Dear Editor,
A quick note to the people of Richmond: Nobody is forcing you to celebrate Canada Day this year, or any year.
If you have reasons you want to skip the celebrations this year, feel free to do so.
However, please don’t try to cancel Canada day for 40 million Canadians by saying you are speaking for everyone.
You’re not.
I’d say the majority of Canadians have enough pride in their hearts to want to appreciate what we have living in Canada, and we can mourn what we’ve lost at the same time.
Canada Day can be for both. Cancelling it and hiding it from sight is no way to honour anyone in Canada’s history.
Geordie McGillivray
RICHMOND
