In Washington, No One Can Hear You Sing 'Oh, Canada'

By Jason Dick

Posted July 1, 2014 at 3:37pm

Happy Canada Day! Or is it?

Ostensibly, July 1 is Canada Day, but you wouldn’t know that from the Canadian Embassy in Washington, nor the two members of Congress who were born in Canada: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

Though the Embassy hosted visitors this morning, the latest feature on its website is a story from Monday about Ed Fast, Canada’s minister of international trade, protesting increased U.S. border inspection fees . The embassy’s most recent Washington-specific news post was “Celebrating Friendly Hockey Rivalries in Washington.”

Great pic! RT @classy_rob: @TWCInternships at the Canadian Embassy for Canada Day with fellow TWC interns! pic.twitter.com/kGHkxJzSqy

— Washington Center (@TWCInternships) July 1, 2014

Maloney, born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, visited Continental Organics, a New Windsor, N.Y., business in his district “that focuses on hiring our wounded warriors. This innovative business produces fresh, locally grown food using a combination of aquaponic, hydroponic, and conventional organic field farming practices,” according to his tweets and Facebook page .

As for Cruz, the Calgary, Alberta-born tea party hero was busy ignoring our colleagues’ request for comment about his dual citizenship in the Senate Conservatives Fund and the National Republican Senatorial Committee .

If a country celebrated a day celebrating itself but no one knew, did it really happen?