Compare Canada 150 to Expo 67 to see how far we’ve come

Canadian political reporting used to happen in language silos. Today those silos are no longer as airtight.

The pavilions of Ontario, Canada, and the western provinces, as seen from the pavilion of France during Expo 67 in Montreal.Photograph courtesy of Laurent Bélanger

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

July 5, 2017

MONTREAL—In the city that I’ve called home for the past 20 years, one would have been hard-pressed to find signs last week that Saturday was a special Canada Day. A bicycle ride across town on the eve of the country’s 150th anniversary elicited no Maple Leaf flag, except at various hotels and ...

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