Hi Michael:
Anyone with a shovel, a good heart, a love of colorful undervalued money,
who understands what icing means and is willing to live unarmed, and free
(except for taxes) in a huge land of amazing contrasts and diversity is a
Canadian.
Gord
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael R. Collins" <michael789@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Canada Day
> >would any canucks (hope that isn't a derogatory term, certainly not meant
> >to be in this usage) tell me why today is significant? ... illuminate me
:)
>
> Born a Brit, but became a Canuck (too) - do I qualify?
>
> The July 1 holiday was originally Dominion Day, celebrating Canada
> becoming a self-governing British "dominion" on that day in 1867 with
> the passage of the British North America Act (an act of the British
> Parliament, note).
>
> The day was renamed to Canada Day (over much protest from
> traditionalists) on October 27, 1982.
>
> Illuminated?
>
> Michael (wearing his tiny Canadian flag pin in San Francisco today)
>
> --
> Michael R. Collins ... Michael.Collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
>
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