Jodeman's Oh Canada
October, 1995 - With the 1995 Referendum right around the corner, everywhere
you looked, there were flags.. Red/white flags.. blue/white flags.. big flags..
small flags.. huge flags hanging off the sides of buildings. There were as
many Fleur de Lys flying as there were Canadian Flags.
The Referendum brought out the patriotism out of large numbers of Quebecers
who, until that point, were reluctant to be seen outside with a Canadian
Flag for fear of Separatist backlash. There are still many people who want to
but are hesitant to fly a Canadian Flag on their balconies on Canada Day for
fear of a rock thrown through their windows.
The October 1995 "NO!" rally in Montreal was a day that I truly felt 100%
close to the red and white flag. Everywhere I looked, there were flags waving.
The entire downtown Montreal core was closed to cars and was overrun with
waving flags. While I wasn't able to make it down to the gathering at the
Place du Canada, I was able to enjoy the waves of flag waving Canadians
overrunning St. Catherine Street in downtown Montreal.
Particular memories of that day include:
- The Indian Guy wearing a suit of sewn together Canadian & Quebec flags
signifying keeping the country together.
- The huge 2-3 story high flag hanging off the building at Peel St &
du Maisonneuve.
- Large Canada Flag & Quebec Flag hanging off the sides of Le Chateau
Champlain Hotel.
- Another huge Canadian flag being carried down Ste. Catherine St.
- Thousands upon Thousands of different Ethnic groups gathering together
to keep their country together.
- Spontaneous singing of "Oh Canada!"
- Busloads of red/white flag waving Canadians from other provinces.
Oh Canada!
- Canadiana
-- The Canadian Resource Page More Canadian Related Topics than you
can shake a Loonie at.
- Canadiana
-- la page des ressources canadiennes la meme page - vers. francais
- The Oh Canada!
Page
- Oh! Canada, eh?
-- What's cool in my part of the world..
- Anti-Anti-Canadian
Webpage
- Arms of Canada
- ASCII Canadian Flags
- Budget '97
- Canada Fact
Sheet
- Canada
Business Service Centres
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Canadian Heritage
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Canadian Radio-Television & Telecommunications
Commission (CRTC)
- Canuck Site of the Day
- Environment Canada)
- Flags
& Anthems
- How Canadians
Govern Themselves - By Sen. Eugene A. Forsey
- Last League
of Canadian Loyalists It's gone from an e-zine to a full
blown unity group. The Last League of Canadian Loyalists is growing slowly
but surely. Right now, we've got members ranging from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. If you'd like to join the cause & receive/write for the e-zine,
visit the page, see what it's about & sign up.
- Map of Canada
- The National Anthem
of Canada
- National Archives of Canada
- Origin of the name
"Canada"
- Postal Code lookup
- Proudly Canadian
- Quebec Referendum on
the Web
- Royal Canadian
Mounted Police - Gendarmerie royal du Canada
- Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister Jean
Chretien
* The Provinces & Territories
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
- Yukon Territory
Airlines
Air Canada, Canadian
Airlines International, Greyhound
Air
Bus
Greyhound Canada, Voyageur
Colonial
Directories
- Royal Canadian Web
- Commercial Web Sites
in Canada
- Canadian Business Advertising
Network (currently very small)
- Canadian Internet Business Directory (CIBD)
- RidgeCo business index
- AgriWeb Canada
- C.A.F.F.E.I.N.E:
Canadian Agriculture, Farm & Food: Extension Information Network & Exchange
- FoodNet
- Agrimark's Agriculture
index
- Canada Net
- Quebec Business
Directory
- The Greater Fredericton
Knowledge Industry Digital Directory
- Ottawa Online Ventures
- Uniquely
Canadian
- Canadian Wilderness Products
- Canada's Shopping Mall
Employment
- The Canadian Job
Source, by Jeff Lawrence
- The Job Guide, by
Margaret Riley
- Resumé Canada
- EMPLOI@ [French]
- ActivEmploi [French]
- Human
Resources Development Canada's National Job Bank
- Canada Employment Weekly
- JobMatch
- Career Internetworking
- NetJobs: employment & resume
listings
- United States Immigration Issues for
Canadian Businesses & Professionals
Immigration
- Citizenship & Immigration Canada
(CICNet)
- The Immigration
to Canada Page (unofficial)
- The misc.immigration.canada
newsgroup
Lotto results in
- Atlantic Canada,
- Quebec,
- Ontario,
- Western Canada
Music
- Juno Awards
- Canadian Music
Centre
- Canadian Music Exchange
- Canadian Internet Music
Source (more commercial)
- NetMusik (music in Quebec)
- Primal Beat, music
library
- Canadian
Composers Portraits project
- Northern Journey Online: Canada
Folk Music Website
- MuchMusic
- MusiquePlus [French]
- East Coast Music Awards home page
- alt.music.canada
National Maps
Weather, Ozone,
UV-B forecast
Post
- Canada Post Corporation: Press
Releases, For
the Collector
- Postal Code lookup
- Stamps News,
Public Safety
- Canada ChildFind online
- Child CyberSEARCH CANADA
- CANADopt This site is a free
service for adoptees & birthparents who are searching for each other. All
the work that is done there is voluntary, & no money is involved...
Screen
- Canadian Film Festivals
- Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
- National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
- 100 ans de cinéma
au Québec,
- The Feature Film Project
- Canadian motion
pictures registered in the Internet Movie Database
- Alliance Releasing Home Page
Stage
- Cirque du Soleil
- Shaw Festival 1996 (Niagara-on-the-Lake,
Ontario)
- Stratford Festival
1996 (Stratford, Ontario)
- Ganaraska Summer Stage (apprentice
programme)
- Bard on the Beach (Vancouver)
Taxation & Finance
- Revenue Canada
- Income
Tax information sources
Traveling
- Canadian
Passport Office
- Canadian Passenger
Rail Services, including VIA
Rail Canada
- Official Via Rail Canada site
- What the U.S. State Department
has to say about travelling in Canada
University student organizations
- AIESEC
Canada
- Canadian Federation
of Engineering Students
- Canadian University Society for
Intercollegiate Debate
- Ukrainian Canadian Students'
Union (SUSK)
- Canadian Clubs
Around the World
- Princeton Canadians
Weather
- Atlantic
- QC
- ON
- Prairie/Northern
- Pacific/Yukon
- The Weather Network®
says have visited me.
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