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Posted: 02 July 2026 at 1:09pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply
Technically, there was never Canadian blood flowing in my veins, since I was born in England and have zero Canadian ancestry.

In 1964 my parents and I became Canadian citizens, and so I remained until I formally relinquished it in 1988.

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JB, did your parents make many friends or acquaintances from the UK in Canada?
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Sorry, Michael, I don’t understand your question.
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When your parents came to Canada, did they meet many others also from the UK?
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Plenty! Of the friends Dad made at City Hall, for instance, at least half were former Brits.

(“Former” in the loosest sense of the word. Accents were still thick, fashions were as English as could be. One friend of my Dad’s, a fellow with the truly awesome name of Mark Stagg, even drove a 1952 MG TD. Riding in it was always a treat.)

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How did you never make a character “Mark Stagg?!?”
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I learned last year that Canada is a Monarchy. I guess it seems obvious, but they do a great job ignoring their monarch, so it's just one of those meaningless title thingies. At least that's the extent of my understanding.

Growing up, channel 9 was the Canadian channel. (CBET Windsor) So all us kids near Lake Erie got some Canadian culture.
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