Canada Day 2020

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Canada Day 2020

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Happy Canada Day 2020! 😶🍁❤️️ Well, there are no fireworks this year... ⚰ That means there will be no lake videos where I walk around the coast of Lake Ontario until the fireworks start. ⚰ Who can we blame? COVID-19. 😨 Does that mean Canada Day has to suck? 🥱Absolutely not! Who said you cannot go for a walk, play games, instruments or something? 🤔 While the fireworks are really cool, and it truly sucks that they are cancelled, there is more to a celebration than that. Oh yes, speaking of "Canada Day" I would like to take the opportunity to share my opinion on something: #UnsettlingCanadaDay and #CANCELCANADADAY.

Canada Day Is Racist? I Do Not Think So.

It is that time of the year again where some people will resist Canada Day. Why? According to people against Canada Day, celebrating this day is apparently celebrating colonialism, abuse, murder, robbery, rape and the list goes on. 🥴 If you're like "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!" Then yeah, that's what some people really say. Just search those hashtags on Twitter if you think I am kidding. 😨

So ok, let's be 100% real without hiding a thing: yes, what we now call Canada was indeed colonized by White Europeans who did mistreat the Indigenous peoples that have lived here long before they did. That is why we speak English and French as the official languages, as opposed to Cree and Inuktitut -- the two most populous Indigenous languages in Canada. That is also why the population is predominantly White Europeans, particularly from the British Isles, as well as France.

However, Canada has since changed a lot. Is there still room for improvement? Absolutely. Is systemic racism still an issue? Yes it is, and it really needs to stop. Does anybody in 2020 celebrate Canada Day by hunting for Indigenous and beating them? I am pretty sure 99.99% of the population does not. If you ask any Canadian how they celebrate Canada Day, this is what they will say:

A) I watched television

B) I sat in my leather chair

C) I went outdoors

D) Barbecue

E) I wore a maple leaf

F) I watched fireworks (2020 exempt)

and other harmless things. Well, not everyone does harmless things per se, but most people do. So to have sum it up: nothing wrong with having harmless fun, but it is also important that we do not mistreat the people who have lived here before settles arrived. In fact, it is important that we do not mistreat anyone. Let us live in peace and appreciate the racial diversity we have in this country. Choose peace. Say no to racism. Have a fun Canada Day. 🍁