Another July 1st has gone by, and now July 4th is on it's way out as well.   This year there have been some big differences that only the governments came be blamed for.  In Canada, especially in the province of Ontario, fireworks displays were cancelled all across the province.  In fact a fire ban was put into place so that people would be forced no to consider buying fireworks.  In some municipalities stores that sole fireworks were told to close.  So as Canada first celebrations faded away without a whimper, our American friends are on the road to huge displays as usual. 

The difference between the two nations is as different as apples and oranges.  Both nations were created differently and contain different political institutions that have marked the difference between the two nations and have developed into two individual cultures.  However, the difference between the two nations is something that a lot of people don't understand, let alone know about.

The Canadian Fathers of Confederation believed in accepting without hesitation the institutions of Britain.  In fact the Father of Confederation had no intention of really separating from Britain and had decided that the loyalty to the crown was paramount in establishing Canada as a country.

One of the main reasons for developing a country is because the two colonies Canada West (Ontario) and Canada East (Quebec) needed the inclusion of at least two colonies  (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) to end the continual stalemates in the two Canadas.

While the Americans were deep in their civil war, Canada didn't want the same kind of government for fear that as a nation, Canada would eventually end up the same.   While the American constitution begins with "We the people.."  the Canadian constitution is a piece of British legislation giving the ability of the four colonies to unite as one "nation" loosely.  The people were not considered as having the ability to exercise political knowhow and abilities, which in the views of the Fathers of Confederation the common person wasn't part of the "elite" educated and land owning members of society -- the Canadian upper class. 

Canada became a colonial country, adapting British political philosophies, which included British institutions that best served Britain and had very little to do with Canada and the vast regions and differences between the regions.

This is just a part of the Canadian history that is often excluded from education studies.