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In Quebec City my wife and I were, for better part the minority, the only ones wearing a poppy. We went on tours of the Citadel and Old Quebec City as well as other parts around the place. I can literally count on one hand the number of people wearing a poppy over the past 3 days.
I thought, perhaps, it was just something about the Bloc Quebecois and chalked it up to their separatist agenda but I was wrong.
My wife and I stopped in Ottawa on the way home. We ducked into the St Laurent Mall to grab some stuff and we completely amazed....we were pretty much the only ones wearing poppies. I thought for sure that in the Nations Capital, a mere 4km from Parliament Hill and the National War Memorial, we'd see shitloads of them.
Nope, just a handful. It wasn't for lack of Legion poppy trays either, as there were 2 vendors with trays literally spilling over.
We dropped into the Bayshore Mall too with the same scene...no one wearing poppies. This sparked me to ask my wife a couple of questions, to which she nor I could answer:
- What is being taught in schools across Canada?
- Why is it such a chore for people to drop a bit of change into a clear plastic box and wear a little flower to say to the remaining vets who fought in WW2 and Korea "Thanks for my freedom"? Do they not know what that money is being used for?
With only a day left until Nov 11th I have to ask myself..........Has this nation forgotten?
I thought, perhaps, it was just something about the Bloc Quebecois and chalked it up to their separatist agenda but I was wrong.
My wife and I stopped in Ottawa on the way home. We ducked into the St Laurent Mall to grab some stuff and we completely amazed....we were pretty much the only ones wearing poppies. I thought for sure that in the Nations Capital, a mere 4km from Parliament Hill and the National War Memorial, we'd see shitloads of them.
Nope, just a handful. It wasn't for lack of Legion poppy trays either, as there were 2 vendors with trays literally spilling over.
We dropped into the Bayshore Mall too with the same scene...no one wearing poppies. This sparked me to ask my wife a couple of questions, to which she nor I could answer:
- What is being taught in schools across Canada?
- Why is it such a chore for people to drop a bit of change into a clear plastic box and wear a little flower to say to the remaining vets who fought in WW2 and Korea "Thanks for my freedom"? Do they not know what that money is being used for?
With only a day left until Nov 11th I have to ask myself..........Has this nation forgotten?