Yesterday was Canada Day the anniversary of the founding of Canada 155 years ago

As a one born in Canada and a former officer in the Canadian Armed Forces I look at the date this year with a bit of disdain. I am reminded of a friend of mine who served in the German army of 1945. He was a pacifist Christian barely 16 years old when the German Nazi government put a rifle in his hands sergeant stripes on his shoulders and sent him off to do battle with an rapidly advancing Canadian column. He was wounded then captured by the Canadians and wound up emigrating to Canada. Years later he told me about how he loathed the German government that he was forced to defend. I think I can begin to understand his frustration given the nazi government that Canada now labours under.