Duncan McCue and the Checkup team aired this week's episode live from the Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., which will unveil its new Canadian History Hall on July 1st.

They were in a room designed by Blackfoot/Métis architect Douglas Cardinal, which is itself a metaphor for the country: full of flowing lines it represents a confluence of rivers and big sky; it's a room conceived as a meeting place and a sacred Indigenous space.

As the country is set to mark 150 years since Confederation, what better place to talk about our shared history than a Hall full of hundreds of incredible Canadian artifacts? Visitors can see the actual cloak worn by General James Wolfe, the handcuffs that shackled Louis Riel, the jersey worn by Maurice "Rocket" Richard, among thousands more artifacts.

Of course the history of this land goes back further than 150 years. The first thing visitors of this museum see is the creation story from the Anishinaabe of Kitigan Zibi First Nation, upon whose traditional territory this Museum sits. It's the story of how Gchi-Manido, the Great Spirit, formed humans. How Nigig, the otter, swam deep in the water to find the dirt that formed Turtle Island. Here we are now, over 36 million people sharing the land—sharing the legacy of Canada's past—both successes and shames. And that history, is alive and unfolding.

Our question today: What in Canada's 150 plus years inspires you about its future?

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