Prime Minister Mark Carney and Governor General Louise Arbour both called for unity in their messages to mark Canada Day.
In his message issued July 1, Carney said Canada was “built and bound by a great conviction: that we are strongest when we are united.” He said four colonies decided in 1867 to become one country, “a founding bet that together we could build something greater than the sum of our parts.”
July 1 this year marks the 159th anniversary of Canada’s founding, when the British North American colonies of the Provinces of Canada (Ontario and Quebec), New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia formed the Confederation….