Sad but true.   In 1967, the Heritage minister was Judy LaMarsh who with PM Pearson did an excellent job ensuring Canada's full heritage of important moments and events was celebrated as it should be.   Opposition leader Diefenbaker's input and attendance was welcomed.   Canadians of all political and regional and ethnic persuasions were included in the celebrations.   John Fisher was an effective Captain Canada and Bobby Gimby wrote and performed the catchy theme song "Canada".   We thought of ourselves as one united, proud, confident, optimistic nation.   It was a wonderful year.  

Now we have photogenic but empty airheads running the show in a self serving partisan exercise  marginalizing Conservative PMs and governments vital contributions to our country's growth and development and using the occasion and the budget for cheap photo opps for Junior and Joy.

And our vacuous PM mouths such idiocies as Canada being the first post national state with no core identity.

Disgraceful.