Patriotism... I mean
So, it's July 1st which means it's Canada day! Or the date on which we became our own little Dominion, separate from British rule. Wait, that's not quite right. The time we became our own little country, capable of making our own laws, though we still had to listen to the British monarchy about certain decisions. Such going to war. We wouldn't truly gain independence till sometime after World War II.
Image by beatonna of "Hark! A Vagrant" fame. It's Sir John A. McDonald! With his little bottle! Should one care to look up the Charlottetown Confederates photograph, pretty much everyone of them is drunk in it. Or click here!
1867 - The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. (Source: Wikipedia.
It was also known for a while as Humiliation Day, as it coincided with the enactment of the head tax on Chinese immigrants. [See below.] But the government has apologized for that.
As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway (1927), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast (1958), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (1958), the first colour television transmission in Canada (1966), the inauguration of the Order of Canada (1967), and the establishment of "O Canada" as the country's national anthem (1980). Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916-shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle-and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923-leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Image by beatonna of "Hark! A Vagrant" fame. It's Sir John A. McDonald! With his little bottle! Should one care to look up the Charlottetown Confederates photograph, pretty much everyone of them is drunk in it. Or click here!
1867 - The British North America Act of 1867 takes effect as the Constitution of Canada, creating the Canadian Confederation and the federal dominion of Canada; Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. (Source: Wikipedia.
It was also known for a while as Humiliation Day, as it coincided with the enactment of the head tax on Chinese immigrants. [See below.] But the government has apologized for that.
As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway (1927), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast (1958), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway (1958), the first colour television transmission in Canada (1966), the inauguration of the Order of Canada (1967), and the establishment of "O Canada" as the country's national anthem (1980). Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916-shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle-and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923-leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947. (Source: Wikipedia)
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