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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[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!!