Loving Vancouver rapper and poet Shane Koyczan telling the world at the opening Olympic Ceremony what Canada means to so many of us…the audience loved it too. Huge applause when he said, “Some say what defines us is something as simple as please and thank you and… You’re welcome, well, we say that, too! But we are more than gentile and civilized. We are an idea in the process of being realized…” Thank you, Shane, for celebrating a country that has been too shy for too long about its joys and strengths! @shane_koyczan @olympics @winterolympics2026 @markjcarney @teamcanada @margaretatwood @steph_sinclair @janemaria88 @samantha_jane_haywood @jklambert16