Canada celebrates national day

Canada celebrates national day

JAKARTA: The Canadian Embassy in Jakarta will celebrate the
country's National Day on Tuesday with the opening of a new
honorary consulate in Surabaya, East Java, and the launch of the
first ever Canadian Film Festival in Indonesia.

Canadian Ambassador to Indonesia Ferry de Kerchkove will
attend the celebration along with the Canadian communities in
both Jakarta and Surabaya, East Java.

At 11:30 a.m., the ambassador is scheduled to officially open
Canada's new Honorary Consulate while in the evening the diplomat
is expected to attend the film festival in Jakarta.

The celebration coincides with the 50th anniversary of
diplomatic relations between Canada and Indonesia.

Unlike many countries, where the national day refers to the
day on which independence was declared from colonial powers,
Canada's national day celebrates the day of confederation when
the provinces of Canada agreed to join together to become a
country. --JP