CANADA DAY (No. 2)

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That this House joins the people of Canada in celebrating their national day on 1st July; notes Canada Day celebrates the anniversary of the formation of the union of British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on 1st July 1868; recognises the shared heritage and special relationship between the peoples of the United Kingdom and Canada; and calls upon the Government to continue to strengthen the close political, economic and cultural ties that bind the two nations together.