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Article: The Labour Day Parade: a road paved with good intentions.(Back Burner)
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- Catholic New Times
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- October 24, 2004
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If you're like me, you have internal dialogues with yourself : "Gee, I really should do this" or "Maybe one day." One of my intentions was recently carried out.
As a child, I'd always wanted to be in a parade. As an adult I'd intended to march in the Labour Day Parade. As a child I thought my destiny would be in the Santa Claus parade, preferably in costume, twirling a baton as a majorette, possibly while roller skating at the same time.
The closest I'd come as an adult to being in a parade was wearing a T-shirt with a slogan in a protest march or two.
However, in September, I finally marched in the Labour Day Parade in Toronto. My only costume ...