Pace on Earth

The Canadian Dream

This large smiling gentleman is my good friend Pemalika Fiaui and he is now a Canadian citizen. In one of my favourite holiday touches, Citizenship and Immigration Canada hold citizenship ceremonies on Canada Day. Lika was one of 70 new Canadians sworn in at The Playhouse yesterday. You can check out the whole happy story here.

Lika arrived at practice one night five years ago and asked if he join us. We looked him over and told him he could do whatever he wanted. He played with us that season and then left to go back to Samoa. We had a going away party for him and he showed up in a hunting jacket and was drinking Alpine. We had him right then and there. He came back the next summer and started working for the city and is now a proud member of the Fredericton City Fire Department. He has been working and playing in Fredericton since. He and his wife Chandra have two great (and great big) kids and we are very proud and lucky to have them as part of our family at the rugby club.

Much like my post from yesterday, Lika's children's children will be able to look back on this day as the day that their grandfather became a Canadian citizen. Great stuff.

Congratulations Lika!

Pace out.

Labels: O Canada, Rugger

posted by Vitamin S @ 6:06 p.m.