Just had a conversation with my sister about the old canada heritage commercials. We can't seem to remember many of them, and I haven't been able to find them on the internet anywhere (which is sort of amazing given their pop culture value in Canada). We could only remember a few:

The Halifax Explosion one -- this was the one with the guy trying to warn the train not to come into Halifax because the Imo and the Mont Blanc had collided and the latter was about to do its thing (as far as creating the largest non-nuclear explosion ever can be considered 'doing its thing'). Can't remember the guy's name though.

The Canada one -- This is the one where the senior French guy thinks that 'Canada' is the name of the country, with his sidekick politely stating, "I think they're talking about the group of villages over there." Guess who was right?

The Irish/French Immigrants -- This is the one I remember the best. Orphaned Irish kids are being taken in by French-Canadian parents (good 'ol Catholic connection) and when they talk about taking the patronyms of the French, one of them says, "Ma mère me l'a dit juste avant de sa mort: We have to keep our Irish names!!" At least I think that's what the French was. Correct me if I'm wrong.

There was also one about a female doctor, but we couldn't remember that one well. If you know of more (or if we blew one of them), send me an email or tell me in the guestbook.