MPP DUNLOP: PROUD TO BE A CANADIAN

This year on Sunday, July 1, our beautiful country will celebrate its 140th birthday. Canada Day, year to year, is normally the busiest day of the year for a provincial politician. My wife Jane and I attend both private and public events across our riding throughout the day and into the evening.

As citizens of Canada, we often take for granted what Canada has to offer in terms of the quality of life we have compared with other jurisdictions throughout the world.

As Canadians, we live in a land where our freedoms and civil rights are admired by countries and civil rights organizations throughout the world. Our freedoms are certainly always a high priority when any provincial legislation is drafted that pertains to issues involving human rights. At committee level, we continually see human rights and civil liberties leaders making presentations.

As Canadians we can be very proud of our health care and education systems that provide quality programs to everyone equally, despite their financial status.

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As Canadians we take pride in the natural beauty and resources that Canada has to offer and for that reason, Canadians are solidly behind environmental protection and easily adapt to programs that will provide clear water, fresh air and energy conservation.

Finally, I believe Canadians are essentially proud of the role of our ? whether it is helping our friends in times of distress and dictatorship or playing a peacekeeping role in countries around the world, the Canadian military has always been symbol of what we stand for as Canadians – protecting the freedoms that we care so passionately about.

On Canada Day, try to get out to some local Canada Day celebration and be thankful for living in such a wonderful country as Canada.