a mari usque ad mare usque ad mare
Mar. 11th, 2006 07:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frandroidAn NDP MP and political leaders in the North want Canada's official motto changed to reflect the fact that the country has more than two coastlines.
"A Mari usque ad Mare" or "From sea to sea," has been Canada's official motto since 1921. It is taken from Psalm 72, Verse 8 of the Bible: "He shall have dominion from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth."
yet another bloody bible reference!!@
I'm always amused by atheist, progressive separatists in Québec who cling to their cross-adorned, monarchy-stamped fleur-de-lys...
"A Mari usque ad Mare" or "From sea to sea," has been Canada's official motto since 1921. It is taken from Psalm 72, Verse 8 of the Bible: "He shall have dominion from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth."
yet another bloody bible reference!!@
I'm always amused by atheist, progressive separatists in Québec who cling to their cross-adorned, monarchy-stamped fleur-de-lys...