from May 15th to October 11th 2017 we
traveled all across Canada coast to
coast to coast for 150 days to find out
what makes Canada so special
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we chose 150 days because it was
Canada's 150th birthday it was the year
for celebrated Confederation which is
when most of the provinces and
territories joined together
Confederation is somewhere where people
gathered together who talks about the
future who wants to build something
together to build a nation which will
connect all of us between us
Johnny McDonald see so well in her in
our vignette here from sea to shining
sea from the east coast of West Coast
it's a story where a hard work together
of unification and of hopefully great
future this Canada is a massive country
it's the second largest country in the
world and it's really hard to seat the
entire country and even if you live in
Canada there's chances that you have not
seen all that there is to see in Canada
and even as being on the road for 150
days we are not going to be able to see
the full extent of what Canada is but
this trip will really help us see the
best of the best and give us a little
bit more of an insight on what Canada
really is not only view experience so
much of Canada's viewing uniqueness but
we also interview people from all walks
of life and ask them what they feel
makes Canada such an awesome place to
live then it is special or I think three
different reasons one is the land itself
it is immense
there's unlimited opportunity
in the enormity can be largely
undeveloped emptiness of this huge
country
well Canada's a spectacular country's
second-largest in the world the country
that touches the Pacific Ocean and
reaches out to the Atlantic Ocean and
extends all the way up to the Arctic and
it's opposed to where you can drive for
days without reaching either end so for
me it's a space of imagination from
tundra of rainforests the prairies and
mountains Canada truly has it all in
Newfoundland for example we got the sail
by icebergs walk on the Earth's mantle
and visit Canada's most easterly point
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then as we drove west we got the raft
the world's highest tides of Nova Scotia
run across a red sand beach in Prince
Edward Island kayak around unique rock
formations in New Brunswick visit
Canada's only fortified City and Rebecca
fly over world-famous Niagara Falls in
Ontario snorkel with blue the whales in
Manitoba float in Canada's version of
the Dead Sea in Saskatchewan hike the
Rocky Mountains in Alberta
watch the Northern Lights in the
Northwest Territories stand on a glacier
in the Juke
and witness orca whales and grizzly
bears in their natural habitat in
British Columbia
Canada is such a vast and wild country
it's truly truly impressive but don't
just take our word for it people can
enjoy especially in our part of the
world the fresh air the fresh water that
we have out there and a lot of a lot of
unspoiled and untouched lands it is such
a huge country that you get every kind
of landscape every kind of climate and
that breeds every kind of people we have
people from I think every country in the
world in multiple numbers throughout
throughout our country which gives us a
whole range of experience to to meld
into something something unique here in
Canada from the multitude of First
Nations groups to all the people that
have been here for generations to the
people who have come recently and one
thing I guess about that is we are
trying to become a an open nation and
the one that that is accepting of all
those different traits even if we are
unfamiliar with with those and how to
really relate to some of some of the
differences that we encounter but I
think I think we really are genuinely
trying and I think it makes us better
people as diverse as Canada is with its
landscapes on nature it's equally
diverse with its people who come from
all over the world people come from all
different places I myself am a
granddaughter of immigrants from Italy
and a granddaughter of First Nations
peoples and I think that it's incredible
that we can celebrate so many different
people coming from so many different
places in order to make something so
special and I think that we need to
continue moving forward in reminding
ourselves
and who our fellow people are and that
we need to hold each other up and
celebrate each other and continue to
support each other because I think
that's what Canadians do best I think
between all the sarees and thank you
that what we do best is that we are
people that can come together and really
fix any hardship I think a very
important part of what makes Canada
special is immigration that people have
come from all over the world to join the
four nation First Nations who've been
living here since Memorial to build a
new country and for 150 years we've been
trying to kind of make that work and
attracting people from all points of the
compass and so the the fact that
Canadians and their families come from
somewhere else and have managed to make
this really special multicultural
society in Canada I think that's what
really makes us special as an immigrant
to have a particular love for Canada and
when you grow up here you often take
things for granted as an immigrant you
leave everything behind so you have a
new new culture you know a new landscape
new subtleties in the way people govern
themselves
Canada has been unbelievably good good
to me I mean this allowed me to not only
tick off a Canadian bucket this
particular for global bucket list as
well
it's given me the freedom and the
comfort and the security and the support
to chase my wildest dreams kind of think
of another country with that that's
where that would happen is a place we
need my people any type of background
who can put aside their differences as
much as we can to work together to
understand each other and to love each
other yes we still have a lot of work to
do I think that Canada if there's
anywhere that it can happen is here a
place where people can find home away
from home
I'm originally from Mexico and since day
one Canada has become my second father
I've always felt welcome and never like
an outsider I love to see people from
different backgrounds religion and race
living together and creating a better
place to live for our differences have
become a strength and the strength of
Canada is its diversity it's social
diversity its economic diversity its
landscape and natural beauty diversity
and also the strength of Canada is in
spite of our differences of opinion we
always come together as a family and we
always welcome people to Canada so it's
beautiful it's strong and it has an
incredible future for everyone when I
was accepted I was accepted with love
welcome to dialogue this is the first
word I heard when I came to
I actually I cried because Grilli Canada
is the most
welcoming country for refugees in
general family we really like Canada and
all my brother they say this is our
second home
we don't wanna live it
this is a nice country they helped us a
lot and also my friends they like
all the people they I believe they
caught their people here is very kind
and that freedom to be who you are have
your values or sharing or religion and
practicing and proudly but at the same
time being proud to be Canadian as well
there's never that there's never being
forced to choose one or the other I
think that's what makes Canada so great
having a turban see be proud you can
walk on the walking the streets of
Ottawa at the same time join the friends
and
watch hockey or
just be part these are the regular
festivities I think that's what makes
kind of a summary being a Canadian now
actually means something in the world
that and I love traveling the world and
I love telling people that I'm from
Canada and I understand now why other
people travel the world learn from
Canada but tell people or from Canada
that you know being a Canadian is very
respected around the world for the way
that we do treat everybody here everyone
is truly equal a law wait more to go and
I understand that we have a long way to
go but we are so much further ahead then
I'd say any other country on earth
I find Canadians to be very happy and
very proud of where they live and we
talk about our country and our pride in
my country wherever we go I've noticed
in my business travels prior to being
involved here that if I have a little
Canadian deckle on my briefcase or on my
jacket or on my backpack I get a kind of
a warmth and that I think not everyone
in the world would enjoy Canadians love
their country as we visited province
after province people immediately became
excited when we told them about our road
trip they welcomed us in told us about
their lives and shared our story with
all their friends I think that says a
lot the second is how we came to be we
have slowly carefully discussed and
conversed and talked and tried to
cooperatively make a place and that's
still conversing that's not complete
that conversation is still going on it's
not one single battle we want but
is a centuries-long evolution of trying
to find what Canada is one of the great
things that makes Canada special is how
Canadians are able to have difficult
conversations so well in so many other
countries we see these difficult
conversations result in fractures and
fissures in civil war but I think that
that Canada has an amazing ability to
discuss the problems that's having to
talk about them and it doesn't mean
we're ever going to completely agree
we're ever going to work out these
problems but we're always willing to
work on them and there's always I think
a positive attitude to trying to solve
these problems Canada's not a perfect
country and our idea of perfection will
likely evolve over time some awful
things have happened here especially in
the past and some of those things are
finally being acknowledged but one thing
I love about Canada is it seems that
we're willing to look at our mistakes
and have a conversation about it we're
willing to work towards a better future
we're certainly not perfect but I think
you'd be hard-pressed to find another
country striving to be as perfect as we
are and then the third
one of the raids of life came to Canada
was was because I met a few Canadians
traveling and the best people the
Canadians are so friendly and not
friendly they listen to everything I
think people are friendly that you meet
on the street computer from me when you
work with them whether you're in Canada
or not people who think you are
Canadians are friendly and he's an
excellent example during aging and they
just just been introduced to different
people so many times that I just know
that there's a natural happiness about
everybody so after a hundred and fifty
days of exploring Canada all the things
that make Canada special are attributes
that we all look for in life
we all want peace love and respect we
all want to be able to raise a family in
a safe environment we want Authority we
can trust business we can count on in
nature we can explore and perhaps that's
what makes Canada so special we've
managed to create a place that has
everything people look for in life we
live in a society that thrives on
diversity and tolerance and democracy
and the rule of law and we have a superb
quality of life enhanced by excellent
health care you can't get that anywhere
else an open safe diverse and welcoming
place all surrounded by mind-blowing
landscapes and nature a place where you
can work raise a family and build a
future all in relative harmony this is
our Canada
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