July 1 st Canada Day - 366

                  JULY 1 st Canada Day 


Each Year the 1 st of July is Celebrated with Great Fanfare in Canada . It is in more ways than one , similar to our own Independence  Day Celebrations . 
Now a question might arise in your mind as to what has this got to do with a person in  Agasthiarpatty in India .  This  does need some explaining to be done on my part . My Daughter and family are already Canadian Citizens and my Son and Family are almost on the verge of being granted the Canadian Citizenship anytime now  . Plans are also afoot for a Permanent  Residentship for us now . So Canada does come a very close second as far as National  Loyalties are concerned , this more so because we have spent quite a sizable proportion of days in Canada during the last 10 Years .

The accompanying Video is the Dazzling Fireworks Display during one such Celebrations  at the Wascana Park at Regina which is where my Daughter stays and where we were  also a part of the Celebrations .











HAPPY CANADA DAY 

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  1. Unknown1 July 2021 at 21:35

    I still couldn't get the significance , of " Canada Day". Probably, I lack the knowledge of Canadian History. Can you elaborate?

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    1. Random Musings2 July 2021 at 05:35

      Dear Mr Unknown , I am probably as ignorant about the History of Canada as you are if not more . From what I could gather , Canada Day was first Celebrated when the 4 provinces of Ontario, Quebec , New Brunswick and Nova Scotia signed the British North American Act and formed a separate union on 1 st July 1867 .
      It may be noted that it wasn't till the 1982 that Canada Gained full Authority from the British Government . Even till this day Queen Elizabeth ll , continues to be the Head of State of Canada and per capita Canadians spend more on the Queen s upkeep than the native English .

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