(Clearwisdom.net) On July 1, 2009, the 142^nd Canada Day, a celebration was held on the square in front of the Legislative Assembly in Edmonton. The event attracted many people. Falun Gong practitioners took this opportunity to introduce Falun Gong and demonstrate the exercises.

Many people stopped to watch the exercise demo. They took introductory materials and asked where they could learn the practice. Some liked the music and listened for a long time. People were shocked to learn that such a great cultivation practice was persecuted in China. They said they would read the Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party.

Some people said they knew about Falun Gong and the brutal persecution in China and have been keeping up with the news. They wanted to help call for the Canadian government to make efforts stop the persecution. A number of Chinese Canadians took the initiative to get copies of the Nine Commentaries and some quit the Communist Party, Youth League, and Young Pioneers at the event.

Practitioners handed out lotus cards. The cards, printed with "Falun Dafa is great" and "Truthfulness Compassion Tolerance," were very popular. People treasure them, and many said they still had cards saved from last year.