Victoria Day: Our Yearly Reminder That We Are Still British North Americans

Commentary This Victoria Day, the usual suspects will decry the holiday—in the name of decolonization. However, so long as Canada’s existence is said to make the world a better place, the process by which this country was created ought not be deplored. The land that became Canada has been populated for thousands of years, but it only exists as a united sea-to-sea country because it was part of Queen Victoria’s Empire. Nearly all of our political ideals and principles are owed to Britain, whether by the actions of those who came to Canada from across the Atlantic, or the enduring influence of their ideas....