Celebrate Our Shared Humanity on Canada Day

Celebrate Our Shared Humanity on Canada Day
A couple basks in the beauty of the Bow River and the Rocky Mountains in Canmore, Alta., on May 29, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
Patrick Keeney
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Commentary

Following announcement of the discovery of the remains of more than 215 children at the site of the former Kamloops Residential School and the killing of a Muslim family in London, Ont., by a deranged young man, a number of politicians and activists have called for either the outright cancelling of Canada Day festivities or a transformation of the holiday into a day of sombre remembrance and atonement.

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