Moderators Salyan Posted July 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2014 Happy Canada Day, everyone! 'A Mari usque ad mare' "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth." Psalm 72:8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1Timothy115 Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 Fireworks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Salyan Posted July 2, 2014 Author Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2014 Going downtown tonight. Nice thing about where I am, you have the choice of three different excellent displays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prophet1 Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 I think they got rained out here, in Soo, Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted July 2, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 2, 2014 Happy Canada Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prophet1 Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators HappyChristian Posted July 2, 2014 Administrators Share Posted July 2, 2014 Heh - I thought about ending my post with that. Lol. Prophet, I didn't realize you were in Canada. I just assumed you still lived in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Salyan Posted July 2, 2014 Author Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2014 I think they got rained out here, in Soo, Ontario. Too bad. We had perfect weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prophet1 Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 We actually live on the southside of the St. Mary.And they had the fireworks after the rain quit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EKSmith Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 Can one tell me what Dominion day is ? is this a day that Christians in Canada celebrate or is it kinda like our 4th of July I guess I could google it but would rather here from one of my brothers or sisters from Canada. (Please keep in mind I live way down south on a small Island)  Thanks and have a wonderful day God bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Salyan Posted July 2, 2014 Author Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2014 Dominion Day (old name) is the celebration of Canada's confederation as a self-governing nation - the Dominion of Canada. 147 years ago today. It got updated to Canada Day in 1982, when we passed legislation separating us completely from the British parliament. So yeah, it's like July 4 for Canadians. Interesting trivia: our motto and name were both taken from that verse of Psalms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thank you Canada for finally sending forth some of your cold air to the United States during the summer when we want it rather than during the winter when we don't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ukulelemike Posted July 2, 2014 Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2014 Dominion Day (old name) is the celebration of Canada's confederation as a self-governing nation - the Dominion of Canada. 147 years ago today. It got updated to Canada Day in 1982, when we passed legislation separating us completely from the British parliament. So yeah, it's like July 4 for Canadians. Interesting trivia: our motto and name were both taken from that verse of Psalms. But don't you still use coinage that has the queen on it? Or is that no more? Â (Hopefully I am not bringing up a touchy subject-I had family, by marriage, in Australia and I brought up the queen to my aunt and uncle and a fight ensued between them as it was a nationally touchy subject and they were apparently on different sides of the argument). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveW Posted July 2, 2014 Members Share Posted July 2, 2014 But don't you still use coinage that has the queen on it? Or is that no more? (Hopefully I am not bringing up a touchy subject-I had family, by marriage, in Australia and I brought up the queen to my aunt and uncle and a fight ensued between them as it was a nationally touchy subject and they were apparently on different sides of the argument). It can be touchy over here, but the Queen doesn't cost us anything, and I reckon she is good value at twice the price. I do think she is desperate to outlive her oldest son though - if he were to become king I think Australia would drop the Royals faster than a smouldering coal. At least our Queen has some class and integrity. And she made a big deal about the KJV's 400th birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Salyan Posted July 2, 2014 Author Moderators Share Posted July 2, 2014 But don't you still use coinage that has the queen on it? Or is that no more? Â (Hopefully I am not bringing up a touchy subject-I had family, by marriage, in Australia and I brought up the queen to my aunt and uncle and a fight ensued between them as it was a nationally touchy subject and they were apparently on different sides of the argument). Â We're not under the jurisdiction of the British parliament - we chose to retain the Queen. Not as the queen of Great Britain, but the Queen of Canada. She's basically monarch of several countries, if pretty much in name only. I don't think the queen is a touchy subject in this country - unless maybe in Quebec. But then everything's touchy in Quebec. She's our queen, she ratifies the laws made by our parliament (or her representative the governor general does), and basically is a figurehead. If she ever actually tried to change anything legislatively I have a feeling the country might decide they didn't need a queen anymore. Which is pretty much my stance on it. I'm proud of her, and glad we have a queen (not so sure about her son!), but I've got far too much America in my blood to easily bow to an absolute monarch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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