The Colour of Canada [antikvár]

PrologueThe first edition of this hook appeared early in 1967 and was intended as a testimonial to our Centennial Year. We never expected that the demand jor it would outlast 1967, hut the demand has heen constant. These have heen long years for all of us, and the psychic andpolitical shiftings hoth in Canada and in the rest of the world have heen dramatic.How much has happened since that spring afternoon in 1967 when Expo 67 was unveiled in Montreal! J^lature itself shone on us that day. The air was crisp, the wind'scoured sky was cloudless, beneath it the St. Lawrence flowed as blue as the Athabasca, and the fields beyond the river were as green as Ireland. On the river islands Expo 6 7, that perfect melding of French-Canadian flair and Anglo-Canadian practicality, marriage unique between art and technology, seemed to be holding Its breath. Here at last was the outward and visible symbol of what Canada could not yet believe she had become.One by one the flags of the visiting nations rose on their standards in La Place des lotions and were broken free, the name of each of them ringing out like a bell. The whole world seemed to be there. Finally the name "Canada" was spoken, the new Maple Leaf flag went up and instantly a squadron ofR.C.A.F. planes cracked over in salute and burst upward like a fan of rockets into the blue.