Happy Canada Day/Bonne Fête du Canada!

Rumors · #1 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 1:00 PM**

Happy Canada Day/Bonne Fête du Canada!

Hey everyone feel free to post all of you Canada Day photos here.

ZeDgE · #2 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 3:10 PM**

Happy Canada day everyone! Looking forward to some Canada day activities today and fireworks tonight. Just hope the rain isnt to bad..

So sick of rain...

vid · #3 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 3:18 PM**

We usually get a thunderstorm on Canada Day here. Everyone looks east to watch the fireworks, and ignores the storm coming in from the west.

This is probably the only day where we wish it didn't take until 11pm to get dark.

haljackey · #4 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 3:32 PM**

• Video Link

Canada summed up into 1 GIF

manny_santos · #5 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 5:47 PM**

Bob and Doug MacKenzie are absent from that GIF for some reason!

The_Architect · #6 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 7:10 PM**

And Neil Peart! But at least I see Geddy Lee there...

Vaillant · #7 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 7:32 PM**

for me is just like a other day

vid · #8 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 8:35 PM**

Considering today isn't a stat holiday because it is Sunday, for most people it is like another day.

Vaillant · #9 Posted: **Jul 1, 2012, 11:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by vid

Considering today isn't a stat holiday because it is Sunday, for most people it is like another day.

no I mean Canada day

Rico Rommheim · #10 Posted: **Jul 2, 2012, 12:14 AM**

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Originally Posted by Vaillant

no I mean Canada day

There's no need to act like a child Vaillant. I too am like the majority of Quebecers: indifferent. But indifference doesn't need to be exaggerated into a bizarre bombastic display of disgust.

Here is a good article [en francais] for those who care, http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroni...tre-dehors.php (title translation: Canada is going to kick us out)

someone123 · #11 Posted: **Jul 2, 2012, 1:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Here is a good article [en francais] for those who care, http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/chroni...tre-dehors.php (title translation: Canada is going to kick us out)

I realize this article's not entirely serious but it is kind of goofy and sloppy.

Part of the story now is that Quebec needs to come to grips with its real level of importance within Canada. There's a tendency for some people in Quebec to try to cast everything as French vs. English ("les Anglais" -- this characterization is out of date and wrong) and to pretend as though the two groups are on roughly equal footing, so therefore Quebec has roughly the same weight as the other 9 provinces combined. This is just wrong. Quebec is one small part of Canada, and it's unreasonable to think that Quebec issues will constantly dominate federal politics.

I don't even know where the author got some of his claims from, like the idea that Atlantic Canadians are upset about federal spending on bilingualism. Does he realize that New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province in Canada? This kind of glossing over of facts goes hand in hand with the simplified "two Canadas" view.

The other letter referred to was much more on point: http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/votre-...e-parfaite.php

The winning quote:

À mon avis, les Canadiens qui prétendent qu'ils seront bien mieux sans le Québec passent sous silence l'énorme coût politique et économique d'une telle éventualité.

It's just not that important anymore compared to the cost of political instability. The 1995-era terms of debate are completely stale today.

Rumors · #12 Posted: **Jul 2, 2012, 1:27 AM**

Jesus Christ can you save that for another thread.

Acajack · #13 Posted: **Jul 3, 2012, 3:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by someone123

I realize this article's not entirely serious but it is kind of goofy and sloppy.

Part of the story now is that Quebec needs to come to grips with its real level of importance within Canada. There's a tendency for some people in Quebec to try to cast everything as French vs. English ("les Anglais" -- this characterization is out of date and wrong) and to pretend as though the two groups are on roughly equal footing, so therefore Quebec has roughly the same weight as the other 9 provinces combined. This is just wrong. Quebec is one small part of Canada, and it's unreasonable to think that Quebec issues will constantly dominate federal politics.

I don't even know where the author got some of his claims from, like the idea that Atlantic Canadians are upset about federal spending on bilingualism. Does he realize that New Brunswick is the only officially bilingual province in Canada? This kind of glossing over of facts goes hand in hand with the simplified "two Canadas" view.

The other letter referred to was much more on point: http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/votre-...e-parfaite.php

The winning quote:

À mon avis, les Canadiens qui prétendent qu'ils seront bien mieux sans le Québec passent sous silence l'énorme coût politique et économique d'une telle éventualité.

It's just not that important anymore compared to the cost of political instability. The 1995-era terms of debate are completely stale today.

This is the most thought-provoking post on this thread. I have been thinking about these issues a lot lately and what they might mean for the future of a united Canada.