The past is the past, and you can't erase that-although you might erase its symbols. 
There isn't a country today that doesn't have skeletons in its closets.
Forget about the past, think about the future.
Not what Canada was, but what it will be.
We need to forge our identity-an independent identity.
Not as part of the USA, not as part of the UK, but the True North, Strong and Free.