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In any democratic nation, the Indian constitution Article 13 serves as the bedrock upon which the entire legal and governmental framework stands. Among its many provisions, Article 13 often holds significant importance, as it addresses the protection of fundamental rights and liberties. Let’s delve into what Article 13 entails, its significance, and its implications in ensuring the rights of…

I have spent the past week down in the dark rabbit hole, and nearly missed noticing that today is one of our best friend’s birthday!!!  To all those Canadians who are such wonderful friends, who put up with out wayward ways and worst of all, our wayward leader, I hope you had or are having a wonderful Canada Day!  Love ‘n Hugs!!!

Happy Canada Day to the Canadian readers of this blog. Here is a picture that I took of the CN Tower a few weeks ago just after sunset from Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ). It also symbolizes Canada for me. 80mm f/1.2 in case you’re wondering.

In some parts of this country, July 1st has another, perhaps more laborious, significance: It is “moving day.” In 18th century Quebec it was forbidden for les seigneurs to evict farming tenants during the winter, a law that was simply inherited from France at the time.

As time went on, this evolved into a law -- baked into the Civil Code of Lower Canada (1866) -- requiring that all residential leases run from May 1 to April 30. May 1 was “moving day.”

In 1973, it was determined that May 1 was too disruptive to children in school and so an extension was granted on all leases, automatically pushing the date to July 1. It also meant moving in the summer, as opposed to in the spring when weather can be unpredictable in Quebec.

The requirement of fixed lease terms was also removed at this time (1974 onward), but tradition has persisted and July 1 remains known as “moving day.” This seems to me like a logistical nightmare and a highly impractical way of allocating resources, but perhaps I’m just missing some of the nuances.

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Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 (today called the Constitution Act, 1867), which united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.

Canada Day observances take place…