I love celebrating Canadian Independence Day... the stirring events which led to it and sprung from it are a continuing inspiration to me, as they doubtless
are to all* other Canuck wannabes.
1. Mayor Mel calling out the army of snow shovelers to defy the British Crown.
2. Wolfe agreeing to give Montcalm's heirs and assigns "linguistic rights, all the civil service jobs, and tons of pogey."
3. The bravery of Toronto's defiant Sons Of Nannystateism, who dumped several glasses of Chardonnay into Lake Ontario to make a bold statement about the GST and oak barrels.
4. Shaun Marcum throwing a pretty good slider across the Puslinch River.
5. The Liberal Party's deathless Declaration Of Everything Being The Fault Of Mike Harris.
6. Paul Martin's midnight ride, and ringing declaration, "one if by land, two if by ship registered in Liberia!"
7. Sid Ryan's brilliant pamphlet, "Common Sense About Defunding The Ew-Jays In The Esert-Day, Nudge-Nudge"
8. Colonial non-reaction to the "Tolerable Acts", including 5% markups on Kraft Dinner, and the non-infamous "Cottaging Tax."
9. The clever "Everyone Hide Near Medicine Hat So The British Can't Find Us" initiative of 1773.
10. The explosive "XYZ Affair", where Canadian ministers went to Europe to argue about what to call the last letter of the alphabet.
If your eyes don't tear up as mine do during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Maple Leaf De Nos Aieux," you weren't paying enough attention in high school civics, assuming they have such a thing up there.
*well," both"
1. Mayor Mel calling out the army of snow shovelers to defy the British Crown.
2. Wolfe agreeing to give Montcalm's heirs and assigns "linguistic rights, all the civil service jobs, and tons of pogey."
3. The bravery of Toronto's defiant Sons Of Nannystateism, who dumped several glasses of Chardonnay into Lake Ontario to make a bold statement about the GST and oak barrels.
4. Shaun Marcum throwing a pretty good slider across the Puslinch River.
5. The Liberal Party's deathless Declaration Of Everything Being The Fault Of Mike Harris.
6. Paul Martin's midnight ride, and ringing declaration, "one if by land, two if by ship registered in Liberia!"
7. Sid Ryan's brilliant pamphlet, "Common Sense About Defunding The Ew-Jays In The Esert-Day, Nudge-Nudge"
8. Colonial non-reaction to the "Tolerable Acts", including 5% markups on Kraft Dinner, and the non-infamous "Cottaging Tax."
9. The clever "Everyone Hide Near Medicine Hat So The British Can't Find Us" initiative of 1773.
10. The explosive "XYZ Affair", where Canadian ministers went to Europe to argue about what to call the last letter of the alphabet.
If your eyes don't tear up as mine do during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Maple Leaf De Nos Aieux," you weren't paying enough attention in high school civics, assuming they have such a thing up there.
*well," both"
