Happy Independence Day to our American neighbours

Yes, happy Independence Day, this fourth of July, to our American neighbours as they celebrate the 250th anniversary of adopting the Declaration of Independence. This act, on July 4, 1776, marked the birth of the United States of America. So, happy birthday to the United States. May God keep both Canada and America strong and free. Here's the central idea of the Declaration: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness, —That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to …