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Canada Day went missing
Published in the Gazette," Letter to the editor"
Reprinted without using the word anglophone
Month of July 1998
by Jimmy Kalafatidis
Recently I moved from Central Montreal to the East End . Upon arrival I naturally assumed most everyone living about me was French and a separatist. After a while of interacting with my neighbors I was overwhelmed to discover that approximately 50 percent of my community was made up of patriotic Canadians , made up of English speakers, ethnics and French Canadians
To my amazement when Canada day arrived, something was missing. Canada day was missing. The east end was a sea of moving trucks and silence. No Canadian parties in the parks. No children on their bikes fluttering Canadian flags. No face painted people walking the streets with a grin and a case of 24 under their arms. No Canadian flags.Canada day was erased from the east end.
In the past 30 years the separatist have been triumphant in fabricating a norm in the east end and in many parts of Quebec that implies; hide all celebrations in relation to Canada, tolerate the fleur de lis, and fear putting up a Canadian flag at your home.
The resolution to this problem is quite unmistakable. Next Canada day we must overlap the fabricated separatist norm by creating our own norm. Next Canada day everyone in the east must stand as one and hoist their Canadian flags. Just picture 50 percent of every house on every block displaying a Canadian flag. Security in numbers, no Canadian home a sitting target. The separatist norm broken. The goal, is to truly have the happiest East End Canada day ever.