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Respond to Here is a wonderful article just for you cox on your special-day, Canada Day! The piece celebrates Canadian values such as compassion, pluralism and crappy universal healthcare. It argues quite convincingly Canada’s strength is a willingness to bend over and take it from any lunatic in Ottawa. Sentimental virtue-signaling is what Canada is all about! The feel-good piece glosses over deepening regional divisions, rising distrust in institutions, and skyrocketing crime, mostly at the hands of Canada’s new culture enrichers. youtube.com While nice sentiments like “refugees are not intruders; they are neighbors” don’t acknowledge real public concerns or policy complexities, they do sound nice. A secular sermon for Canada Day! Dr. Abdulla is obviously light in his loafers, which is what Canadians clamor for and cannot get enough of in the men leading Canada into oblivion, a Canada with no dignity or honor. Abdulla: Canadians have the will to make the world better Our Canada Day celebration isn’t just in the fireworks; it’s in the quiet resilience of our people. By Dr. Alykhan Abdulla July 01, 2025 Andrew Larche proudly showed off his Canada Day outfit at LeBreton Flats last year. Canada Day is not just about fireworks, flags or maple syrup on snow. It’s about the values that have shaped us — and the courage it takes to keep them alive. In a world spinning on fear, division and isolation, Canada still dares to choose something bigger: compassion, dignity and connection. That’s why July 1 matters. Not for easy nostalgia or blind patriotism, but for the clear-eyed pride in a country still striving — imperfectly, but earnestly — to do what’s right. Let’s be honest: we are not without flaws. From the trauma of residential schools to ongoing inequities; from health-system cracks to housing gaps; from partisan shouting matches to the quiet exhaustion of firefighters — we have our battles. But we also have something rare: the will to make things better. Especially here in Ottawa, we see it up close. Look around and you will see people building, healing, feeding, organizing. Investing not just in infrastructure, but in each other. Take health care: messy, overburdened and still miraculous. It says something radical in today’s world — that getting sick shouldn’t make you poor. That your worth isn’t tied to your wallet. That public good still matters. Our hospitals are not just buildings; they are cathedrals of trust, where the only currency is care. That belief — that no one gets left behind — is deeply Canadian. Look around and you will see people building, healing, feeding, organizing. But our strength doesn’t end there. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is more than a legal document; it’s a moral compass. It defends our rights to speak, pray, love, gather and dissent. It shelters the vulnerable. It empowers new immigrants. It invites the world’s weary to build a new life, not behind fences but across dinner tables. We’re not just a multicultural country. We are pluralistic. That means more than coexisting; it means engaging. Hearing each other. Disagreeing without disengaging. Learning across differences. And yes, sometimes failing — but always trying again. In Ottawa, pluralism is not an ideal; it’s daily life. Five languages in a single hospital corridor. Protesters and patriots on the same patch of Parliament Hill. Sikh grandfathers and Somali teens cheering the same Senators game. This is Canada in motion. Where others build walls, we open doors. Where others weaponize fear, we offer welcome. Where others flatten difference, we honour nuance. Refugees are not intruders; they are neighbours. Caregivers. Teachers. Entrepreneurs. Dreamers. Their stories don’t dilute Canada. They define it. That is the Canada worth protecting. The Canada I believe in. The Canada we shape every day with our choices, our compassion and our courage. So this July 1, step outside. Not just to wave a flag, but to look each other in the eye. The celebration isn’t just in the fireworks; it’s in the quiet resilience of our people. The nurse on night shift. The teacher helping a newcomer child. The neighbour who shovels more than their share. We are not perfect. But we are trying. And in 2025, that is something to be proud of. Children from the Middle East, Ukraine and Vanier can still dream the same dreams under the same wide Canadian sky. That’s no small thing. We’re not just in a good place. We are the place where people still believe the world can be better — and are willing to build it together. Dr. Alykhan Abdulla, is a comprehensive family doctor working in Manotick; board director of the College of Family Physicians of Canada; chair of the General Assembly at the Ontario Medical Association; and director for Longitudinal Leadership Curriculum at the University of Ottawa Undergraduate Medical Education.
