and of course, in canada, the whole thing's flip-flopped

[bossymarmalade]

All the Canoodians on lj have already posted, but dammit, I am too proud and happy about the same-sex marriage bill being passed to miss the opportunity to talk about it. This is the best bloody Canada Day celebration EVER!! And as some local icing, the Vancouver City Council has refused Wal-Mart's big-box proposal for a store on SW Marine! Whoo-HOO!

It's taken me a long and confused time to sort through and shake out my feelings about being Canadian (especially when I felt halfway Trinidadian and envious of Americans and hard-pressed to identify any sort of Canadian cultural identity at all), but I can safely say that now I wouldn't give it up for anything.

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[tammylee.livejournal.com]

ARg, sometimes being an Albertan embarasses me.
Being a Canadian however, is something I'm always proud of. Which is wierd, because hey! What did I do besides be born? durrr...
Yay! Speaking of amorphous Canadian cultural identity. XD

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Heh! I completely understand. Canadian cultural identity is sometimes really confusing because of all the mosaic-ness of it, but I wouldn't have it any other way!

[marej.livejournal.com]

you damn right *g*

[robanybody.livejournal.com]

Canada is the first country to feel like home for me, even when I was still a landed immigrant, so I'm just terribly proud of my country for doing the right thing. This year's Canada Day is going to be doubly *sweet*.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean -- for a long time I thought being American would be way cooler than being Canadian, but after moving back here and learning a little more about the world? Ain't nothin' better, baby!!

[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

Canada rocks.

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

Rocks with both hands!! *g*

yay for us!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_happyd_/]

we just have to make sure s. harper (s is for stupid) and the conservatives don't form the next government, he says that he will make sure to revisit this issue! and what's up w/ ralph klein? what a hick bastard!

but yay and yay about wal-mart :)

have a nice canada weekend!

Re: yay for us!

[bossymarmalade.livejournal.com]

s. harper (s is for stupid)

ahahahahah! Truer words have never been spoken, you clever sweetling you!