Schukov: Canada 150th anniversary let-down

As this special year winds down, and another bushwhacking winter lurks around the next pass, I think about the whole deal with Canada’s 150th birthday revelries.
I am one of those lucky boomers who has had the pleasure of celebrating both our 100th and 150th anniversaries. In 1967, I was 14 years old and just lucid enough to enjoy Expo 67. I had a white season pass, and lived downtown, minutes away by a then space-age subway system, so I celebrated our birthday practically every day for si