Happy Canada Day 🍁
Happy Canada Day 🍁
Feel free to share updates from how you're spending the day, either in this thread or as a separate post. Thank you all for being here :)
Indigenous Canadian from northern Ontario here - Ojibway/Cree from northern Ontario.
Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian brothers and sisters, landed, immigrant, nation-born, First Nation, Arch-Linux-users, Metis, religious, non-religious, whatever denomination, Lemmy-user, Fediverse-user, corpo-Social-Media-user, straight, bi, none-sexual, LGBTQ++++, black, brown, white and every shade in-between.
We have our differences, we have our troubles, we have issues, good, bad and whatever ... but at the end of the day we will always be national brothers and sisters who inhabit this land.
My parents were survivors of the Residential School system but they always celebrated Canada Day never knowing the politics or history ... they just enjoyed having a fun day in the middle of summer. I've grown to learn lots of good and bad about Canada but in all that history, I may have grown negative and dark but at the same time, as I grow older, I also realize that we have to keep hope alive and always reach out to others, especially to any potential allies. We can create a country where we can all co-exist in a cooperative way that can be equally beneficial for every individual in this country. I will always hope for that.
So good day to you all!! Kitchi-Meegwetch Misiway (Thank you very much to everyone) Nee-nas-kah-moon! (I give my praises!)
Thanks for posting this. My feelings about celebrating Canada have become so complex since I became an adult and starting learning about Canada's true past. I love my country, and would very willingly die for this country (a feeling that became VERY clear to me with Trump's talk of annexation), but I can't deny that I will never see this country quite the same way I did when I was young and naive.
This land was stolen, it should never have happened, but the clock can't be turned back, and now there are legions of us born here, and for better or for worse we are part of this country now. I also view everyone here as my brothers and sisters, and I'm glad there are native people willing to view us that way too, although quite frankly I would not blame them if they didn't.
We can only move forward. That's what the Truth and Reconciliation movement is all about. Acknowledging the horrors of the past, and trying to move forward in peace together. I hope that Canada can turn into the country I thought it was when I was young.
Happy Canada Day to you.
Couldn’t agree with you more. I think it is vitally important Canadians as a whole continue to reflect on the mistakes and unthinkable things done in the past, to make sure we do everything we can to prevent anything like them in the future.
If we all held onto, and strived for, the Canada we remembered as kids, maybe we can carve a newer, better future for all Canadians, present citizens and those destined to become Canadian.
We need to look to the authoritarian, old school countries as examples of what happens if we aren’t vigilant. To lean into and integrate our cultural and political differences as a source of strength, not division.
In my opinion, only then can we really become true Canada.
I'm with you as much as I know how. I love plenty about Canada but I also don't pretend that we have a clean conscience with our history and don't generally feel like we should blindly celebrate without acknowledging the problems. In that way and because of the convoy losers the flag has become a bit of a badge of ignorance. But as long as people are trying to be aware then there should also be a time to relax and unwind.
Arch-Linux-users
Fuckin lol
Happy Canada Day :)
Hear hear!
Big hugs!
Happy Canada Day
A BBQ with friends, after sleeping in late - the good life. Happy Canada Day.
Patriotism is a tricky thing in the modern world. Swirling nationalism and co-opted symbols abound. Always remember that loving your country is about knowing she can be more than she is, more than she was, but also appreciating her today.
There's all kinds of bad news, and worse people, out there. Tough times for a lot of our neighbours. But we're free. To worship as we choose, be who we are, love who we choose, go where we want and say what we like. It's a rarer and rarer thing today. So let's celebrate. Raise a glass, a fist or your voice and cheer on this great nation. Go Canada!
From Seattle to Canada, Happy Canada Day. We see thee rising fair, dear land.
Happy Canada Day my fellows
Happy Canada Day Hosers!!!
Slept in. Talked about layers of post colonial identity over coffee. Worked on our resilience garden. Now working on all the little dishes for a mezze table for and cleaning up the BBQ.
Patriotism sucks and it’s particularly bad right now because it’s nose-holdingly necessary.
Happy not-fukan-amurrican day.
Going to add a few Iranian dishes to the menu in that spirit.
Happy not-fukan-amurrican day.
Unironically, this is pretty damn Canadian. Have a good one, eh!
Agreed
This is the Canada I want to live in again.
1970s Canada is a version of Canada I'd like to leave behind ...
... but I'm hopeful to there will be a better Canada in the 2070s
🫂
That's a long time to hope.
I don't identify much with the flag, but I'll fight to the death to defend this land if anyone tries to invade it.
I went to my town's Canada Day celebration this morning. It was really nice.
Have the day off work. Went to therapy. Having a couple pints at happy hour.
Wish I was there instead of a several hundred miles south of Winnipeg. This post deserves more upvotes.
several hundred miles south of Winnipeg.
That's unfortunate. Stay safe down there.
Physical or couple's?
Individual 💜
Happy Canada Day!
Looks good!
Happy Canada Day! Elbows up!
Started off watching the Blue Jays beat the Yankees (who better to beat on Canada day!)
Made homemade poutine for the family for supper.
Walked to the neighborhood Canada day block party. A teenage band was playing Tragically Hip songs when I arrived.
Later made myself a Ceaser (sadly, no celery - couldn't find any that wasn't US grown), and watched some TV with the wife.
All in all, a good day.
Lately I've been seeing some Mexican-grown celery in stores.
That's good news.
Happy Canada Day all
Blew the turbocharger on my chore tractor, so I'll be celebrating by spending $3900 at my local John Deere dealership tomorrow for a new one. Minus the $388 core, I guess.
At least it's not one of the newer JDs that they won't let you work on.
That's overhyped. We have new stuff, we work on it without having to get techs out.
I took my kids to visit their grandparents, and then we went to the town celebration. Lots of red, white, and maple leaves, but nothing too patriotic otherwise.
We're heading to the fireworks later. They're small, but it's a nice community event. I always hope there's a spontaneous round of Oh Canada after - that happened once on a foggy Canada Day in Halifax and it was amazing.
Happy Canada day!🍁
I hope everyone's able to relax, enjoy some nice weather, and have a good refresh during this much needed break. I don't know about anyone else but goodness gracious I really needed this.
Anyways I hope everyone's days and week goes great for you!🍀🤗💖
Happy Canada Day to you all.
Took a break yesterday, longer weekend. And our national holiday in Quebec was last week 😉
Got rained out playing Slopitch this evening. Too bad for the game, but good for beer. Happy Canada Day ya hosers. 🇨🇦
Hanging out with neighbours on the front porch with the BBQ blazing on the driveway. Hot dogs, Hamburgers, good company, and good spirits. Happy Canada everyone! So glad this is where I live. 🇨🇦✌️
Spent a moment at Kitsilano Beach it was unrecognizably crowded, which is great!
Got to reconnect with friends, play some games (finally some time for Civ 6, PEAK), enjoyed a day of rest.
It's a good day to be proud of our country and proud of each other. With this confidence we should recognize the Indigenous roots of our country and write a new chapter in reconciliation and collaboration with our diverse population across our nation.
Went for a walk with the kids, went to the beach with the whole family. Bought Death Stranding and experimented with an IgAN friendly Chickpea and Cucumber salad! It was bland, but I guess that's what you get when your kidneys don't work so well and salt is off the table.
Happy 🇨🇦 day. The 4th is coming for me in the US. And uhhh yea about that. Not feeling it at all.
If you enjoy Canadian music, try this YouTube playlist. 475 different artists selected from the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and Juno and Polaris nominees.
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUALtX-cfzMfZ3SCUPfo_VuuvnKgJo2VS
Land back, fuck Canada!
What?
Canada day is celebrating the genocide of indigenous people. that's what your country stands for.