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Happy Canada Day!

I was listening to Morning Edition on KPCC this morning, hearing an interview with Le Vent Du Nord. The article opens talking about how in the US we’re anticipating the 4th of July, while many of “our neighbors (sic) to the north” are all getting excited about Quebec’s 400th anniversary. It somehow failed to mention that pretty much all of “our neighbours to the north” are celebrating Canada Day today. That’s right, on Canada Day, they did a story about founding celebrations in Canada, and managed to find a way to make the 4th of July relevant, but they didn’t so much as mention Canada Day, the one such celebration occurring that day which is actually celebrated by everyone to the north.

Be careful about dissing Canada. If you really tick them off the Jay’s will win the World Series a few more times as punishment.

UPDATE: Apparently there is another noteworthy celebration going on today. It feels like there is some kind of significance to SOS being adopted on Canada Day, but what that significance is seems rather open to interpretation. ;-)