Since 1958, the Canadian government has used the celebration of 1 July to promote particular models of national identity and to foster national unity. Commemorating the anniversary of Confederation, ...these Dominion Day and Canada Day (as renamed in 1982) observances changed over the decades to reflect changing government public policy objectives and new conceptions of the nation. From a celebration rooted in military pageantry stressing Canada's British heritage, these events were modified to promote a vision of a multicultural, bilingual country with a strong Aboriginal component. Moreover, Canada Day messages increasingly stressed the themes of individual achievement and respect for diversity. Although politicians played roles in determining the form and content of these events, and public response influenced which components were maintained, bureaucrats working in the Secretary of State department exercised a particularly strong influence on these celebrations, providing institutional continuity and expertise to planning efforts. These celebrations provide a key window into understanding the Canadian government's evolving cultural and national identity policies in the post-Second World War era. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
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Musical ride: Edmonton's Strathcona Mounted Troop's military equestrian musical performance will be part of a Halifax parade. The troop, Canada's original and only military musical ride, is marking ...the 100th anniversary of its founding. Part of Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians), an armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces.
MONTREAL (CP) - The federal Heritage Department has allocated 75 per cent of its budget for Canada Day celebrations to Quebec, Montreal Le Devoir said Friday in a report from Ottawa.
Earlier this week, officials with the Montreal suburb Cote St. Luc received notice that the Canada Celebrations Committee, part of the Heritage Department, won't give $350 toward the municipality's ...festivities planned for Sunday, July 2. The municipality will spend $12,000 on its festivities.
He will miss three provinces: Nova Scotia, because he recently did a public rant there; Quebec, because it hasn't been part of the Molson ad campaign; and Saskatchewan, although some Molson ...contest-winners there will be flown into Edmonton.
"Canada Day affords us an opportunity to come together, as a people, to celebrate the great Canadian success story. A story conceived in the bold vision and shared values of our forebears. A story ...written in almost every language and through the contribution of new Canadians. A story handed down through the generations by our writers, poets, artists and singers.
There's no doubt the commercial has had an impact since it debuted in late March. This spring, Heritage Minister Sheila Copps used a video of the beer ad to show Americans at the International Press ...Institute's World Congress how passionate Canadians are about their cultural identity. Even academics at a recent Canadian studies conference Jack Jedwab attended in Jerusalem were quoting the ad, though they seemed "fairly puzzled that a beer ad could become so politically charged." As for Molson's Joe Canadian (actor Jeff Douglas), he's performing a series of coast-to-coast rants this Canada Day weekend in Moncton, St. John's, Ottawa, Toronto, Barrie, Ont., Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria _ all squeezed into 28 hours. He's skipping Quebec because it hasn't been part of the Molson campaign. Comedian Rick Mercer is no stranger to rants himself. As co-host of This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mercer regularly harangues Canadians about homegrown politics, culture and identity with a razor wit. He believes Canadians are patriots of the quiet variety because being loud about it would make us like Americans - whom we despise for their overconfident nationalism.
OTTAWA (CP) - When it comes to Canada's watershed moments, some Canadians have a tough time with the facts. In 1944, which military operation called D-Day did Canadians participate in? (Invasion of ...Normandy) _ Question only two per cent of Canadians got right:
"A rocking music track and energy-packed images of hockey players' thunderous body checks, rowdy concert-goers and boisterous flag-waving Canadians having a great time are used to depict the true ...Canadian identity," the brewery says.
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