Canada has survived; need we say more?

A great deal remains to be done for Canada to live up to its aspirations, but after the country almost came apart at the seams in 1995, at least it has the chance to do so as one country.

Canadians’ relaxed, understated pride and easy-going spirit was much in evidence among the tens of thousands who crowded the capital’s downtown on July 1, writes Les Whittington. Celebrants maintained their good humour despite long lines to get through security to the Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 5, 2017

OTTAWA—Anyone who was in Canada in 1967 remembers the excitement of Expo—and the bewilderment and anger over French president Charles de Gaulle’s “Vive le Québec libre” remark during his visit to Montreal for the centennial celebration. In the following years, there was the rise of the...

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