On this beautiful, sunny (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend, I can’t help but think how lucky we are to live in what I believe is the best country in the world.

Canadians are truly blessed. We live in a land of plentitude.  We have a beautiful country, vast natural resources, freedom and we have opportunity. We are free to speak our minds, go where we want, and marry who we desire. We have medicare to protect us and our family when we our sick, and we are surrounded by amazing people from all over the world. This multiculturalism enriches our lives.

I was not born here. My parents emigrated twice before I was nine, finally settling in Toronto.  Since my children were old enough to understand (and even before!) I have been telling them how lucky they are to have been born here.

Rick Mercer said it best.  “If you were born in Canada, you won the lottery”.

So, on this beautiful Thanksgiving day, I just wanted to remind my fellow Canadians that we have all won the lottery.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Susan Banks