Every time Canadians sing the Canadian national anthem we say "we stand on guard for thee" but mostly we don't guard anything, we might be milling around trying to look busy but for sure not guarding, I would say mostly were just waiting for a game to begin. The guards at the government buildings at the Grand palace, however, now their guarding something. They are well disciplined, standing still in the 30+ degree weather in their dress uniforms while tourists stop and have their pictures taken with them. They don't move around while thousands of tourists wonder if they, like the Buckingham palace guards, can't move or if they are allowed to grab the miscreants and ne'er-do-wells. It is a hard but important job and we must do what it takes so that people never look down on even the lowliest of these guards...p.s. do click on the picture to enlarge it...
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