Remembrance Day in Canada became a cultural flashpoint this year. For those that are not paying close attention, this is what happened across our country:
- a Nova Scotia school told veterans not to wear uniforms because it might trigger foreign students
- an Ottawa school played a Palestinian Arabic protest song at the official school ceremony
- a Toronto official used the official ceremony to condemn Canada’s involvement in slavery (Wtf?)
- Calgary mayor accused everyone at the official ceremony of being settlers on stolen land
- York University lecturer filmed herself berating and swearing at Canadian veterans
- Saanich, B.C. Remembrance Day ceremony only had one reading from a holy book. The Quran.
I think this is what living in a post national state looks like.
After watching and listening to several Leafs fans on the Morgan Rielly crosscheck. I've come to believe that the shadows are all wrong in the video and one of two possibilities are true:
1) the whole thing was staged and this incident is as real as landing on the moon.
OR
2) there is in fact a SECOND crosschecker.
More news to come as I follow up on this story.