Tonight was the annual Yom Hashoah tent ceremony thing. They sang O Canada. Like everyone else there I got up and sang with them. This may seem like a completely unremarkable statement, but it isn't. You see for the longest time I would not sing O Canada, I wouldn't even stand for it. I felt that when the Liberals were in power the Canadian government did not represent my views in any way shape or form. I was embarrassed by my country's leadership and foreign policy and therefore did not feel the need to sing the national anthem.
How thing have changed. Today Canada is one of Israel's biggest supporters. It was the first country to announce it would not attend Durban II, Jason Kenny and Stephen Harper are the best friends Israel could have, and GST is down 2%. Today I sang O Canada.
When I get to Israel and people ask me if I am American I will say with pride that I am in fact Canadian. (Although I do have American citizenship...)
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I am 6 months away from the moment I have been waiting for for most of my life. As I have what to say on the issue, like I do with most issues, I have decided to blog about it.
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