July 1: Canada Day - Background


	July 1: Canada Day - Background

egsnyder

7-1-2009 5:09 AM

243 views

tags:

diversity, canada, canada day, multiculturalism

3 Comments |

Add a Comment

7-1-2009 7:48 AM

coconutshell

Happy Canada Day everyone.

Due to the garbage strike going on in Toronto, a few events have been cancelled. At least there are fireworks. Can't have a national holiday without fireworks.

7-1-2009 12:26 PM

tanyamm

Happy Canada Day!

7-1-2009 1:55 PM

Antara

oh gross, a garbage strike in Toronto in the summer?????

yuck!

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from July 1, 2009

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f2f3c59-37c3-44b2-9f5e-81fb8f680542/A3651E0D-9D5A-4102-99BC-DFF66BB63409/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm" href="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.pch.gc.ca</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm"><DIV class="cwm"><IMG width="83" height="20" alt="Symbol of the Government of Canada" src="http://www.pch.gc.ca/images/wmms.gif" /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm"><P class="main">Canadian Heritage</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm"><H1>Canada Day</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm"><H2>Background</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm"><P>On June 20, 1868, a proclamation signed by the Governor General, Lord Monck, called upon all Her Majesty's loving subjects throughout Canada to join in the celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1<SUP>st</SUP>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/canada-eng.cfm"><P>The July 1 holiday was established by statute in 1879, under the name <A href="http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/ceem-cced/jfa-ha/dominion-eng.cfm">Dominion Day</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A3651E0D-9D5A-4102-99BC-DFF66BB63409/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Today's Top Clips