A big Wide World of Walt Canada Day greeting to all my friends and followers in the Great Not-so-white North! "Not-so-white" because it's summer, of course...
Last week a significant number of Canadians [3? Ed.] were asked what thing or image most represents Canada. The top four answers were:
4 - Hockey. Of course. Let other countries play wimpy games like soccer.
3 - "O Canada". Would have ranked higher if they could remember the words.
2 - The maple leaf flag. So cool that American travellers stitch it on their backpacks.
1 - The Canadian wilderness. Presumably the poll was not taken in Toronto.
Walt has a little present for you Canadians, in which the third and fourth items on the Canadian icon list are combined effectively by a former Canadian icon, Roger Doucet.
Nobody before or since sang "O Canada" like Roger. Hope he's learned the new words and is singing in heaven today.
Footnote: The bottom two entries in the survey referred to above were: second-last, Her Britannic Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II; dead last (but not dead yet) Justin Bieber.
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