Happy Canada Day and Sir John A MacDonald's Unrealized Legacy

 two Canada Day Articles to instill hope for our Country

from Life Canada https://lifecanada.org/

Original English words to our national anthem by Robert Stanley Weir from 1908, written after the French original lyrics and music were composed. 

Since 1908 amid great prosperity, love, and LIFE we have also faced world wars, internal strife, separation from England, a transformation of law, education, and democratic processes, inflation, famine, and strife. 

Yet these words keep us focused. 

The last verse 

Ruler Supreme, Who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our dominion within Thy loving care.
Help us to find, O God, in Thee
A lasting, rich reward,
As waiting for the Better Day,
We ever stand on guard.

National Post Sat, Jul 1, 2023

 http://epaper.nationalpost.com/article/281530820466923
Correcting the record

JOHN A. MACDONALD SAVED MORE INDIGENOUS LIVES THAN ANY OTHER PRIME MINISTER
GREG PIASETZKI Greg Piasetzki is a Toronto lawyer and citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario. 

This chapter excerpt is from the Aristotle Foundation’s new book, The 1867 Project: Why Canada Should be Cherished—not Cancelled, edited by Mark Milke. · Jul 1, 2023

IF MACDONALD’S STORY HAS CHANGED, IT IS BECAUSE CANADIAN SOCIETY NO LONGER UNDERSTANDS ITS OWN HISTORY. (JOHN A.) MACDONALD WAS CONSIDERED A NATION-BUILDER. — GREG PIASETZKI

Given that he died in 1891, the facts of Sir John A. Macdonald’s life are unchangeable. The story of his life, however, has changed dramatically. For most of Canada’s history, Macdonald was considered a nation-builder worthy of celebration and veneration. Today he is a war criminal, at least to hear some tell it. But a proper and balanced consideration of Macdonald’s life reveals that, through his own actions and policies, Canada’s first prime minister was directly and deliberately responsible for saving the lives of untold numbers of Indigenous people. Given the temper of our times, this is not likely to be a popular notion. But that does not make it any less true.

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