[Open on a room in Syria where a Syrian family quickly packs their things.]
SINGER >> Give us a place to stand
[Cut to a teenage boy sitting at a kitchen table in a rural home. His parents argue with each other in the foreground.]
SINGER >> and a place to grow
[Cut to a young Indigenous man and his father placing a small sapling into the ground and burying it. The young man sings.]
INDIGENOUS MAN >> and call this land Ontario
[Cut to a Vietnamese man about to board an airplane. He looks down at a picture of his daughter he received in a letter and sings.]
MAN >> Give us a place to live
[Cut to a new mom and her husband in a hospital room. She sings quietly to her newborn baby.]
NEW MOM >> for you and me
[Cut to the Syrian girl sitting next to her dad and looking out the window of an airplane.]
SINGER >> with hopes as high
[Cut to the teen stepping out of a cab in Toronto. He notices two men walking and holding hands. He sings.]
TEEN >> as the tallest trees
[Cut to the Indigenous man studying forestry in college.]
[Cut to the Vietnamese man being greeted by his family at a home in Ontario.]
INDIGENOUS MAN: Give us a land of peace
[Cut to a restaurant where the teen is having dinner with his boyfriend.]
SINGER >> where the free winds blow
[Cut to the Vietnamese man sitting at a dinner table enjoying a Vietnamese meal with his family.]
[Cut to the Indigenous man who is now the lead forestry technician working deep in the woods with his team.]
SINGER >> and we will build Ontario
[Cut to the Syrian girl being introduced at the front of a classroom by her teacher. She sings.]
SYRIAN GIRL >> a place to stand
[Cut to the new mom and her husband watching fireworks with their newborn from their bedroom window.]
NEW MOM >> a place to grow.
[The Syrian girl plays with sparklers alongside her family and some Ontario friends on the lawn.]
[The teen watches fireworks with his boyfriend from a balcony.]
[We see fireworks in the sky before a super appears over the scene.]
[TITLE: A place for all of us.]
[The fireworks transition into a playful ON150 animation.]
[TITLE: ONTARIO150]
NARRATOR >> Find out how we’re celebrating at ontario.ca/150
[TITLE: ontario.ca/150 ]
[TITLE: Paid for by the Government of Ontario]