Thanks for posting this. My feelings about celebrating Canada have become so complex since I became an adult and starting learning about Canada's true past. I love my country, and would very willingly die for this country (a feeling that became VERY clear to me with Trump's talk of annexation), but I can't deny that I will never see this country quite the same way I did when I was young and naive.

This land was stolen, it should never have happened, but the clock can't be turned back, and now there are legions of us born here, and for better or for worse we are part of this country now. I also view everyone here as my brothers and sisters, and I'm glad there are native people willing to view us that way too, although quite frankly I would not blame them if they didn't.

We can only move forward. That's what the Truth and Reconciliation movement is all about. Acknowledging the horrors of the past, and trying to move forward in peace together. I hope that Canada can turn into the country I thought it was when I was young.

Happy Canada Day to you.