OTTAWA — A statement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marking Canada Day and the country’s 150th anniversary:

Today, we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation. Celebrating 150 years should be a grand celebration, and surely, Ottawa is doing its best to promote it. These moments, and many others, shaped Canada into the extraordinary country it is today — prosperous, generous and proud. Sit with us who oppose the legalization of marijuana, assisted suicide, abortion, and other laws because they go against our beliefs, but you pass them because of a certain small group of people who make the bigger noise and because they will make you look better and more “inclusive”. In 1867, the vision of Sir George-Etienne Cartier and Sir John A. Macdonald, among others, gave rise to Confederation — an early union, and one of the moments that have come to define Canada.
Canada celebrates the sesquicentennial (150-year) anniversary of the Canadian Confederation.