Tomorrow, Canada is celebrating it's 151st birthday as a nation, a day filled with unabashed patriotism and excessive consumption of Molson Canadians. And Canada's birthday is credited to the group of white men who had the vision for the country - Canada's Founding Fathers, of which prime minister du jour, Charles Tupper, was included.

Thirty-six men considered to be among the original Founding Fathers, with more added in as other provinces and territories joined in. The 36 men were a hodgepodge of politicians, lawyers, statesmen, journalists and other educated sorts. John A. Macdonald is the only other prime minister to be among the Founding Fathers.

The criteria for being grouped into the Founding Fathers is pretty simple - you had to attend one of three conferences dedicated to building Canada as an independent nation under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom. The Charlottetown Conference was first, in September 1864, followed the next month by the Quebec Conference and finally the London Conference in 1867. Each conference had its specific purpose - the Charlottetown one was dedicated to providing the scope for the new nation while the Quebec Conference drafted the 72 resolutions which provided the bedrock for the Canadian Constitution. And at the London Conference, the British North America Act was created, paving the way for Canada to officially stand on its own two legs, with the maternal approval of Queen Victoria, often dubbed the Mother of Confederation.

After confederation on July 1, 1867, or 151 years ago, history added other figures to the list of founding fathers, including Louis Riel and Amor De Cosmos for their roles in adding Manitoba and British Columbia to Canada, respectively. Newfoundland's Joey Smallwood was often called the "only living founding father" when Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949,

In 1915, Charles Tupper was the last of the original founding fathers to die at the age of 94. A lavish state funeral was given in his honour, accompanied by a mile-long procession. Tupper's roles as a founding father and as a leading politician in Nova Scotia out-shadow his brief stint as PM - he spent a total of 67 days in office, which is now the average length of a Tinder relationship. It was the shortest time spent in the prime minister's office by any one person, including John Turner and Kim Campbell.

There is a mountain just west of Golden, B.C. named after the shortest-stint PM. I think I will climb Mount Tupper sometime, just to say I conquered Tupper. It will matter to no one else but me.