Yes, Canada Day was yesterday.
No, I'm not done talking about Canada just yet. I love that country, which feels - and has long felt to me - like a very pleasant mixture of France, the United States, and Great Britain. There are characteristics of each of those three countries within Canada. Québec province obviously is heavily influenced by France and French culture. There are architectural remnants of the old French colonial days, particularly in Québec City and Montréal, as well as Trois-Rivières. But even the small villages of Québec feel like they have a distinctively French feel, with tall church steeples dominating and being visible from a distance. Even the roads, somehow, feel more European than they do in English Canada or the United States. Then, it is clear in cities like Ottawa (particularly the area around Parliament Hill) as well as Victoria that there is some architectural influence from the British. And the style of government, as well as the mode of thinking among many Canadians also feels British. Also, not surprisingly, Canada is also highly influenced by it's neighbor to the south, the United States. The accent is similar, many of the towns and cities look similar, and the geography has obvious similarities.
So I enjoy discussing Canada, and thought I might keep going for a little bit longer. With that, here is a video on the influence of Québec on Canadian politics, which I once heard compared to that of the South in the United States, in terms of impact (the author of the article was basically saying that the South made the United States veer away from European political thinking, while Québec brought Canada closer to Europe's political way of thinking).
Take a look at the video below and see what you think:
The role Quebec plays in Canada's federal elections
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