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During Statements by Members, a Liberal member marked the 47th anniversary of The Log Driver’s Waltz, the animated film based on Wade Hemsworth’s Canadian folk song, originally performed by The Mountain City Four. She noted the film won an award at an international film festival in France and that it remains well known across generations.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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Maggie Chi

Liberal
“The Log Driver's Waltz was released 47 years ago. It is a famous Canadian animated film and folk song that many generations love.”
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Mr. Speaker, it was 47 years ago that The Log Driver’s Waltz was first screened and won a best animated film award at an international film festival in France. The Log Driver’s Waltz is a Canadian folk song originally written by Wade Hemsworth and performed by The Mountain City Four. Most of us will instantly associate the tune with the iconic vignette of the timeless tale of a young girl, who, to please both her parents, had to give way and dance with the doctors and merchants and lawyers as the log driver “goes birling down and down white water”. Directed by John Weldon, the film celebrates the lads as they work on the river and has captured the imagination of generations of Canadians and generations to come, I am sure, because “That’s where the log driver learns to step lightly”.

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