Cammer of Canada: Carney says that Canadians have “gathered” to build a country

Thousands of people gathered in Ottawa on Canada Day To mark the country’s 158th year since the Confederation.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, in his first official Canada Festival message, said the historic moment was a bet from the provinces that they would be “stronger together than they could be separated”.

“They were right. They became a new federation which has now become our strong, bilingual, multicultural and ambitious country,” he said in the pre-recorded message.

Carney continued by saying that in the years that followed, the history of Canada was marked by “inflection points” and that the country now faces another moment.

“The world is changing, the old friendships are failed, our economy is shaken by a trade war that we have not started,” he said. “Our values ​​are tested by attacks on democracy and the freedoms to which we must resist.”

He continued by saying that as the world is changing, Canadians are united and underlined, the country would built a “Canadian economy”, a sentence used by Carney because the federal government has worked to reduce interpromincial trade barriers.

The Prime Minister’s message was similar when he went on stage during the Midi National Ceremony.

“I am particularly proud that in a world responsible for division, that we under the maple leaf considered our options and we decided not to separate and to fight, but to come together and to build,” said Carney.

“We are a country that is great because, in part, we know that we can be even better. We are a country that does things because they are right, not because they are easy. A people who consider kindness as a virtue, not weakness. And it’s time to build a Canada worthy of these values, a Canada worthy of its great people, a Canada for all time. ”

His remarks followed the performances of various artists, notably the interpreter of Mi’kmaw, Alicia Murrin, the singer Métis Andrian Turenne and the poet Inuit Taqralik Parridge, and an overview of the Canadian Air Force snowbirds.

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Canadian Identity Minister Steven Guilbeault was also present and addressed the crowd before performances.

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“When we think of Canada, we think of its beauty, its wilderness, its vast, raw and amazing natural landscapes,” he said. “We see rugged ribs, lush green forests, golden meadows, snowy mountains and a tundra swept by the wind. There is no other place like Canada and we all share a sacred duty to protect it.

“But Canada is much more than a place, that’s something we wear in our hearts with pride.”

The singer of Quebec Garou sang Choose a terrible and pianist Thompson Egbo-Egbo carried out the Hymn to freedomWith the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward delivering a speech between performance.

Then, FIFA vice-president, Vittorio Montagliani, went on stage to present the trophy, a symbol of the next World Cup that should take place in Canada, the United States and Mexico next year.

After Carney’s speech, singer Amanda Marshall played Fall into disgrace And I believe in youBefore an artistic tribute recognizing the 45th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope by Terry Fox.

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Governor-General. Mary Simon also addressed the crowd, telling the people present and looking at home what she admired most in Canada.

“We share this vast earth and I like that in all its enormous geography, it is often the little things that transform lives and communities,” said Simon. “What I saw is that people act with kindness, teach children, building bridges, understanding between people.”

Simon’s words were followed by her leading the inauguration ceremony of previous people appointed to the Order of Canada.

Actor Ryan Reynolds and the singer, the singer-songwriter Heather Ranking were rendered officers, while the Inuk deantha Edmunds soprano, the hockey broadcaster Scott Oake and the Vietnamese novelist Kim Thúy Ly Thanh were appointed members of the order.

The five had already been appointed to the prescription in 2023 and 2024, but the Tuesday ceremony was to invest them and receive their badge.

Canada’s celebrations will be crowned with fireworks on Lebreton apartments at 10 p.m. in the east.

Other Canada Day ceremonies occur across the country, including the Canada Together event in Vancouver and a celebration in Victoria Park in Charlottetown.

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