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Right on target for me:
Why Should Westerners Celebrate Canada Day?
Author: Caitlyn Madlener (Juno News)
Each year on July 1st, Canadians take a day off to celebrate our country. Flags are waved, fireworks lit, and maple leaves adorn every nook and cranny.
Of course, for most of Canada’s history, this day did not exist.
Dominion Day, as it was previously known, commemorated the 1867 union of the United Canadas (Ontario and Quebec) with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick into a single dominion under the British Empire. Therefore, the appropriate name was chosen to commemorate the day’s historical events.
You may note, however, that the map of this historic celebration bears little resemblance to what Canada looks like today. In fact, it is missing the majority of the country we are currently familiar with.
How did a day that originally symbolized the union of just four of Canada’s ten provinces evolve into a celebration embraced by the entire nation?
Surprisingly, the answer has to do with separatism.
Quebeckers, ...
