Tomorrow, Monday, July 1, is known as Moving Day for many people who are either relocating or packing their belongings to move to bigger apartments or their personal houses. It is also a national day to party or gather family members and friends together.
In fact, it is Canada Day, an anniversary of the country’s confederation. It is a national day that has tested the nation’s weakness and strength in considerable diversity and continues to fortify the nation. Canada will be 157 years old, a celebration of a good old age that has seen it all. If it were human, its bones would have become feeble and weak, bedridden or dead.
July 1 is a federal statutory holiday that commemorates the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Parliament.
Many offices, malls, and stores will be closed for the holiday, except for pharmacies. In 2023, Canada was ranked as the second-best country in the world overall by US News and may still retain her position, ceteris paribus.
Though the cost of living has grown exponentially, and daily staples are almost out of the normal range, even fruits are becoming too expensive just like everything else. Besides this, hospital ERs need to be looked into. It doesn’t make sense for a sick person to spend almost a whole day before seeing a doctor.
The world’s best needs to wake up and do what needs to be done to stand tall. Despite her obvious challenges, Canada and the majority of Canadians are loving and very helpful people with large hearts.
To honor the world’s best at 157, the national anthem captures it all. The anthem was composed by Calixa Lavallée in 1880, and the French lyrics were written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier.
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
See you next week!