Canada did not enjoy full legal autonomy until the Statute of Westminster was passed on December 11, 1931. The signing of the statute was Canada’s own declaration of independence.
Over the first twenty years, the song swept through Quebec, sung in churches and on all formal occasions, but having no English words, people across Canada composed their own lyrics, and by the 1920s, English Canadians sang two hundred versions.
Book Review: Ottawa and the provinces have long been at loggerheads, sharing “a history replete with battles over power and money, trends towards unity or separatism, and deals struck to make this system of government work.
Book Review: Cecil Foster shows how black train porters played a key role in demanding fair treatment, helping to make Canada the uniquely multicultural country it is today.
