A Brief Commentary by Doug Draper, followed by a very warm “Dear Canada” video by a fellow Canadian, Tim Thompson
Posted March 13th, 2025 on Niagara At Large
As Trump’s American continues to ramp up its efforts to wreak havoc on Canada’s economy and its threats to make our country a “51st state,” Tim Thompson, a Toronto filmmaker produced a wonderful “Dear Canada” video that should lift all our spirits.
It speaks to a Canada that we have recently found out that outside of some, Americans collectively don’t know and have never really had any respect or feelings of friendship for.
Why else would tens-of-millions of Americans vote into power and continue to support a president, in the name of Donald Trump, who has, for years, threatened our quality of life and countless Canadian jobs with punishing tariffs, and who now threatens our very right to exist as a sovereign nation?
On his website Tim Thompson said of producing the ‘Dear Canada’ video – “I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light and heart. I spent the past few weeks in my free time piecing this together. It’s a love letter, made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada.”
To watch Tim Thompson’s ‘Dear Canada’ video, click on the screen immediately below –
To watch a brief segment aired on CBC TV’s The National this March 12th of Tim Thompson telling us why he produced the ‘Dear Canada’ film, click on the screen immediately below –
About Tim Thompson – Tim Thompson, known for his CBC/Radio-Canada Hockey Night in Canada music+film montages, has created a beautiful love letter to Canada … also shared by group member Catherine McNeill
“Toronto filmmaker Tim Thompson is best known for his thought provoking music montages that opened Hockey Night In Canada telecasts on the CBC. Millions of people have been moved by these stirring pieces, that touch the heart, awaken the past, and shake the inner spirit.
His work continues, under his own independent production company, and at the CBC. The former professional hockey player, and self-taught artist has also made an array of documentaries, music videos and short films.”
To visit Tim Thompson’s site, click on – https://www.youtube.com/@northboundlesswave
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I’ll hope this way of sending a thank you to you for putting this video
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