I’m very grateful to Christopher Champion and John Robson for having edited my piece and published it in the Dorchester Review as “1791: The True Birth of Canada.”
Introduction
Since coming into office on 6 February 2006, the Harper government has engaged in high-profile campaigns to commemorate important events in Canadian history, such as the 400th anniversary of Quebec City’s founding in 2008 and the 200th anniversary of various battles of the War of 1812 in 2012, 2013, and 2014. The government has also endured criticism for not having celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Constitution Act, 1982 (and the Charter in particular) in 2012 and for having ignored the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Maple Leaf Flag on 15 February 2015. And the Government of Canada has now launched a campaign to celebrate the sesquicentennial of Confederation on 1 July 2017, called “Canada…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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