by Diana Filer
1. The Doctrine of Discovery is a concept of public international law which established a spiritual, legal and political justification for colonization and seizure of land not inhabited by Christians. It has never been renounced in Canada and remains a basis for Canadian law, and as such continues to impact our indigenous peoples.
2. Mackinac Island in Lake Huron is known as the Fudge Capital of the World.
3. ‘Turnt’ means excessively excited, intoxicated.
4. The Last Spike on the CPR was driven home at Craigellachie, a location in British Columbia between Revelstoke and Sicamous, named for the peak in Scotland which was beside the birthplace of the first president of the CPR, Sir George Stephen.
5. With the election this year of Iain Rankin as Premier of Nova Scotia, Justin Trudeau has become Canada’s longest-serving leader, joining 5 other Prime Ministers to have achieved this status: Sir John A Macdonald, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Mackenzie King, Pierre Trudeau and Stephen Harper.
