Thanksgiving Weekend is upon us. I am looking forward to a long weekend before the busy Fall-Winter season chasing clients, attending conferences and working harder to make a living. But first, Turkey dinner and many thanks.
Did you know that "The first Thanksgiving Day in Canada after Confederation was observed on April 15, 1872, to celebrate the recovery of The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness?" Canadian Heritage
Today, of course, Thanksgiving in Canada is a Holiday, a weekend when many Canadians drive to their cottages and close them down for the season at the end of the long weekend. But it is also an occasion for great dinners with family and friends and for most of us I'm sure also an opportunity to quietly give thanks for the great fortune that is to be Canadian, to live in Canada. While we are not perfect - while this country is not perfect by any means and there is much work to do for Canada to achieve its promise - it is today one of the best (for the very best) countries in the world in which to live. For that I am eternally grateful to life, fate, karma or whatever you wish to call it.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Jaime
"Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die." --Pierre Trudeau
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