Legally it’s still Dominion Day; when the House of Commons voted to rename it to Canada Day they didn’t have a quorum present. That’s why us old patriots still call it Dominion Day. It was not just the birth of a nation, it was the creation of an entirely new form of constitutional order that was later adopted by Australia, New Zealand, the Irish Free State, South Africa and Bermuda. After France was knocked out of WWII, Churchill often spoke of the Dominions coming to Britain’s aid.
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Thanks. Yes, WWII was a horrible time for Europe. Many British and French soldiers died in France very early in the War. BTW, my father-in-law was in the The Black Watch of Canada (Royal Highland Regiment) during the early 1950s and is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Some of his training was similar in purpose to some of my (American) training much later.
I still call it Dominion Day, and not only that I drink Dominion Ale to celebrate the Red Ensign.
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