At the state level, what it means to be Canadian and pride in the True North has undergone dramatic changes in recent years.
Freshly in office in 2015, former Prime minister Justin Trudeau famously said the country is a “postnational state” with “no core identity.”
Allegations in 2021 from some indigenous bands saying radar scans found unmarked mass graves at former residential school sites, including in Kamloops, B.C., led to cancellations of Canada Day fireworks in several cities and criticism of Canada by some columnists and politicians.
Flags remained at half mast for several months, and the situation didn’t change much even as news emerged that at the few sites that did undergo excavations, no remains of children were found….