The hashtag #CancelCanadaDay is gaining traction on social media with many arguing it should be a day to reflect on the injustices inflicted on Indigenous Peoples, including the lives lost at residential schools.
On May 28, the remains of 215 children were found at the site of the Kamloops school formerly run by the Catholic Church. Since then, there have been calls by First Nations leaders, human rights advocates, and opposition politicians for accountability and support from all levels of government as well as cooperation by the church to find answers.
One event page titled “#HaltTransCanada for our stolen & murdered children” asks people to join the Anishinabek Nation in a 5-hour protest on July 1, to block the TransCanada highway “one hour for every hundred years of occupation, colonization and resistance from our people.”
It is horrible, still canada day should be celebrated
This is over dramatic don't ur think. Why should the rest of Canada suffer because there are assholes in this world who commit horrible things. Punishment should be directed correctly and not to others.
Cancel pedophile priests and evil nuns. Cancel government stealing children and sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. I'll celebrate that, along with Canada day.
Canada Day should not be canceled. We need to continue moving forward & celebrating Canada's successes, be proud of our Veterans, & going forward with lessons learned by better daily living.
Welp, time to stop being Canadian
Knee jerk reactions to the news however tragic brings out the worst in people. Cancelling Canada Day would only be the first step for people to continue to cancel anything that triggers them.
Keep Canada Day. Kick Victoria Day to the curb; rename it for the indigenous people of this beautiful land. First Nations Day? First People's Day? Indigenous Peoples Day? The name ought to be chosen by those for whom it should be named.
The holiday can't be change due to it being in most Collective Agreements. All Canadians can use the day to reflect on how we can make us better, get rid of racism and hate language and begin the process of TRUE Reconciliation for our Indigenous People's.
Stop cancel culture!
Canada Day is a day to celebrate the privilege we all have in our Country. Our history may be dark, but our future is bright. I am however, fully supportive of a national indigenous remembrance day. Want to stick it to colonization, rename Victoria Day.
Who is calling for that? Names please
That seems like not exactly an appropriate response...
That's complete BULLSHIT.
No. That doesn't mean I am indifferent. My heart breaks. I am outraged. But I want to also celebrate the good. I still mourn. And I am still a proud Canadian. There is no right answer for everyone but my country needs healing. 🇨🇦🍁♥️
Completely support this - it’s a time of mourning, not celebration.
No! Nice try!
Keep Canada day and do a better job of supporting indigenous people. Force the church to turn over records to prove the deaths were not criminal.
Is this a joke! Of course we should celebrate this country
As a Canadian born here, I will celebrate Canada Day. This does not take away from the horror of Kamloops.
I’m going to celebrate my country in spite of the constant atrocities against children by the Catholic Church. They have done more to harm children than is possible to fathom in many different ways.
Not trying to start a Twitter war, but don’t people call for Canada day to be canceled every year?
What the hell did I do wrong? Why am I punished?
Straight up 🖕
Cancel no! But all of the comments in this post proves why we need to work at being a country to be proud of. 😩
lulex “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission found 3,200 recorded deaths of children, like Wenjack, who died while attending residential schools in Canada. But poor record keeping means the number could be as high as 30,000'
Pathetic attempt to deflect blame.
With this thinking no country would celebrate. All countries have moments of dark history.
How about instead of hyperbole we look for the truth I for one want to know what led to the death of 215 what was the time span what was the cause of death.. once you look to answer these questions exposing the truth you can call yourselves reporters
As a First Nations person. Cancellation of Canada Day is complete idiocy. Canada Day is about a nation of different cultures, races & sexes coming together to celebrate freedom to live. My grandfather fought in WW2 for this country. He left the reservation to fight for us all.
Residential schools are a blight on our history. However, based on ground radar soundings, a tehnology proven to be inaccurate, people are demanding action based on emotion not fact. Let the investigation go forward and base responses on the findings.
I am a Proud Canadian, and I will celebrate this Great Nation that I was fortunate to be born and reside. The Persons responsible for this horrific crime should be brought to justice 100%. Those buildings should be the children’s Tomb Stones and their pictures hung on the walls.
That’s not gonna do anytning.
NOPE!
Canada Day is about unity. It's the time for healing, we must all come together as one, help each other to heal the wounds of the past. Also, to not forget what happened to the children. Ceremonies and a sacred day must be dedicated, so our nation can all grieve together as one.
I have a better idea. Why don’t we exile everyone who agrees with this nonsense.. and then have Canada Day 🇨🇦
What’s next, guess we should cancel Christmas
I believe the calls are to cancel Canada .
Renewed calls by whom? Despite our flaws and the tragic events of the past, this is still the best country on the planet. We ought to celebrate the great things we represent &!do as a country while learning from the past & becoming a better nation.
Cancel Dominion Day permanently. It's a waist of tax payers money
Like who?
We can still have Canada Day
As an immigrant I will celebrate Canada Day with gratitude for a country that gave me a home, and opportunity and freedom that my homeland couldn't.
obviously thought up by somebody who does not work and not looking forward to a stat holiday.. This shit has gone way to far.
More CTV click bait to divide us just a little more.
Me & my family WILL celebrate Canada day and we will enjoy it and not let shit in the news ruin it for us. My family had NOTHING to do with shit that happened 60+ years ago and I for one will not & am not the least bit guilty for something that happened before I was born.
Cancelling Canada Day will do nothing to correct the tragedy that was inflicted on the Native community. We need to acknowledge that it happened and that we are better than that now. Time to do what we can for the survivors and their descendants. You can still be proud of Canada.
Maybe this year it should be a national day of mourning
Yes the rest of Canada should be put on hold, piss off. I am PROUD to be Canadian and what happen 60+ years ago has NOTHING to do with me or 99.99999% of the Canadian population. People freaking out over something that happens years she years ago, get a life!
CTV always with the click bait thumbnails it’s embarrassing
Canada Day is a day to celebrate our country...the good & the bad. History is what it is, we can't change it. Take this time to learn and move forward. I doubt this will be the last we hear of this type of event. 🇨🇦
As much as it was a very sad event, Canada needs a morale booster to help us out of this pandemic.
Yes cancel Canada Day!!! There is nothing to Celebrate 🤦🏽♀️
Don’t let the mob defeat Canada.
Please don’t cancel Canada day...
You can’t change history but we can learn from it and create a Canada that finally includes everyone. They also had residential schools for the blacks of NS. We tried and failed to make everyone white and Christian it is time to celebrate our differences and what unites us
How about we cancel this snowflake society, past is the past however tragic it may be let’s learn from it and not make the same mistakes again. All this cancel shit is getting old
No
Where are all these people coming from for gods sake
Canceling Canada Day because of a few monters is completely ludicrous!!!!
I will celebrate the greatness that this country embodies and the freedom it gives its people, the same freedom we must continue to fight for and protect. I look forward to celebrating Canada Day with my family and friends.
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The unmarked burial sites have nothing to do with Canada's birthday Canada becoming a country.
Look at all the white faces in the profil pics. All the uneducated comments on residential schools. Take a moment even Wikipedia’s would be better then complete ignorance!
Why? If you want to move ahead even MORE effort should be put into Canada Day. What it offers. The diversity. Togetherness. Let’s not cancel things because of things that happened in the past and the people of today had no control over.
I am for it! boycottcanadaday
I don't agree..
No, do not cancel Canada Day!
Cancel Canada Day!
Globalism in gear...forget being Canada and be ready to give up any identity. TruAnon
No. There have been several atrocities to many people and nationalities throughout the centuries within Canada. The standards of yesteryear cannot be compared to standards of today, people must stop attempting to right the wrongs of history through punishment today.
Our country as well as so many have undergone losses of one kind or another, be it Jewish, Italian, indigenous but it’s part of history and we need to look ahead to bettering the country not finding new ways to protest it
The media needs to stop propping up the small minority for people that have these radical views. By pushing this into the spotlight it isn’t helping anyone and just divides people. This article shouldn’t even exist based on how many people believe Canada day should be canceled.
What is missing now?
I will celebrate the good that Canada has become, the opportunities it has provided. I will work to understand that our history is complex and we still have work to do. That these atrocities have happened on this land is shameful. We must do better, we will do better.
Just cancel the Catholic church. There it had to be said. The real ones responsible for these atrocities.
This is the biggest spin piece narrative steering puff piece yet.... calling for no Canada day... get fkn real... i mean it, quit acting on behalf of the establishment and their biowarfare political control of the population. You you used to be somebody, now i got 0 fks to give
Not that it's celebrated anyway in Québec. it's been replaced by moving day 🤣
WTF lets cancel Christmas too because of the crusades History has happened you canna change it pull up yer big child pants and move the fk on
Get rid of every fuckin holiday than FuckSnowflakes
Let's cancel Canada and let the queen take us back over
Cancelling Canada Day only makes sense to career victims who believe in group guilt by association. Absolute morons
PM if you cancel July 1 st you will create more problem. I can see it already stop letting them tell you what they want and listen to the people that want that day. I think the natives are going to far....
This is fake news!!! This should never even be written to cancel a statutory holiday.
how can we not still be proud to be Canadian? smh ..yes it's terrible! learn from it & be better! We didn't personally make that decision, in this day/age we know better, most of us! there are still people to be shameful of who do terrible things, but we can still have our pride
Uummmmmm fuck off!!
Who is calling for this? Not the majority of Canadians!
Makes you wonder what the collective maturity of whomever is behind these movements is
Until 1982, July 1 was Dominion Day. It recognized the “dominions colonies” that joined together to form Canada. After 1982, Canada Day (new name)became a celebration of the diversity of citizens. This would be the perfect year to honour the first culture for diversity.
That will prove difficult. What are they gonna do... make you stay home, wear a mask? Send a cop to ticket you?
Who is calling to cancel. Come on name one. Nope you can’t do it.
As a still proud Canadian I will continue to celebrate Canada Day. I will reflect on and learn from the past but I will not apologize for or condemn people who lived by accepted, century old values; and who created the basis for what we have today.
Yes from a small group of radical indigeneous rights activists and their white guilt, white savior complex SJWs ! Canadians can reflect & mourn the moral failings of the past and still celebrate that Canada is one of the best countries in the world to live! 🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤🇨🇦❤
Yes, the pendulum swings way to far! Have Canada Day because we are a country and dedicate this Canada Day to the remembrance of all the First Nations children who were put through the unjust school system. A dedication to both the ones that did not survive and those that did!
First lets confirm that there are actually graves.
Being proud to be Canadian and having a day to celebrate CANADA does not mean I am necessarily proud of everything in our past. I am proud though to live in a country where are working towards unity. I will proudly celebrate Canada Day🇨🇦
Might be a good idea for to poll our MPs about this. If any of them decide to cancel Canada day, that would be very helpful at election time.
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Cool Story. Also, Can you cover the FauciEmails for Canadians? Most Canadians don’t know about it and it isn’t in being talked about in Canadian mainstream media for some weird reason and it’s kinda super important.
We need to start ignoring these calls.
Sure just like JT changed our anthem with out any open discussion. I will never stand for it ever again
Some peoples children!
Am thinking Canada Day has nothing to do with the residential schools. Like fucking nothing. Was the day Canada became Canada, its own country. Not under British or the French monarchy. Was the government and church that decided the schools were a good idea.
Disagree. Canada Day shouldn't be about what it is, but what we want it to be.
Just when you think the tail can't wag the dog anymore it does. If you enjoy moping around have at it but I have nothing to be guilty or ashamed of as I had nothing to do with Indians or residential schools.
Where do you get your info and how many people want to cancel Canada Day. So tired of the crap the media puts out there.
Canada is evil, everyone should feel bad about everything, unless you just got here and are penniless, then everything should be provided for you, we get it.
Oh my fucking God are you people pansy virtue signalers. You don't get to cancel Canada ok. Go ahead though and try, and the rest of us will celebrate without you.
“Renewed calls”. What does that mean? If Canada day is cancelled to appease the ridiculous douches who are asking for this, then I quit Canada.
Oh piss off
Both my grandfathers fought for Canada in WW2. They are both dead now but because of them we live in a free country. Maybe if Hitler won, we would have death camps here. And who knows what people would be exterminated. We will celebrate Canada Day. A country we won.
Let's let Native Canadians have their own day of recognition instead of forcing more of our white crap onto them. Maybe expand Louis Riel day to recognize other great Native leaders? Or make Indigenous Peoples day a stat holiday?
Piss off
This is not a Canada issue! This is a Catholic Church issue!!!
Cancel CTV for continually posting this nonsense.
No thanks, I'm celebrating Canada Day as usual.
This might be the most woke thing I’ve ever seen.
Do whatever you want just as long as I don’t have to work on July 1.
no chance of that happening and if you want the majority of canadians to start to distance themselves from the clowns who started this thought carry on
No one is saying that. Piss off China
No