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To our Canadian friends... (Original Post) bluecollar2 Jul 2017 OP
Indeed! Happy Canada Day! irisblue Jul 2017 #1
Bono and the Edge will be playing on Parliament Hill at noon. Trudeau applegrove Jul 2017 #2
The Quebecois people are indifferent about this apparently. Lucky Luciano Jul 2017 #3
Far from all of them. My best Canadian friend is from Quebec, and he proudly celebrates Canada Day. DFW Jul 2017 #4
They celebrate St. Jean Baptiste Day a week earlier in Quebec. applegrove Jul 2017 #8
Kick irisblue Jul 2017 #5
Kicking again irisblue Jul 2017 #6
Happy 150 Canada friends. trof Jul 2017 #7

applegrove

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2. Bono and the Edge will be playing on Parliament Hill at noon. Trudeau
Reply to bluecollar2 (Original post)
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 04:37 AM
Jul 2017

and his wife will be literally emceeing the concert at night.

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Lucky Luciano

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3. The Quebecois people are indifferent about this apparently.
Reply to bluecollar2 (Original post)
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 06:05 AM
Jul 2017

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I once drove around the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec and got to Quebec on July 1 - at the Quebec welcome center I wished the guy happy Canada day - he corrected me - as an apparently proud québécois, he pointed out that that day is for the rest of Canada!

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DFW

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4. Far from all of them. My best Canadian friend is from Quebec, and he proudly celebrates Canada Day.
Reply to Lucky Luciano (Reply #3)
Sat Jul 1, 2017, 07:06 AM
Jul 2017

He used to be Canada's ambassador to the USA while his uncle was Prime Minister, and on July 4th, used to invite us for a huge cookout and the second best view of the fireworks in Washington on the roof of the Canadian embassy.

Those were the days!

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