At the international level, Canada is a staunch defender of human rights, democracy, and a rules-based world order,
Canadian Ambassador to Peru Louis Marcotte affirmed during Canada Day celebrations held recently in Lima.
"Canada Day is celebrated every year on July 1, a day on which the divisions between Upper and Lower Canada, between East and West, ceased to exist and a single country was founded," the
Embassy detailed in a Spanish-language press release.
"Just like Peru, Canada is geographically diverse. It is a country with a unique cultural, ethnic, and linguistic mix in the world, multicultural since its origins; a country where a quarter of its population was born abroad," it added.
As part of this celebration, the Canadian summer solstice was reenacted with cherry trees, the beach around Lake Ontario, and popular sugar shacks where people can eat everything based on maple syrup.
An important historic relationship
"This celebration, the first of its kind in the post-pandemic (stage), could not be complete without the perfect Peruvian complement represented by the winter solstice," the
Canadian Embassy expressed.
Canada Day in Lima was attended by distinguished guests, business partners, as well as by civil society and government representatives.
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Publicado: 29/6/2023