Birthday hangover still has Ottawa buzzing

All in all, it was a great celebration. We reflected on successes and the many mistakes Canada made in the first 150 years. Learning from both, we are all the better for it.

Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, Prince Charles, Duchess of Cornwall Camilla, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured on July 1, 2017, on Parliament Hill. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

July 10, 2017

OTTAWA—Thank goodness the sesquicentennial only happens every 150 years. Nobody can pronounce it anyway, and the birthday hangover still has Ottawa buzzing. A half million people descended on the capital to join in the Canada Day party and it was a blast. Contrary to media reports about the down...

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