Canada has been a nation for 136 years this July first and there have been many important points in her history. Three of these stick out as defining moments in Canadian history, the patriation of the Canadian constitution, the creation of the CBC and Canada's involvement in the "D" day invasion of France.

The British North America act is Canada's original constitution. It gave the Canadian government the power to make its own laws but all new laws had to be approved by the British government. Prime Minister Trudeau decided that it was time for Canada to bring home the constitution. After discussion with the premiers of each province an agreement had been reached between the provincial and the federal government. Three main points of the agreement were 1. The power to amend the constitution would be brought home to Canada 2. Changes to the constitution could be made if the federal government and seven of the provinces agreed 3. The charter of rights and freedoms would be added to the constitution. All of the provinces agreed to this except Quebec and the deal was approved by

A large army of American, Canadian, British and other commonwealth troops were gathering on the southern shores of England towards the end of World War two. They were preparing to invade Nazi controlled Europe. On the morning of June 6 1944 hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers swarmed on to the beaches of Normandy in southern France. The operation code named "D" day or day of deliverance was the largest military operation in history. The Canadian contingent of the invasion force was to land at a sector of the French coast code named Juno beach. Fourteen thousand Canadian soldiers landed at Juno beach while the Canadian forces also contributed 100 naval ships with 10 000 sailors and 36 bombers. Canada also helped the invasion by leading a smaller scale invasion at Dieppe which was a disaster and ended in the lost lives of many Canadians. Knowledge gained from this attack helped the allies plan for this invasion. When the Canadian soldiers landed at Juno beach they faced many obstacles such as barbed wire and German machine gun posts. By the end of the day the Canadian troops were the only ones who had finished their

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