Juno News - Why Canadians are still optimistic about Canada

00:00:00.640 July 1st is Canada Day, a day where we celebrate our great country.

00:00:07.040 However, in the last two years Canada has made headlines worldwide for its discriminatory

00:00:13.200 vaccine mandates that banned people who chose not to take the COVID-19 vaccine

00:00:18.960 not only from planes and trains but also from leaving the country.

00:00:23.680 The Canadian government also cracked down on peaceful Freedom Convoy protests in February

00:00:31.360 by invoking the Emergencies Act to forcefully remove the demonstrators.

00:00:37.440 Many still see a purpose in celebrating Canada Day and I wanted to ask some freedom-loving

00:00:43.680 Canadians that were out in Ottawa for the arrival of James Taub and for the celebrations of Canada Day

00:00:51.680 why it's important to still celebrate our great country.

00:00:55.840 No leader can take the gift that we have of living in Canada.

00:01:01.440 Sure, we're going through hard times, dark times, but it's a day collectively to

00:01:08.320 have a beer, have a cup of coffee, talk with our neighbours and build back and these divisions.

00:01:16.880 To me it's dialogue that's needed in this country and so to me Canada Day is an invitation for that.

00:01:25.280 I've been working for 40 years, I still am, I work with you know as a street worker in Ottawa.

00:01:32.960 Canada has a lot of good stuff, let's celebrate that.

00:01:36.400 I think we should be celebrating Canada Day all the more with more fervour and more patriotism

00:01:45.920 because our government cancelled Canada Day for two years and we didn't see the reason, there was no reason.

00:01:56.320 We're Canadians, that's why we should not, if we let our corrupt government push us and not go, they won.

00:02:06.880 We need everybody, I don't care which side you are on, the left, the right, the blue, the red, I don't care.

00:02:12.880 We're still Canadians to begin with and we still have to go to Parliament.

00:02:16.960 I was not going to go and a lot of, I see a lot of people and a lot of support so I am going to go you know.

00:02:23.600 Canada is all about freedom, you know, freedom is our nationality as they say and people should

00:02:27.680 be able to celebrate that. We were up on Parliament Hill earlier in the day and it doesn't feel very

00:02:33.600 free up there, there's so many police and all the gates and whatnot and it's like quiet and hushed and

00:02:39.280 it just doesn't feel like a free country when you're walking around there so hopefully you know

00:02:43.840 people can celebrate you know in their own way and be respectful but enjoy the day and celebrate

00:02:50.320 the country that we all live in. Well hopefully to restore some national pride because with the

00:02:55.680 globalists in charge of this for so long and they've made us feel ashamed of our country and we

00:03:00.400 shouldn't, we shouldn't at all so come here and celebrate it again. I'm a true patriotic Canadian.

00:03:08.160 When I sing the national anthem, I sing it with pride. When I hear it sung at a hockey game, I'll

00:03:14.320 stand up in my own living room because that's what Canada represents to me. Freedom and all the lyrics

00:03:21.200 that are in that song. True, no strong and free. God keep our land glorious and free. So celebrating

00:03:28.880 Canada Day amidst all this negativity is more important because nobody's going to take my joy, nobody's going

00:03:36.480 to take my truth. I'm going to live my life and live my truth like everybody else is allowed under

00:03:41.520 the sun with all their agendas. To live in spirit and in truth should not be held against you and that's

00:03:51.200 what I feel. In conclusion Canada Day is a great day that we should still celebrate. May God keep our land

00:03:59.760 glorious and free. For True North, I'm Émilie Canté-Nantel.

Juno News - July 02, 2022