When Canada turns 150: Canadians invited to pitch ideas for the big partyThe 150th birthday of Confederation is now less than five years away. Beginning today, Postmedia News offers a special series on how the country should mark the occasion.OTTAWA – Heritage Minister James Moore is preparing to launch a national brainstorming session on how Canada should celebrate its 150th birthday, Postmedia News has learned.The cross-country series of public consultations will begin next month and continue until June, with people from every corner of Canada invited to pitch ideas about ways to mark the sesquicentennial of Confederation in 2017, expected to be the biggest outpouring of patriotic fervor since the nation’s 100th anniversary in 1967.