Happy Dominion Day!
Every July 1st we're told to celebrate Canada. We wave the flag. We watch the fireworks. We wear red and white.
But very few people stop to ask the obvious question:
What exactly are we actually celebrating?
For generations, Canadians knew the answer. We were a people with a shared history, a shared inheritance, and a shared national story. We built a country from sea to sea. We defended it on battlefields around the world. We honoured the men who founded it and understood that nations are held together by more than geography, government programs, or economic prosperity.
Today, that feeling has largely disappeared.
Our history has been replaced with revisionism. Our founders are condemned instead of celebrated. Our shared identity has given way to the idea that Canada is simply a collection of different groups held together by institutions and bureaucracy.
That wasn't always the Canadian story.
In today's Dominion Day special, I explain why the name Dominion Day mattered, what it told Canadians about themselves, and why recovering our national memory is essential if Canada is to remain a nation worth preserving.
If we forget who we are, we shouldn't be surprised when we lose the country our ancestors built.
