It’s Canada Day!
Years ago, I’d be pretty stressed around now, feeling the pressure to come up with a dazzling video, having called my show, ‘The Canadian Explorer’.
This one was spent out-of-country in Budapest, with a group of Canadian auto journalists, which is why I Instagrammed the dinner table reservation card.
Some previous years included: going to Ottawa one year; another year my cycling team won a race ; then one time I attended a citizenship swearing-in ceremony.
I asked the gentleman to take me through the Canada-oath.
Do it too – FF to 0:50, takes 11 seconds
Ep # 28/80 – “Exploring Canada Day” – aired 2009 (original post)
THE OATH – I affirm, that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance, to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada, and fulfill my duties as a Canadian citizen.
If you say, “but Keri, what’s this Queen stuff?“, my thinking is: life’s pretty good in Canada right, so she can’t be all that bad, and sure it’s a bit antiquated, but of all the things we could focus on improving (homelessness / drug abuse / etc), let’s get fired up about that first.
It’s just, Canada is Shangri-la, and that needs to be protected, and if you live here you won the life lottery, so there’s a responsibility to do so. I love that we’re a quietly awesome yet humble group, but maybe a touch more celerbating would be good.
Remember when we simultaneously threw the “Party Olympics”, while winning the most Gold medals ever in a Games? Oh Canada.