Commentary
The city of Calgary has reversed its decision to cancel the July 1 fireworks and effectively dismiss Canada Day with it.
Port of Vancouver has not retreated from its position of terminating the fireworks.
In both cases, the decisions to cancel were made not by elected officials but unelected bureaucrats who decided Canada Day had become a source of controversy and July 1 should become something else other than recognizing Canada’s sovereignty, history, and heritage.
A country that is afraid to recognize that history and its founding has no business pretending to be a nation of free people.
Even the leftist mayor of Vancouver, Ken Sim, said he is “incredibly disappointed to see [the fireworks] cancelled this year.”…