Dear Editor:
The Canada I love includes Prince Edward Island, Vancouver Island, and Ellesmere Island. The Canada I love includes Athabasca Falls, Niagara Falls, and Steady Brook Falls, Newfoundland.
The Canada I love includes The Grand Parade, Halifax; Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto; and The Forks, Winnipeg.
The Canada I love includes the Saint John River Valley, the Ottawa River (Rivere des Outaoais) Valley, and the Red River Valley.
The Canada I love includes Lake Okanagan, Lake Superior, and the Bras d’Or lakes. The Canada I love includes the Skyline Trail in Jasper, the Bruce Trail in Ontario, and the Skyline Trail in Cape Breton.
The Canada I love includes Premier Danielle Smith, Premier Doug Ford, and Premier Francois Legault. The Canada I love includes the Maligne Canyon, Alberta; the Grand River Gorge, Ontario; and the Grand Falls Gorge, New Brunswick.
The Canada I love includes the petroglyphs at Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia; the Agawa Rock Petroglyphs, Ontario; and St. Victor Petroglyphs, Saskatchewan.
The Canada I love includes Okanagan cherries, Niagara peaches, and Annapolis Valley apples. The Canada I love includes the Public Gardens, Halifax; Templin Gardens, Fergus; and Butchart Gardens, Victoria.
The Canada I love includes ten provinces and three territories.
The Canada I love is wonderfully diverse and joyfully complicated. The Canada I love listens to each other and cares for one another.
Peter Bush,
Fergus