This article originally appeared in the National Post. Below is an excerpt from the article.
By Christopher Dummitt, December 11, 2025
It’s “Statute of Westminster Day” on Dec. 11 — and if that leaves you puzzled, you’re probably not alone.
Canada has an abysmal record of distorting and then forgetting its own history. The worst part is that this erasure wasn’t accidental. It was done deliberately — ostensibly with the best of intentions.
English Canadians in the 1950s knew where they came from. Ours was once a proud story of national distinction. Unlike almost every other nation in the Americas, we opted not to rebel against our colonial motherland. We did not take up arms against the “intolerable acts” like the 13 colonies to our south, nor did we revolt against the tyrannical power of the Spanish Bourbon monarchy as so many nations in Latin America did.
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Christopher Dummitt is a professor of history at Trent University, host of the podcast 1867 & All That (www.1867allthat.com), and a senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
