On Parliament Hill

On July 1, 2016, Canadians gathered together to celebrate Canada’s 149th Birthday.

Over the past 149 years, we have built a prosperous nation, based on the principles of freedom, democracy and the rule of law.

Canada Day is a chance for us, whether here at home or around the world, to show our Canadian pride. It is a day to look back at all that we have accomplished and an opportunity to reflect on how blessed and thankful we are to live and raise a family in the greatest country in the world.

Canada is a nation strong and free and we have inherited this legacy from the incredible sacrifices and determination of those who have gone before us. We have fought tyranny and opposed injustice around the world and we continue to remember those who sacrificed everything to defend the freedoms that we all enjoy today.

Canada Day is also an opportunity to look forward and to dream about what we want our country to look like in the future, while always keeping in mind the values and principles that have brought us this far. As Canadians, we alone have the responsibility to shape our future.

As we enter our 150th year, we thank God for blessing Canada and ask that He would continue to show His favour on us as a Nation. There is so much to be thankful for and we have every reason imaginable to proudly call ourselves Canadian.