Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Canada 150: Huge crowd celebrate nation's anniversary
Every year on July 1st, Canada celebrates its birthday as Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada). But this year is special as it’s the 150th anniversary that enacted the Constitution Act in 1867, which united the three separate British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single country. Probably known to more people around the world, it’s neighboring country, the United States of America, celebrates its 91-year-older birthday just three days later on the 4th of July every year.
This milestone anniversary was celebrated in all over the country by many, but not all. There are as many as 1.4 million indigenous people, such as First Nations, Inuit and Métis, whose ancestors were displaced, segregated or assimilated by the European settlers. Though the government has been trying to reconcile the past mistakes, such a history of oppression doesn’t seem to be forgotten in just a century or two.
At any rate, the last 150 years were quite eventful; the second industrial revolution, two world wars and the cold war, and full-independence from the UK in 1982. What will the next 150 years be like in Canada?
Enjoy reading and thinking what the next 150 years will be like in your country.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40468161
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