ViewpointsOpinionGerry Bowler: What I Want for Canada DaySavePrintFireworks explode over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill at the end of Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa on July 1, 2018. The Canadian Press/Justin TangGerry Bowler6/26/2022|Updated: 6/28/20220:00X 1CommentaryI used to think it was a pretty good thing to be a Canadian.Share this articleLeave a commentGerry BowlerAuthorGerry Bowler is a Canadian historian and a senior fellow of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.Author’s Selected ArticlesCanada Day 2025: It’s Time for Canadians to Start Feeling Proud AgainJun 29, 2025Canada Bereft: The Spectacular Canadian War Memorial at Vimy RidgeJun 27, 2025How an 1811 Fur-Trading Deal on Vancouver Island Went Horribly WrongJun 13, 2025How Scotch Whisky Came to BeMay 30, 2025Related TopicsCanada DayEbola vaccinesTerry FoxLeonard Cohensystemic racismJohn A. MacDonaldWayne Gretzky