The Past Speaks

The last Canadian to enlist in the First World War had died at his home in the United States. It is a good time to reflect on the ways in which Canada has changed in the last 90 years. I would suggest that Mr Babcock’s story shows that the changes have, generally speaking, been for the better. Canada went from being a loyal dependency of the British Empire to an independent, prosperous, pacific, and multicultural country.

Now all we need to do to make the transition complete is to abolish the monarchy, the last symbolic vestige of our connection to the Empire for which Mr Babcock and so many other English-speaking Canadians were willing to fight.