This Canada Day, I did something I didn’t expect to. I raised the Maple Leaf in celebration of being a Canadian.

My early years were spent bouncing from one country to another, and after immigrating to Canada and completing school, I left to travel the globe. While I returned many years ago, this year was the first time I felt the need to celebrate being Canadian, to join millions of others across the country, raise the flag, buy Canadian and vacation at home.

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