Owen, Many thanks from the land of the frozen north. BTW Camilla and Charles are here to help with the celebrations.
Birthday Greetings to all our Canadian friends. 150 years as Canada, so the celebrations will be manic over the weekend. Not forgetting those Canadian's who gave their lives in both World Wars and those conflicts since. Regards Tom
Tom, The world has changed. We have not had to send our best soldiers to help save the Empire in almost 75 years. We now use more peaceful means to help out the Brits when they get in trouble.
The view from Conrad "many British and Americans doubted the new country, which sought to be the first trans-continental, bi-cultural, parliamentary confederation in history, would long survive" Conrad Black: How the rise of Canada is in some ways greater than even America’s