In the comments Kent wrote: Maybe it would have been better to say “it sucks that you don’t have independence”...

Which of course opens a large can of worms. Have I not seen a “Dominion Day” or something equivalent?

Clever!!!... Actually, we do have independence (1867) while remaining loyal to the crown. I have no problem with this. God save the queen!

It used to be called Dominion Day, as the official name of our country is The Dominion of Canada – from Psalm 72:8“He shall have dominion from sea to sea”. It’s called Canada Day now – which some on our nearly insignificant Christian Right consider to be a snub of our Christian heritage.