,658 posts)to a sane country.
Beringia
(4,314 posts)(Other voices on Canada Day)
https://cfjctoday.com/2020/06/30/no-celebrations-indigenous-communities-leaders-share-canada-day-frustrations/
VANCOUVER Jess Housty cant remember the last time Canada Day was celebrated in the Heiltsuk Nation.
Housty lives in the coastal B.C. town of Bella Bella where the Heiltsuk Nation is known for its efforts to help conserve and protect the Great Bear Rainforest.
I can recall a lot of celebrations here, were a community that loves to come together and celebrate things but Canada Day is not one of those things I remember bringing the community together, she said in an interview.
Canada Day comes this year as Indigenous Peoples absorb reports of confrontations between the police and Aboriginal people, as well as accusations of systemic racism in British Columbias health-care system.
Chief Judith Wilson of the Neskonlith Indian Band said she views Canada Day as a chance to better educate others, explaining how she helped organize a skit depicting the writing of a letter in 1910 from Indigenous chiefs to Canadas seventh prime minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier.
The scene recreated the chiefs of the Secwepemc, Syilx and Nlakapamux peoples relaying grievances over their treatment by the federal government. Wilson presented the scene during Canada Day celebrations in Chase, B.C., to show the public the issues Indigenous people have faced.
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|Bev54
(9,963 posts)donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)And a virtual celebration online, as well.
We are so proud and lucky that viewership will be yuge.
We are 153 today and lookin' fine !!!!!