CALGARY — The Thursday before Victoria Day is designated as National Caesar Day. The Caesar — or “Bloody Caesar” if you prefer, which I don’t — is Canada’s most popular cocktail. I prefer gin Caesars to the original vodka Caesars, on the eminently sensible grounds that anything made with vodka is better when made with gin. A drink named after an ancient emperor is only enhanced with a gin produced in honour of a modern empress. In recent years, the threads of national unity have frayed somewhat, with Alberta being shabbily treated by the federal government.

Source: National Post May 15, 2019 16:27 UTC