Originally Posted By mickeymeg Happy Canada Day ! I know there are a few of us in here who will be enjoying a holiday today. Have a great time partaking in festivities. We did the HBC Run for Canada this morning and are planning on watching fire works in the harbor tonight. Have a blast and play safe =)
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ And a Happy Canada Day to you Mickeymeg. I did go to the gym, but I didn't do a run. Fireworks should be good!
Originally Posted By Labuda Happy Canada Day to our fabulous neighbors to the north! (wayyyyyyy north for those of us in Texas! hehe)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Beauty eh? Have a great belated Canada day. There are some super LPers in the beautiful nation of Canada and I hope you had a wonderful time.
Originally Posted By avromark Hey I'm waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy south, less then 100km's from the southernmost border, parts of my province are south of USA (Not mine). Wonderful time? Monday off, yep wonderful
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Thank-you for thinking of us Canadians. There were lots of local celebrations around here culminating in fireworks.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg We had a fantastic fire works display. We were quite thrilled that it was as good as it was, usually if our city does fireworks they are short and wussy, but this time they did a really great job. <a href="http://gallery.happydesigns.com/?snap=172&thought=ful" target="_blank">http://gallery.happydesigns.co m/?snap=172&thought=ful</a> here is a quick peek at our fireworks that my friend took =)
Originally Posted By Elderp Ok, I am going to show my stupid American side, what exactly does Canada Day celebrate?
Originally Posted By Elderp <---- Is way confused. Isn't the King/Queen of England still Canada's constitutional authority? Also, to my knoweledge it was the statute of westminster that gave Canada its independence. Well, it wasn't really until 1926 that Canada was considered a full soveriegn nation when it was recognized as a country by signing the Treaty of Versailles. My Canadian history is really bad, so I appoligize in advance if any of this is wrong. Anyhow, my question was which if any of those dates does Canada Day celebrate? Or is it more of a day to celebrate the "process" of soveriegnity?
Originally Posted By avromark Yep officially our Governer General has more power then the Prime Minister. That said the way our parliment works it's really the PM (by way of his party) that has more "power". We went fully independent in 1982 dude
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP sweetie, sweetie, you should have asked me! In 1838 the Earl of Durham was sent to Canada to investigate what should be done in the wake of the rebellions of 1867-1868. His report was, essentially, that Canada (and Austraila) should gradually be given a responsible government. The process was very gradual, ending with a completely independent legislative body and prime minister, but loyal to the sovereign. Canada Day specifically celebrates July 1, 1867 when the three colonies of Canada were united and made into one country with four provinces. An important step along the road to an independent government. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C anada_Day</a> Did I get it right Canadians? x_PP_x may rule at Disney trivia (and she probably is a mean hand at any trivia game), but I'm a force to be reckoned with when it comes to history! (Especially when I can get to wikipedia!)
Originally Posted By Elderp "but I'm a force to be reckoned with when it comes to history! " That is the title on your degree.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg You got it MrsElderP. Well done ! July 1st is Canada's Birthday, a lot of celebrations include birthday cake =)
