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-~ -~ ... PAGE 10, WIIITBFME PRESS, WEDNESDAY JULY 1, 1M9 Celebrti.ng Canada's 125 th * B a.,arkReor We M ust redefi ne ou rsellves 1Iwrite'thiowithtaie hop tbalwiillbe pubUihdcloseto Our natione. 12th bfrthday celebrains Thus.is an especial o ccasion ;- eve! generationlbas ita quar«teeturycélebration and eauh, o.asa different meanlng.- Canadiens are both -proud 6d our bountifulachievements, and a littie fearfuI l that tdm gretneuk of our, nation may dissove before Our oye adbfoeits time. W. need. the -certainty that our leaderswilmatch or etemno te move ahead ýwlth confidence and hunulity uhdfeetta This birthday marks, an imjpotnt ep 4mc ffri ta the -Urnes'thatw. have livedt hràxgh. Now, we are a mure nation and we must *edeflne, ourselves for the- twenty-flrst century. Now, we bave, the energy and the desir topr M'ea nation and as a, peol halof the richdiversitle that stirengthen, us. Do :wehave leaderswho can put, their egos and their short-terni= interest taone'aide,'in' deferenSeto..tl» best mnterests of our nation?.' Iwèl remember the excitement cf our centennial year - 1967, the one-hundredth clebration of - Canada'. eparation from Britain. As a nation,' we ail exp erine ,oin-lv.A Cmanains we were ail powerfuly'aware.cf our national identiy, and ail proud te hoe Canadiens. We producedfrom am ongsPt, ourselves as a people a vital thrust that could not lie denied: we were impeiled frinm feeling as if we were second cousins within the British Empire to having a pride in ourselves as a people andas a nation. For the firat Urne since thon, 1 hear the phrase, '1>ouil to ho Canadien." In èvery part of our community along with our friends and neighbours, we are clebrating tIs? special birthday. We are proud. Proud to, ho Canadian. Canain prde i. more soft-spken than the boosterisin et our southern neiglibours. W. dont shout aur natiodens ,rues, rather we count our blessings and know that. we haemuch to bethankful fer. The United Nations han recently determined that Canada is the best pleein the world tolive. This is not because we are the fastest or the" richeet'or, the host. There are the nations that may surpasa us upon any single'variable. We are the best because, in the composite of the things that make living worthwhile and that meke communities cering and productive, we have it. W. have, excelent medical, social and educationa systeis, combined with econonnic end natural resources that make us the finest province in the -flnest country. As Canadians, we clebrate quiefly and aur pide is thore in the childrenlés mles and the participation of ail o ur comunity. The little maple leaf pins are emblematic of this: they are tiny and yet so meny of us wear th.m on aur lal or T-shirts.ý Juet so aur leaders should ho humble. As Canadians,' we have achieved rnuch through worldng together in*cur cominunities f lelda and fore"ts We -have not bullied or boasted. Consttutions :negotiations sehould ho fràned by a common concern foir the.- weil-hoing of Canada, our Canada, not,-by a high stakes game of winner teke ail. We need to, work together and to meintain a vision of aur great nation into the- future and not b. burdened by, the deteils of settlernent. The hope. and prayersof ail cf us deserve nothing les.. nolsy demonstration Saturday, firlng their muskets and parading downtown, IA 125th> contest winners FATH td AdeER LEO J. AUSTIN students hostd AdraHltes, Renee Lynne Roy, Andirea fine young people fromn New Brunswic Santos (middle) isa LeCiair, Kathleen GREGORY WON G pays close attention ta a Canada 125« recentiy as part, of the Voyageur Canada Lafontaine, Jennifer Ayiing, Valerie Wed- oeiebration recently at Glen Dhu public achool., program. (From left, rear) Carolyn Moha- deilifront) Kathy Jones, Use and" Lynn, Phob by Mwk Reeso. WhIby Free Pes. med, Manique Oueliette, Pierrot Pelletier, Goulette. and Julie Mcintyre.