First Ring Daily 637: Bargain Box

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On this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad has a trade and a box, Paul has a book update.

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  • factoryoptimizr

    01 July, 2019 - 2:52 pm

    <p><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">Canada gained formal independence from the United Kingdom on </span><strong style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">April 17, 1982</strong><span style="color: rgb(17, 17, 17);">.</span></p>

    • kzrystof

      01 July, 2019 - 5:53 pm

      <blockquote><em><a href="#438994">In reply to FactoryOptimizr:</a></em></blockquote><p><br></p><p>Still, when I became a Canadian citizen in the early 2000, I had to pledge allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II… So… :)</p>

  • Ron McMahon

    02 July, 2019 - 1:21 am

    <p>Perhaps a quick quote from Wikipedia is in order;</p><p><br></p><p><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Canada Day</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">&nbsp;(</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);">French</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">:&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Fête du Canada</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">) is the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_day&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);">national day</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">&nbsp;of&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);">Canada</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">. A&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Canada&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);">federal statutory holiday</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, it celebrates the anniversary of July 1, 1867, the effective date of the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);"><em>Constitution Act, 1867</em></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">&nbsp;(then called the&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">British North America Act, 1867</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">), which united the three separate colonies of the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into a single Dominion within the British Empire called Canada.</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day#cite_note-1&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);"><sup>[1]</sup></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day#cite_note-2&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);"><sup>[2]</sup></a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">&nbsp;Originally called&nbsp;</span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Dominion Day</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">(</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language&quot; target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(11, 0, 128);">French</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">:&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Le Jour de la Confédération</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">), the holiday was renamed in 1982, the year the&nbsp;</span><em style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Canada Act</em><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">&nbsp;was passed.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Canada is neither dependent or independent of England per se, the country is a member of the British Commonwealth and Queen Elizabeth II is the figurehead of its Constitutional Monarchy, a democratic government.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The nation's theme, and the fifth line of the national anthem </span><strong style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The True North strong and free!</strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> perhaps undermines any hope of ever being a warm place, much to the chagrin of Paul, Brad and most Canadians like me.</span></p>

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