Canadian Heritage committee  Does that mean the witness has no closing statement?

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's right that this change does.... It's a little change, as your colleague Ms. Bennett pointed out. She said in the House that these two words, “of us”, are “small, yet meaningful”. I agree, but not for the same reason. If you really believe in ending exclusivity, then

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, as I mentioned, there is a track record of this type of change to heritage in Canada, and it goes back many years to the middle of the 20th century. A historian's job is to explain why. I don't think that's been fully explained by Canadian historians. There are peopl

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, I really am struck by the arrogance of what members are proposing to do in this bill. They are taking something that is 100 years old, that is a classic poem by a Canadian poet—normally, we respect our poets and their work, and in fact we support them—and in place of

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chair, I think you would be misinforming your daughters if you told them that was the case, and so would their teachers, because as I said fairly clearly in my opening remarks, the words “thy sons” are not exclusive in the context of our tradition. It may be that in school

Canadian Heritage committee  Thanks for the question. Madam Chair, it represents the tradition that we come from. We in Canada have the privilege of being part of a group of countries, like Australia, the United States, India, New Zealand, and other places, many that you can count in the Commonwealth, such

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's a simple matter of people's familiarity. When you talk to new Canadians, they tend to like and want to attach to the traditions we have. There's a sense that new Canadians want to know who we are. They want to know what they're joining. They want to know who we are

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. It has stood the test of time. Generations of Canadians have memorized it, and it has become part of who we are. To quote Rudyard Griffiths, heritage is sometimes compared to a rich tapestry: once you begin pulling at loose threads, you start to pick away

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning. My name is Chris Champion. I'm a Canadian historian with a Ph.D. in Canadian history. I'm the founder and editor of the The Dorchester Review, which is an independent and relatively small circulation journal, but it's about 100 pages per issue. It's in the old style