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59.1 | A whithering comment | DECWIN::RALTO | Clinton next. | Fri Nov 18 1994 15:00 | 3 |
| So, how's the whither up there in Canada today?
Chris
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59.2 | | PNTAGN::WARRENFELTZR | | Fri Nov 18 1994 15:14 | 2 |
| Thank God Canada and Canadians are different from their southern
neighbors...would have to laff at the suburbians crap
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59.3 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Not Phil, not Tom, not Joan... | Fri Nov 18 1994 15:30 | 5 |
|
Weather in Ontario is lousy...we're getting the tailend of
Hurricane Mumble, albeit nowhere near as bad as the tropics
got it.
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59.4 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | The Pantless Snow-Bagger | Fri Nov 18 1994 15:36 | 4 |
| We've had a very mild autumn. Yesterday was arguably the most beautiful
November day I have ever seen.
Glenn
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59.5 | | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | ...plays well with other children | Fri Nov 18 1994 17:30 | 7 |
| >> Weather in Ontario is lousy...we're getting the tailend of
John, are you and I living in the same city???? I just came
back from lunch and it is Gorgeous outside - sunny and 19C.
I know you were probably talking about the drizzle this morning,
but this month has been pretty good if you ask me!
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59.6 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Not Phil, not Tom, not Joan... | Fri Nov 18 1994 17:36 | 4 |
|
Chris, I haven't been outside since 09:00h this morning.
I'm a tunnel-dweller. :*)
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59.7 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Not Phil, not Tom, not Joan... | Fri Nov 25 1994 20:35 | 27 |
|
Quoted without permission from today's `Globe And Mail':
A diplomatic note sent by the U.S. State Department to Ottawa on
Wednesday acknowledged Canadian jusisdiction over Icelandic scallops
in international waters off the East Coast. It represents a major
victory for Canadian fisheries officials, who have insisted they had
the right to arrest two American draggers fishing for Icelandic scallops
in waters outside the Canadian 200-mile limit off Newfoundland in July
of this year.
Icelandic scallops are found on the Canadian continental shelf, a small
portion of which extends into international waters. A United Nations
convention gives coastal countries control over sedentary species outside
their 200-mile limit. Canada insisted that Icelandic scallops are fixed
to the bottom of the ocean by fine threads, and don't move unless physi-
cally dislocated. That view was initially mocked by U.S. politicians and
fishermen, who insisted the scallops move freely in the water. But after
reviewing scientific evidence from researchers in both countries, the
Americans now agree that the scallops spend their lives stuck to the
same spot.
Canadian Federal Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin would not speculate on
how the diplomatic note would affect the court cases of the two American
skippers who were charged with illegal fishing. They are free on bail
and scheduled to appear in a St. John's court in early December for trial.
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59.8 | | CALDEC::RAH | the truth is out there. | Sat Nov 26 1994 01:55 | 3 |
|
there was a time when the timely appearance of a frigate
would settle this sort of thing.
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59.9 | | POWDML::LAUER | Little Chamber of Ecstacy | Tue Jan 03 1995 02:16 | 2 |
|
Canadians have lovely inflections.
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59.10 | | JULIET::MORALES_NA | Sweet Spirit's Gentle Breeze | Tue Jan 03 1995 03:34 | 5 |
| -1
I thunked you said,
"Canadians have lovely infections!"
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59.11 | Quebec, comma? | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Jan 03 1995 03:35 | 1 |
| Wither Canada?
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59.12 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | | Tue Jan 03 1995 11:23 | 6 |
| Hope not.
Still inflected,
Glenn
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59.13 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | | Fri Jan 13 1995 19:47 | 42 |
| CAUSES of DEATH in CANADA 1992 (INDUSTRY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
and STATSCAN FIGURES, Canada Center for health information)
Circulatory 76,211
Cancer 55,668
Respiratory 16,663
Digestive 7,224
Endicrine/Metabolic 5,839
Nervous System 5,268
Mental 3,593
Ill-defined Conditions 3,166
Genito-Urinary 3,119
Infectious/Parasitic 2,744
Cogenital Anomalies 1,216
Perinatal Mortality 981
Musculo Skeletal 802
Blood/Organ diseases 726
Skin Tissue Disease 180
Pregnancy Complications 19
Motor Vehicle accidents 3,462
Falls 2,138
Poisoning 726
Suffocation 706
Fire/Flame 328
Water Transport 179
Medical misadventure 154
Nature/Environment 115
Air/Space transport 66
Firearms accidents 63
Railway accidents 32
Other accidents 832
Subtotal (All accidents) 8801
Subtotal (Suicide) 3709
Subtotal (Homicide,incl. Justifiable
by Police) 732
Total deaths 196,535
Population 27,408,900
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59.14 | | SCAPAS::PLATNO::MOORE | I'll have the rat-on-a-stick | Sat Jan 14 1995 05:03 | 2 |
| <- What about beer and boredom ?
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59.15 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | | Sun Jan 15 1995 21:33 | 6 |
| Well, the beer here is great.
The boredom here is a little more exciting than in most countries. That's
why Canada produces so many funny people. 8^)
Glenn
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59.16 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | aspiring peasant | Mon Jan 16 1995 12:14 | 2 |
| What about dangerous drugs like Marijuana. There has to to be a lot of
those attributable to such an addictive substance. :-)
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59.17 | | POWDML::LAUER | Little Chamber of Oral Exploits | Mon Jan 16 1995 12:20 | 2 |
|
I didn't see any deaths attributed to whirly twirlies.
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59.18 | | ASABET::EARLY | Why plan a comeback? Just do it! | Mon Jan 16 1995 12:35 | 9 |
| re: 17
That's 'cause of the extreme cold. People in Canada have developed
a sort of immunity to the dangers of whirly twirlies that would lead to
an unexpected increase in heart rate that might lead to SWTDS.
(That's Sudden Whirly Twirly Death Syndrome)
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59.19 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | | Mon Jan 16 1995 15:29 | 3 |
| Here I am trying to put in something relevant and serious and all you
guys can do is clown around. You're not fooling anybody, everybody
knows that we have the problem relatively under control.
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59.20 | | ASABET::EARLY | Lose anything but your sense of humor. | Mon Jan 16 1995 15:44 | 28 |
| RE: .19
Akshually ... We are being MOST serious.
Complications from whirly twirlies have prolly decreased so much that
I'm sure they no longer qualify as a separate category, and are
therefore undoubtedly listed as a sub-category under one of the
following:
Ill-defined condition
OR
Cogenital Anomolies
OR
Circulatory (makes sense to me because of the "whirly" part)
OR
Digestive
OR
Suffocation (Not likely. You'd have to be pretty stupid.)
Intern
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59.21 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | | Mon Jan 16 1995 15:46 | 1 |
| What is a sense of humo?
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59.22 | | ASABET::EARLY | Lose anything but your sense of humor. | Mon Jan 16 1995 15:58 | 3 |
| It's what you get as soon as you write a Note that is longer than
9 lines of text.
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59.23 | the great Off-White north | TROOA::TEMPLETON | | Wed Feb 08 1995 12:26 | 10 |
| I think this cold snap we are having is affecting the tongues of radio
announcers around here, on the way home last night I heard one (while
reading the nights hockey match-ups) that the the Florida PanZers were
meeting the PiTHburgh Penguins and then this morning a different
announcer said that the PiNSKburgh Pethwins had won their game. Either
their tongues are frozen or they just choke on the idea that Pittsburgh
is playing so well and their beloved Leafs arent.
Joan
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59.24 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Mon Mar 20 1995 13:24 | 74 |
| From: umnarva0@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Rudy Narvas)
Newsgroups: alt.history.what-if
Subject: What if Trudeau wasn't a CaNoeIst?
WHAT IF FORMER PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU
REALLY WAS A COMMIe
Newsgroups:
alt.history.what-if
A reporter once asked Pierre Elliot Trudeau (former Prime Minister of
Canada for those non-Canadians), "Are you a communist?", Pierre replied,
"No I'm a canoeist". The scenario now is what if that playboy chose to
humour the medium by replying, "I'm as red as the Canadian flag." Hmmmm.....
The period in which this statement is not known by myself so I'll just
assume that it was said early on during his reign......but let's pretend
it's somewhere in the late seventies. The story begins...
1) Nixon becomes the first western head of state to visit
communist Canada. As he descends fromthe plane he is pelted with hockey
pucks, smeared with maple syrup, and jeered with chants of
"Sha na na na hey hey hey Good-bye..."
2) 1994 US senator from North Dakota threatens to aim missles at Canada
if they do not give access to the Canadian fresh water supply. We
concede, but lace the water with Prozac and acid. America becomes
difficult to differentiate with the Magic Kingdom.
3) 1984 Hockey Super Series, becomes a tool for nationalistic pride.
American flags are flown upside down, fights erupt, arguements over
which is better Canadian or American beer, and the American hockey team
loses, because their star hockey players myste riously defect to Canada.
4) The Canadian anthem is officially changed in 1985 to, "Snow Bird".
5) Prime Minister declares we are at war not with America, but American
culture. It is a time when the Canadian black market for items of
American pop culture is growing exponentially. Big ticket items include
Boston & Kiss Albums, issues of Cosmopolitan, posters of Andy Gibb, fat
ties, and RC cola.
6) Canada becomes a military power. The special forces units beat the
marines in a cross border tug of war, the loser is pulled into a puddle
laced with prozac.
7) Canada bans the play of football. The central commitees' reasoning
is that, "It exemplifies American culture. It is highly commercialized,
the periods are evenly divided into quarters and halfs, there are short
spurts of extreme violence followed by long drawn out meetings whose
plans are determined by coordinators on the sidelines."
8) The FBI has arrested a number of actors, writers and others in the
entertainment industry, for their role as Canadian agents and spys. The
episode is well documented in the TV special called "The Canadian
Conspiracy." Among those arrested are Michael J Fox for ridiculing the
all American boy and the greatest US president in his role as Alex Keaton
in the hit 80's show, "Family Ties". Leonard Cohen is also arrested for
polluting the minds of a generation with sexual smut and refrences to a
Canadian manifest destiny, the key evidence is the song, "First We take
Manhattan".
9) Trudeau is smeared by all US presidents as being a, "pot smokin',
hippie, canoeist." Trudeau is said to have replied, "It wasn't pot, it
was opium. They can't get anything right those bloody yanks."
10) The hit sensation Roxette becomes the first western pop band to play
in Canada since Neil Diamond. The crowds could be heard miles away
singing those fab lines, "Hello I love you, do you want to go on a joy ride...."
add you own..
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59.25 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I don't want to go on the cart | Mon Mar 20 1995 15:38 | 2 |
| I would never get into an arguement about beer simply because I
wouldn't know how to conduct one.
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59.26 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | no, i'm aluminuming 'um, mum | Mon Mar 20 1995 15:43 | 5 |
|
.25 That's a little too thought-provoking for a Monday,
don't you think, Glenn? ;>
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59.27 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I don't want to go on the cart | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:01 | 1 |
| Sorry, I didn't mean to provoke you. 8^)
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59.28 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Squirrels R Me | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:06 | 4 |
|
Glenn, a beer is not a symphony. Zima would be, but never beer. So no
one wants you to do any conducting.....
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59.29 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I don't want to go on the cart | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:07 | 1 |
| You'll get no arguement from me, I promise.
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59.30 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Squirrels R Me | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:21 | 5 |
| | <<< Note 59.29 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "I don't want to go on the cart" >>>
| You'll get no arguement from me, I promise.
Margerine???
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59.31 | | POWDML::LAUER | Little Chamber of Fuzzy Faces | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:24 | 5 |
|
margarine
8^)
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59.32 | | SMURF::BINDER | vitam gustare | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:32 | 3 |
| .28
Zima is not a symphony. I promise.
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59.33 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | no, i'm aluminuming 'um, mum | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:43 | 6 |
|
>> Zima is not a symphony. I promise.
well, it's sort of like the unfinished symphony. like they
stopped just before they put in the taste.
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59.34 | | MPGS::MARKEY | Specialists in Horizontal Decorum | Mon Mar 20 1995 16:45 | 4 |
|
Zima may be a symphony, say, one composed by Yanni...
-b
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59.35 | | CALDEC::RAH | pushing the envelope of sanity.. | Mon Mar 20 1995 19:39 | 2 |
|
Aren't Yanni and Cam Neely the same guy?
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59.36 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Squirrels R Me | Mon Mar 20 1995 19:49 | 3 |
|
No, Cam Neeley is cute.
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59.37 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Tue May 02 1995 20:43 | 15 |
| Re: National police forces
How is the RCMP generally perceived by Canadians, specifically in
relation to the American view(s) of our FBI?
Are there any "other" national enforcement agencies of any type
in Canada (similar to our BATF, e.g.)?
And, since I don't know that we have a UK topic, while I'm at it
how do most of the British people feel about Scotland Yard in the
same light? (Scotland Yard is national? Or is it just London?)
How about other countries? Germany? Australia? Do you have national
police forces?
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59.38 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Would you like fries with that? | Tue May 02 1995 21:03 | 29 |
|
Note 59.37, Jack:
>How is the RCMP generally perceived by Canadians, specifically in
>relation to the American view(s) of our FBI?
Canadians generally respect the RCMP, and take a great deal of pride
in their history and professionalism. However, they have not been
without controversy; specifically in regard to: 1) their relations
with Natives, and: 2) their former Security Service, which has since
been spun off into a separate agency, the Canadian Security
Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Are there any "other" national enforcement agencies of any type
in Canada (similar to our BATF, e.g.)?
There is CSIS, which would be a mild version of your CIA or NSA, and
there is one other shadowy little agency called (I believe) the
Communications Security Establishment, which essentially monitors
international airwaves for interesting information. The rather vague
nature of this agency has come under some public glare recently, but
so far they have not been accused of any wrongdoing. Th only other
thing would be Canada Customs (which is not an armed service), and
the Canadian Armed Forces Military Police, which handles only military
issues.
jc
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59.39 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Fan Club Frog Hemming | Tue May 02 1995 21:29 | 1 |
| Does CSIS have the power to enforce? I didn't think it did.
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59.40 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Would you like fries with that? | Tue May 02 1995 22:17 | 5 |
|
Ummm...enforcement? No, I guess they simply make recommendations to
the Minister of Justice, who would then direct the RCMP to make the
arrest. These would really only be for issues of national security.
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59.41 | | MINNY::ZUMBUEHL | Gyroplane HB-YFM | Wed May 03 1995 09:27 | 12 |
| re: .37
> Do you have national police forces ?
Switzerland: => No way !
Government tried to establish a national police force (several times
I think). But the people said <NO> at the ballot-box.
Simple as that.
Kurt
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59.42 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Wed May 03 1995 11:58 | 6 |
| Mounties also inherit immense prestige of old North West Mounted
Police, who supervised the relatively carnage-free settlement of the
West. (They were not tolerant of violent crime, particularly the kind
committed with guns.)
-Stephen
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59.43 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed May 03 1995 13:22 | 1 |
| The RCMP inherit the respect accorded Dudley Doright.
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59.44 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Fan Club Frog Hemming | Wed May 03 1995 13:39 | 1 |
| And that guy on Due South.
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59.45 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed May 03 1995 13:59 | 2 |
| And Sargeant Preston and King.
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59.46 | This Case is Closed | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed May 03 1995 15:27 | 6 |
| Sergeant Preston's horse was named Rex, fyi.
And the theme music to the teevee show was from the Overture ot
Donna Diana (Reznicek, if the gray cells don't fail), afyi.
--Mr Topaz
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59.47 | Mush, King. Mush! | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed May 03 1995 15:29 | 2 |
| Not his horse, his DOG!
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59.48 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Grim Falcon The Elf | Wed May 03 1995 16:24 | 1 |
| You mean Diefenbaker.
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59.49 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed May 03 1995 18:40 | 2 |
| Was that his other dog?
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59.50 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Grim Falcon The Elf | Wed May 03 1995 19:22 | 1 |
| I'm dogone confused.
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59.51 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed May 03 1995 19:25 | 2 |
| Then you _ARE_ indeed a lucky man.
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59.52 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Grim Falcon The Elf | Wed May 03 1995 19:30 | 1 |
| Now Jack, yes I am, but you are even so excruciatingly lucky as well.
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59.53 | Talk Hard | SNOFS1::DAVISM | Happy Harry Hard On | Fri May 05 1995 03:10 | 6 |
| England - Scotland Yard are just your regular pigs. They have the beat
bobbies and CID (Criminal Investigations Dept) then there are other
types of copper who do various other things.. Drug squad etc
The FBI typres are the MI5/MI6 types. They are the big boys, all the
spys and stuff.
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59.54 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Fri May 05 1995 03:13 | 1 |
| So the British FBI is actually the James Bond types?
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59.55 | Talk Hard | SNOFS1::DAVISM | Happy Harry Hard On | Fri May 05 1995 04:05 | 8 |
| Okay here we go with a extract from the crapest program on TV.
"That's me Carlton Dial, I used to be a spy, but now I do something
really dangerous, I recover missing {somethings}"
gawd... I have never herd so much tosh in my entire life ! What a
complete prat ! I wish someone would shot the <r.o> but I guess he
would probably find a way out of that too!
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59.56 | Talk Hard | SNOFS1::DAVISM | Happy Harry Hard On | Fri May 05 1995 04:06 | 3 |
| back to the question in hand. The British version.... There are (I
think) different levels in MI5/MI6. From the equivilent on an FBI agent
upto the 007 types.
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59.57 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri May 05 1995 13:13 | 6 |
| Well, this is the first time I ever heard that MI5/MI6 was a national
domestic British police force.
I always thought Scotland Yard was the equivalent of the FBI.
/john
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59.58 | | CALDEC::RAH | an outlaw in town | Fri May 05 1995 13:24 | 2 |
|
SY has the Special Branch for armed ninja-suited response.
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59.59 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri May 05 1995 13:25 | 7 |
| > Scotland Yard
Anagram: Clad a dry snot.
--Mr Topaz
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59.60 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Grim Falcon The Elf | Fri May 05 1995 13:40 | 1 |
| what is a crapest program?
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59.61 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri May 05 1995 13:57 | 3 |
| re .60:
Jean Crapest, Tory leader?
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59.62 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Grim Falcon The Elf | Fri May 05 1995 14:37 | 1 |
| Ah. Thank you.
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59.63 | thingy | SUBURB::KNIGHTD | | Fri May 05 1995 14:48 | 17 |
|
re.-some
FYI
MI5 & MI6 = just intelligence organisations, with no powers of arrest,
they use Special Branch for that (MI6 works abroad, therefore
equivalent to the CIA)
The police has its own firearms assault teams, forget what they're
called, but specialist SAS teams can and have been used also.
Darren
PS. Scotland Yard is just police HQ I think (?)
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59.64 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Shazzbot! | Fri May 05 1995 18:46 | 6 |
|
There is a provincial election in Ontario on June 8th. I was thinking
that since I don't like ANY of the candidates, I might just pay the fee
and have my name put on the ballot so that I can vote for myself, and
avoid the whole thing altogether.
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59.65 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Fri May 05 1995 19:43 | 2 |
| Do they allow write-ins on Canadian ballots?
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59.66 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Shazzbot! | Fri May 05 1995 19:44 | 4 |
|
Ummm...I don't believe so. Your ballot would probably be considered
spoiled.
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59.67 | Talk Hard | SNOFS1::DAVISM | Happy Harry Hard On | Mon May 08 1995 05:33 | 9 |
| KNIGHTD
SAS = Special Air Services - Elite commando unit, part of the British
Army. Equivillent (sp?) of US Navy Seals (close as I could imagine).
Have you been watched too many films ?
Scotland Yard is the Police Headquarters for the British Isles. MI5/MI6
do have the power to arrest/detain + quite a few other unmentionables !
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59.68 | Talk Hard | SNOFS1::DAVISM | Happy Harry Hard On | Mon May 08 1995 05:34 | 1 |
| What the <r.o> is wrong with my English today !?!
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59.69 | thingy | SUBURB::KNIGHTD | | Tue May 09 1995 11:01 | 11 |
|
re.-some.
cheers DAVISM, but I'm fairly sure that MI5 and MI6 don't have the
power of arrest, but I'm not taking it as gospel.
The SAS *CAN* be called in as police backup in an emergency, and
thanks, but I think the entire world knows what it SAS stands for.
Darren
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59.70 | another thingy | SUBURB::KNIGHTD | | Tue May 09 1995 11:02 | 3 |
|
ps. I think you'll find that the SBS is the equivalent of the SEALS
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59.71 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Indeedy Do Da Day | Tue May 09 1995 14:44 | 1 |
| Omigawd! A _suburbian_ !!!!!
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59.72 | From today's Toronto Star: | TROOA::COLLINS | must ipso facto half not be | Thu May 18 1995 17:35 | 6 |
|
Actor Michael Moriarty, fed up with what he sees as government
interference in free expression, says he's bidding the U.S. adieu
and moving to Canada. The former `Law & Order' star told `American
Journal' that "we are a burgeoning fascist state."
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59.73 | | WECARE::GRIFFIN | John Griffin ZKO1-3/B31 381-1159 | Thu May 18 1995 17:52 | 2 |
| Does that mean he'll be giving up his rent-controlled apartment in
Manhattan?
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59.75 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu May 18 1995 17:57 | 1 |
| is has?
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59.74 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Thu May 18 1995 18:00 | 17 |
| Canada -- is that the place where people in Ontario had to take
surreptitious trips to Buffalo to bring back newspapers with
stories about a trial that was taking place back in Ont.? Because
the Canadian media weren't allowed to report it?
Canada -- is that the place where 1st Nations people, as recently
as earlier in this century, weren't allowed to hold potlach
festivals?
Canada -- is that the place that where the official opposition
party has, as its only real purpose, the goal of extracting itself
from Canada?
Good luck, and nice doing of homework, Michael Moriarty.
--Mr Topaz
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59.76 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Thu May 18 1995 18:00 | 1 |
| i stuffed
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59.77 | | TROOA::COLLINS | must ipso facto half not be | Thu May 18 1995 18:07 | 20 |
|
Note 59.74
>Canada -- is that the place where people in Ontario...
<yawn> been there, done this.
>Canada -- is that the place where 1st Nations people...
Yeah, like life has been strawberries and cream for 1st Nations peoples
and blacks in the U.S. Gimme a break...
>Canada -- is that the place that where the official opposition
>party has, as its only real purpose, the goal of extracting itself
>from Canada?
Extracting *Quebec* from Canada, yes. What's your point?
jc
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59.78 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Thu May 18 1995 18:22 | 9 |
|
And Chris Noth, from Law & Order, was told to take a hike. Will he be
headed for Canada next???
Anybody know who the ONLY origional cast member of Law & Order is?
Glen
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59.79 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Thu May 18 1995 18:23 | 5 |
|
RE: Glen
Must be that really cute brunette ... Jill Hennessey, I think?
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59.80 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Thu May 18 1995 18:25 | 8 |
|
Nope, I forget the guys name (he might live in Canada right now), but
she replaced him. Strike one!
Glen
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59.81 | | TROOA::COLLINS | must ipso facto half not be | Thu May 18 1995 18:30 | 6 |
|
NONE of them should come to Canada...there's no work for actors here!
Why do you think all our actors go south?
:^)
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59.82 | Role model | DECWIN::RALTO | It's a small third world after all | Thu May 18 1995 18:39 | 5 |
| >> Why do you think all our actors go south?
Because they want to follow in William Shatner's footsteps?
Chris
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59.83 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu May 18 1995 18:43 | 1 |
| Lorne Greene predates William Shatner by a few years.
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59.84 | | TROOA::COLLINS | must ipso facto half not be | Thu May 18 1995 18:45 | 6 |
|
We could go back as far as Raymond Massey, or even back as far as
Mary Pickford.
:^)
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59.85 | Plus, Shatner's probably accumulated more riches | DECWIN::RALTO | It's a small third world after all | Thu May 18 1995 18:54 | 6 |
| I know, but if I were an aspiring actor, I wouldn't want to follow
Lorne Greene's footsteps all the way to where he is today.
Monty Hall, maybe...
Chris
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59.86 | | OOTOOL::CHELSEA | Mostly harmless. | Thu May 18 1995 19:26 | 12 |
| Re: .72
I read he was headed for Europe. I have no idea what's happening to
him, but I hope he gets help soon.
Re: .78
>Anybody know who the ONLY origional cast member of Law & Order is?
Steven Hill wasn't in the pilot. It would have to be one of the minor
characters, like Profacci(?).
|
59.87 | | TROOA::COLLINS | must ipso facto half not be | Thu May 18 1995 20:01 | 14 |
|
By the way...for all those constantly harping about the `closed court-
rooms' and `publication bans' in Canada...the ONE instance that you
have been referring to (the Karla Homolka trial) is about to become
public domain. The trial of her estranged husband, Paul Bernardo,
begins today, and as that trial progresses, all the details that had
been temporarily banned will come out, in all their grisly glory.
The media scaffolding outside the courthouse is positively abuzz today
with eager journalists, so you can strike that one off your Canada-
bashing list.
jc
|
59.88 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Thu May 18 1995 20:27 | 3 |
|
go south or Due South???
|
59.89 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri May 19 1995 17:53 | 1 |
| eh?
|
59.90 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Fri May 19 1995 19:44 | 1 |
| due south... the tv show????
|
59.91 | Different strokes for different folks. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue May 23 1995 13:57 | 21 |
| CALLME::MR_TOPAZ
>>Canada -- is that the place that where the official opposition
>>party has, as its only real purpose, the goal of extracting itself
>>from Canada?
This would mark Canada as among the most free countries if not the most
free country in the world. Where else could 1/4 of the population debate
publicly their desire to stay or leave, and remain a peaceful place ?
Alot of talk of freedom of speach in here. I submit this is alot more freedom
than is available in any other country.
but then again, we temper our freedoms with common sense. Bernardo
getting away with it because the entire jury pool (the whole country)
had been contaminated with sensationalist journalism would be an
example. I know American's cannot see the justice in holding information
to ensure a fair trial, but that's just the way we are.
Derek.
|
59.92 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Tue May 23 1995 19:49 | 5 |
| > Where else could 1/4 of the population debate
> publicly their desire to stay or leave, and remain a peaceful place ?
Happens in 'Murrica all the time, Derek.
|
59.93 | I think we are talking about two different things. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue May 23 1995 19:55 | 9 |
| MOLAR::DELBALSO
Oh ? Which State Government advocates seperation ? Which political
party represents that position ?
Or was that a general statement of discontent in America you were refering
to ?
Derek.
|
59.94 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Tue May 23 1995 20:09 | 4 |
| The general statement of discontent. Which could just as easily be stated
by a party if one were to galvanize around that concept. There's nothing
illegal about it, after all. Yet.
|
59.96 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Tue May 23 1995 20:14 | 1 |
| Do you zinc so?
|
59.97 | | TROOA::COLLINS | On a wavelength far from home. | Tue May 23 1995 20:16 | 3 |
|
Driven by El Delbalsto's mercurial personality, no doubt.
|
59.99 | I really don't think we are talkingng about the same thing. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue May 23 1995 20:44 | 11 |
| MOLAR::DELBALSO
So let's say Texas decides that they were really more interested in
their Spanish ties than their American ties. Further more, they pass a
law that says ONLY Spanish can be displayed on public signs. Then,
after sowing their oats for a while, decide they want to leave America
for a future in a Spanish country.
Tell me how that would be recieved in the ROA (Rest of America)
Derek.
|
59.101 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Tue May 23 1995 21:03 | 5 |
| re: .99, Derek
Oh - you mean you were stressing the point that if Quebec up and left
the ROC wouldn't GAS?
|
59.102 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Trouble with a capital 'T' | Tue May 23 1995 21:07 | 5 |
|
ROC?
Why would China care?
|
59.103 | And I thought the COWBOYS were America's team. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue May 23 1995 21:18 | 9 |
| MOLAR::DELBALSO
Good example for the ethnic aspect, apparently not a good example
otherwise. :*)
Which if any state do you think the *government* would fight over, not
you personally.
Derek.
|
59.104 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed May 24 1995 11:22 | 7 |
| re .103:
Would you mind if I supplied a list?
VA, NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TX, AK, LA, KY
--Mr Topaz
|
59.105 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Indeedy Do Da Day | Wed May 24 1995 13:53 | 6 |
| <--- Yes, they held lots of referendums and tried to hash things out
through due process of legislation didn't they? Ah, those were such
peaceful times.
Had things gone the other way, they might be putting up barricades in
Richmond to keep the nutty assailants away. ;-)
|
59.106 | | DECLNE::SHEPARD | Wesley's Daddy | Thu May 25 1995 16:52 | 6 |
| Actually they (except Ky which remained neutral) did for some time prior to
firing on Ft Sumter. Lincoln's insistance on resupplying Ft Sumter despite the
commanding officer's protests, and refusal to meet with Representatives from the
Southern States prior to April 12, 1861 contributed significantly to the
decision to go to war.
|
59.107 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Tue May 30 1995 15:03 | 1 |
| The Canadian $ used to be worth more than the US $, right? When?
|
59.108 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Repetitive Glad Napping | Tue May 30 1995 15:46 | 1 |
| 1975
|
59.109 | Trip Report | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue May 30 1995 16:56 | 33 |
59.110 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Repetitive Glad Napping | Tue May 30 1995 17:17 | 4 |
| So, what you're saying is, you had a fabulous time and you love Canada
and we're all a bunch of fun people to be around!
8^)
|
59.111 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu Jun 08 1995 18:20 | 101 |
| Ginseng on the Up and Up; Mcmaster Team Finds Chemical in Root That
Can Alleviate 'Erectile Dysfunction'
By Alan Edmonds
TORONTO, June 4, Toronto Star -- Four undergraduate students at
Hamilton's Mcmaster University, three of them women, have helped prove
scientifically that one of the most stubbornly durable "myths" of ancient
medicine is probably true: ginseng is good for men's sex life.
Under chemistry professor Russell Bell, the students conducted a two-
stage experiment that showed that the type of steroid compound called
saponin in ginseng (Panax) is a vaso-dilator. That is, it opens up the
veins and arteries and improves blood flow.
And a large number of the doctors now specializing in impotence believe
poor blood supply to the penis or pelvic region is a common cause of what
these new specialists prefer to call "erectile dysfunction." (One says,
"The actual word 'impotent' is too negative, so we avoid using it.")
Ginseng may also stimulate the interest of women, since increased blood
supply to the pelvic region is associated with sexual arousal.
The work at McMaster is particularly relevant because, with the Baby
Boom generation aging fast, there are nearly 2 million men between 50 and 60
in Canada. Sex doctors guesstimate that at least 15 per cent and perhaps
as many as 60 per cent of them have become partly or totally impotent.
Precise statistics will never be available because the macho-man tradition
means men rarely admit they can't get it up any longer. Dr. Sender Herschorn,
who runs one of North America's busiest impotence clinics at Sunnybrook Health
Centre, says women make around half the clinic's appointments for their men.
And one of the major tools in the arsenal of impotence clinic doctors is
the penile doppler test, an electronic check of the penile artery by
measuring the rate of blood flow to the penis.
The next step in Bell's research at McMaster is to look for the specific
ginseng saponin that is the best vaso-dilator. If found, and if Western
"scientific" pharmacology synthesizes it into a pill, it could be an anti-
impotence medication, perhaps even a sex stimulant, that would outsell Prozac.
Bell and his students have identified 13 different saponin molecules
(ginsenocides) in Panax quiquefolium, the native North American ginseng that
has become a $40-million a year export to China from Canada. Bell is now
preparing for a joint experiment with Hong Kong University in an attempt to
isolate the saponins that are most effective.
"We have succeeded in separating out five groups of saponins," says Dr.
Bell. "We know that at least three groups contain vaso-dilators. The next
step is to attempt to isolate individual saponin to determine which works
best."
Bell stresses that it may not actually be a saponin that dilates the
vascular system but some other component of ginseng that is carried with the
saponin molecule. And what that does is open up yet another skirmish in the
battle between Western "scientific" medical pharmacology and the growing
popularity of hand-me-down herbal medicine.
The work at McMaster was begun by David Kwan, a pharmacologist in
neurosciences. In a laboratory dish he kept alive a section of a dog's
aorta, the main trunk of the cardio-vascular system that leads to the heart.
To it he attached electronics capable of measuring infinitesimal movement.
Then he "fed" the living tissue a crude extract of Chinese-grown ginseng
(Panax ginseng). The aorta dilated; that is, it became enlarged.
Kwan then asked the chemistry department to do a more detailed breakdown
of the ginseng chemical structure to determine just what was causing the
enlargement of the artery. With students doing the work as part of their
senior thesis projects, Bell used samples from the crop that has partially
replaced tobacco as a staple for southern Ontario farms.
Separated into five groups of two, three or four, the samples were also
fed to the living tissue of dog aorta. "Three were active vaso-dilators,"
says Bell.
The, with Brian McCarry, he set about devising ways to use high-
performance liquid chromatography to break down the groups farther and
identify each individual saponin for testing by Kwan, now on the faculty of
Hong Kong University.
"In part, Kwan is invoking sophisticated Western science to test part
of his cultural heritage," says Bell. "Traditional Chinese doctors say you
need a bit of this and a bit of that and they work together synergistically.
Scientific Western pharmacology looks for one thing, one so-called active
ingredient. Then we medicate with that one ingredient, or the synthesis of
it."
But rummaging around in the medicine cupboard of history, chemists and
pharmacologists have found that forms of saponin can be extracted from many
other plants. Thus it may "a bit of that" in ginseng that by itself does not
dissolve in liquid but which is held in suspension by saponin molecules that
do. If this turns out to be the case, the "active ingredient" may prove very
elusive.
And once it is found, scientists may still not know why or how it works on
the cardio-vascular system.
To the Chinese -- and increasingly to Western Naturopaths -- ginseng is a
staple of traditional herbal medicine. If the ginseng is wild, fairly old,
and resembles a human figure, it costs upwards of $30 a leung (about an
ounce).
At Yi Kang Yuan Herbs in the heart of Scarborough's Chinatown one man-
shaped root around 20 years old is priced at $1,250.
Cultivated ginseng is harvested after only three to seven years. When
powdered to make prophylactic tonic, it costs $10 or so for a months' supply.
It's as a tonic that ginseng is mainly used. It's considered one of the
most powerful of medicinal herbs because it helps both Yin and Yang
conditions.
Yin (passive) and Yang (active) represent the Oriental concept of duality
in all things. If they're in balance, you're healthy. If a patient is "low"
-- lacks energy and is "passive" -- Chinese doctors diagnose this as a Yin
condition and a dose pf "hot" ginseng is prescribed as a stimulant.
If a patient is hyper, that indicates a Yang condition and "cool" ginseng
is prescribed to strengthen their Yin.
"Hot" ginseng comes from Korea and northern China and is used to improve
men's sex life.
Canada's ginseng, despite Bell's work, is considered "cool."
[Alan Edwards is a writer and broadcaster based in Toronto.]
|
59.112 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Repetitive Fan Club Napping | Thu Jun 08 1995 18:42 | 1 |
| Is that the long and short of it?
|
59.113 | Fizzix humor, arr arr | DECWIN::RALTO | Clemens and Canseco in '96 | Thu Jun 08 1995 19:33 | 5 |
| re: "penile Doppler test"
Does that measure beat frequency?
Chris
|
59.114 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Thu Jun 29 1995 18:01 | 6 |
| ================================================================================
Note 59.l Wither Canada 84 of 32
CALLME::MR_TOPAZ -2 lines 01-JUL-1995 29:20
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Happy Canada Day!
|
59.115 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Whirly Twirly Naps | Thu Jun 29 1995 18:24 | 1 |
| My brain huuurtz!
|
59.117 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Thu Jun 29 1995 18:28 | 1 |
| The pain must be very, very small.
|
59.118 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Whirly Twirly Naps | Thu Jun 29 1995 20:38 | 1 |
| Oh. Cut me to the heart that did.
|
59.119 | | GRANPA::MWANNEMACHER | NRA member | Fri Jun 30 1995 11:55 | 3 |
|
Alas, poor Glenn......
|
59.120 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri Jun 30 1995 12:23 | 11 |
59.121 | | GRANPA::MWANNEMACHER | NRA member | Fri Jun 30 1995 12:27 | 3 |
|
We can see the sacrcasm dripping off of your reply .120 Sir Topaz.
|
59.122 | | TROOA::COLLINS | My hovercraft is full of eels. | Fri Jun 30 1995 20:00 | 11 |
|
A while back, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police told people to stop
using their `Mountie' image on toys and souveniers and such, claiming
that the copyright belonged to the RCMP, and if anyone was going to
make money off the image, it should be the RCMP.
Well, they just sold the next five years' worth of marketing rights
to Disney.
Ugh.
|
59.123 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Whirly Twirly Naps | Fri Jun 30 1995 20:07 | 2 |
| They're going to get a lot of grief for it too. Why not a Canadian
company?
|
59.124 | | TROOA::COLLINS | My hovercraft is full of eels. | Fri Jun 30 1995 20:14 | 6 |
|
I guess because Disney controls about 50% of the `free' world.
(Microsoft controls the other 50%)
They've already put their mouse in the White House. :^)
|
59.125 | Disney Do-Right | DECWIN::RALTO | I hate summer | Fri Jun 30 1995 20:24 | 3 |
| So is that the end of Dudley Do-Right cartoons?
Chris
|
59.126 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Sat Jul 01 1995 02:03 | 5 |
| Disney doesn't own the rights to Rocky/Bullwinkle/Dudley/Peabody/Sherman/Etc.,
do they? Last I heard it was licensed to Taco Bell/Pepsi.
I'll be looking for the Yukon Enchilada.
|
59.127 | | POWDML::LAUER | Little Chamber of Passhion | Sat Jul 01 1995 17:06 | 4 |
|
Happy Canada Day.
(Does one say that?)
|
59.128 | | MPGS::MARKEY | The bottom end of Liquid Sanctuary | Sat Jul 01 1995 17:08 | 4 |
|
Yeah, but it's probably "Happy Canada Day, Hoser"... :-)
-b
|
59.129 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Learning to lean | Sat Jul 01 1995 19:12 | 4 |
|
Happy Canada day, eh?
|
59.130 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | the countdown is on | Wed Jul 05 1995 12:55 | 5 |
| The reason the rights to RCMP toys etc were sold to Disney is because
the RCMP didn't like seeing cheap looking and poorly manufactured
souvenirs, etc, reasoning that it reflected poorly on the RCMP. They
sold the rights to Disney due to Disney's reputation of marketing
quality items.
|
59.131 | | TROOA::COLLINS | My hovercraft is full of eels. | Wed Jul 05 1995 13:00 | 4 |
|
...and their reputation for guarding their market share with the
tenacity of a pit-bull.
|
59.132 | | LJSRV2::KALIKOW | Partially sage, & rarely on time | Wed Jul 05 1995 23:56 | 2 |
| Wot's this about Canada withering? Eh?
|
59.133 | | NETCAD::WOODFORD | USER ERROR::ReplaceUser/PressAnyKeyToCont. | Thu Jul 06 1995 12:19 | 11 |
|
Speaking of Canada, did you all hear that Disney has purchased the
rights to all Canadian Mounty marketing? Why is an American company
doing this? Don't they have a Canadian company that cares enough about
this tradition to sponsor it??
Terrie
|
59.134 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Motion in the ocean (oo ah!) | Thu Jul 06 1995 12:27 | 5 |
|
Terrie,
See .122
|
59.135 | purple grapefruit syndrome! :*) Wanna see my scar? | SUBPAC::SADIN | We the people? | Thu Jul 13 1995 14:30 | 61 |
| More men getting vasectomies, Canadian study finds
(c) 1995 Copyright the News & Observer Publishing Co.
(c) 1995 Reuter Information Service
TORONTO (Jul 12, 1995 - 18:54 EDT) - Older men are assuming
more responsibility for birth control by volunteering to have
vasectomies to prevent unwanted pregnancies, a landmark study of
birth control trends in Canada shows.
"The intention today seems to be favoring male (rather than female)
sterilization," Dr. Richard Boroditsky, one of the study's authors, told
a news conference Wednesday.
The Canadian Contraception Study found that for older Canadian
couples, sterilization is the favored form of birth control.
The study found that two-thirds of married couples between the ages
of 35 and 44 opted for sterilization -- tubal ligation for women and
vasectomy for men.
But the surprise was that compared with a decade ago, men are
assuming more of the burden of birth control by getting vasectomies.
The study found the percentage of middle-aged, married men who
had been sterilized was 30 percent, not far behind the 36 percent of
married women in the same age group.
A similar study in 1984 found that only 8.7 percent of men had been
sterilized while 24.1 percent of women had opted for it. The earlier
study included both married and unmarried men.
"This might indicate that at least some men in committed
relationships are prepared to take more responsibility," said Dr.
Rhonda Love, and associate professor at the University of Toronto's
department of medicine.
Considered the safest form of birth control, the mortality and efficacy
rates for vasectomy are even lower than for female sterilization by
tubal ligation, already considered a very safe procedure.
Vasectomy has a failure rate of 0.15 percent compared to 0.4 percent
for female sterilization, while the death rate is even lower than a
mere 1.5 per 100,000 procedures for female sterilization.
"This could also represent rational decision making on the risk of
procedures because the risk to male partners is less than to female
partners," Love added. "Also, vasectomies are somewhat reversible
where female sterilization is not."
The study also suggested that the trend toward vasectomy should
increase in the coming years.
"Among women intending sterilization, more planned that their
partners would undergo the operation (23 percent) than themselves
(15 percent)," the study said. "If the stated intent of the present
group of women comes to pass, the trend towards an increasing
proportion of male operations should continue."
|
59.137 | | SMURF::MSCANLON | alliaskofmyselfisthatiholdtogether | Thu Jul 13 1995 21:15 | 5 |
| re: .136
" have plumbs for a week or two..."
They're going to be level?
|
59.139 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Gone ballistic. Back in 5 minutes. | Fri Jul 14 1995 12:52 | 8 |
|
If travelling to Toronto, check out:
- http://www.interlog.com/eye
- http://www.muchmusic.com
|
59.140 | | NETCAD::WOODFORD | Indecision Is Key To Flexibility | Fri Jul 14 1995 12:54 | 13 |
|
So, can anyone give me some travel tips for my tip to Canada?
(See the Travel plans note for a list of locations I'll be visiting.)
Thanks!
Terrie
|
59.141 | | CSOA1::LEECH | Dia do bheatha. | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:00 | 3 |
| Head north.
8^)
|
59.142 | Caffein break perhaps??? :) | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Zebwas have foot-in-mouth disease! | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:00 | 9 |
|
re: .140
> my tip to Canada?
Nope....nope.... I ain't gonna touch that one... nope....
|
59.143 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Gone ballistic. Back in 5 minutes. | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:04 | 5 |
|
Halifax, N.S., and St. John's, Nfld. are beautiful cities.
Moncton, N.B. is not.
|
59.144 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | The picture's pretty bleak... | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:10 | 10 |
| However, there are 2 National Parks within about 90 minutes' drive of
Moncton, N.B.:
Fundy National Park,on the Albert County Bay of Fundy coast: rocky coast,
misty woods, a golf course, next to the fishing village of Alma; and
Kouchibouguac National Park, on the Kent County Northumberland Strait
coast: salt marsh, 16-mile sandy beach with reasonalbly warm water.
Both nice places.
-Stephen
|
59.145 | This day can't end soon enough.... | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:11 | 23 |
| Terrie,
I gave an unsolicited recommendation in the other note, but since you
asked:
NB: Bay of Fundy, one of the biggest tides around. Try to check out
the "flower pots".
PEI: Cavindish (SP?) beach and of cource Ann of Green Gables house.
NS: Cabot Trail. We had a car commecial depicting some of the best
roads (ie did they make the roads for the car or the other way around)
and they used the California coastal highway, some road in Italy I have
never heard of, and the Cabot Trail for the visuals. Well worth the
effort.
NFLD: Gross Mourn as previously mentioned. I also will try to get to
Cape Spear. The East most point of NA, and supposed to be quite pretty.
Labador ??? Never been, please reply when you get back and let us know
your thoughts.
Derek.
|
59.146 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Zebwas have foot-in-mouth disease! | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:11 | 6 |
| re: .144
Oh Darn!!!! Now you're gonna drive the thumper index up with that
reply!!!!
|
59.147 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:13 | 1 |
| Only if some Fundy replies.
|
59.148 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | The picture's pretty bleak... | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:14 | 4 |
| "Flower Pots" are at Hopewell Cape, between Moncton and Fundy National
PArk.
-Stephen
|
59.149 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Learning to lean | Fri Jul 14 1995 13:27 | 10 |
|
> So, can anyone give me some travel tips for my tip to Canada?
Take plenty of presentation materials with you.
|
59.150 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Wed Aug 02 1995 01:30 | 6 |
|
Canada has 11,000 islands, says `Escape' magazine; it is #3 in the
Top 10 island-possessing nations, behind Malaysia (20,000 islands)
and Indonesia (13,677), but ahead of the Philippines (7,100) and
Finland (6,080).
|
59.151 | | XEDON::JENSEN | | Wed Aug 02 1995 01:33 | 2 |
| Yeah, but... how many 'a them Canadian islands is
just iceboigs? ;^)
|
59.152 | | LJSRV2::KALIKOW | Hi-ho! Yow! I'm surfing Arpanet! | Wed Aug 02 1995 01:45 | 3 |
| So then, that makes Canada rate very high amongst connectivity-challenged
nations, eh?
|
59.153 | Talk Hard | SNOFS1::DAVISM | Happy Harry Hard On | Wed Aug 02 1995 04:09 | 3 |
| re .150
Oh dear...here we go again !
|
59.154 | whither, indeed | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | Stephen Burridge, dtn 640-7186 | Thu Aug 03 1995 15:07 | 6 |
| It is reported that the Prime Minister and a number of cabinet
ministers were present at the opening night performance of a touring
production of "Music of the Night," which consists of performances of
Andrew Lloyd Webber songs.
-Stephen
|
59.155 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Thu Aug 03 1995 16:47 | 3 |
| re .154:
Scandalous. ?
|
59.156 | Read this and weep, Glenn! | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Sat Aug 05 1995 22:29 | 53 |
|
The `Stubby' Beer Bottle
========================
The compact beer bottle or `stubby' as it was knicknamed shortly after its
appearance in 1961, was a superior container from an industrial point of
view but not from a 1980's marketing perspective. The `stubby' was intro-
duced by the Dominion Brewers Association (now the Brewers Association of
Canada) to cut the high costs of shipping and storage and to standardize the
size as a result of automation in the manufacturing industry.
In 1957 the Dominion Brewers Association launched a search for a standard
beer bottle and, with the help of the Canadian glass industry, a lighter
bottle. After a few years of feasibility studies a cone-shaped neck proto-
type was produced by the DBA's team of engineers and designers. Market
research in 1961 revealed that the test bottle was difficult to open due to
the cone-shaped neck. The design was duly revised. The resulting bottle
was promoted as "the compact" and knicknamed "the stubby". The bottle was
not an instant and overwhelming success; in fact, it had a cool reception.
Some called it a "medicine" bottle; waiters complained that they could not
carry as many as the old style and that the bottle was hard to open. In time
this changed. As one brewery official said, some people even began to call
it a "cute" bottle.
Besides lowering costs of storage and shipping, the design had 3 important
advantages: the new amber glass protected the beer from harmful ultraviolet
rays, the shorter neck meant that the bottle broke less frequently allowing
for longer re-use, and its squat shape also made it tip easily. Ironically
it was also these very advantages as well as the influence of foreign markets
that portended the demise of the stubby. Between 1982 and 1984, the Canadian
brewing industry decided to reject the stubbies in favour of the tall bottles
used by American and European brewers. The packaging switch was an attempt
to set one brand of beer against another by bottling in a distinct package
with new labelling and promotional support. The new bottles could effect-
ively compete with American and European beers and shed the connotations of
a dark, high calorie ale and lager that had come to be associated with the
stubby bottle.
Aesthetics were also being more heavily considered. The breweries decided
that a scuffed bottle sitting on a restaurant table was not a good ambass-
ador for their product, no matter how impressive the contents. The stubbies
were used up to 25 times before being discarded, while the new bottles, which
break more frequently, are only used up to 10 times. The stubby, finally
phased out in 1987, is gone*, a victim of the beer packaging wars. For, as
Molson vice-president Alex Jupp stated, "The stubby was never designed for
aesthetic reasons."
Information taken from Pat Hunter's "The Compact Bottle in Canada", in
`The Brewer's Newsletter', Vol. 8, No. 6, Summer 1987
*Footnote: The stubby is still used to bottle Jamaica's `Red Stripe',
brewed by Desnoes and Geddes Ltd.
|
59.157 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Thank You Kindly | Sun Aug 06 1995 04:18 | 1 |
| Well, do I have to?
|
59.158 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Reformatted to fit your screen | Mon Aug 07 1995 13:17 | 3 |
| Ya' see? Packaging engineers are responsible for some of the greatest
contributions to the world and are stewards for safely delivering
nectar to the masses.
|
59.159 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | When the going gets weird... | Mon Aug 07 1995 13:41 | 3 |
| I was a "packaging engineer" - or at least I worked at a packaging
company. Just before I came to Digital. Miserable job. Lasted too
long.
|
59.160 | | NETCAD::WOODFORD | IfStressWasFood,I'dBeVERYfat! | Mon Aug 07 1995 13:52 | 12 |
|
So...here's the big question.....
Can I get Sam Adam's Honey Porter in Cananda, or should I bring
my own with me? Can I get Guiness Stout there??
Terrie
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59.161 | | POWDML::LAUER | LittleChamberPrepositionalPunishment | Mon Aug 07 1995 14:09 | 5 |
|
Terrie, do not, repeat do NOT bring beer with you into Canada. It's
bringing coals to Newcastle, and defective ones at that.
|
59.162 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Mon Aug 07 1995 14:18 | 3 |
| > Can I get Guiness Stout there
You can't get Guiness Stout anywhere.
|
59.163 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Mon Aug 07 1995 14:38 | 8 |
|
Guinness is available in Canada; imported Guinness on tap in bars or in
cans in the Liquor Store, and a replicated facsimile is available in
bottles in the Beer Store.
Sam Adams Lager and Ale are available at the Liquor Store, but the
other styles of Sam Adams are not.
|
59.164 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Aug 07 1995 15:07 | 5 |
|
re: .161
Yeah, but how much dem coals gonna cost up there???
|
59.165 | | POWDML::LAUER | LittleChamberPrepositionalPunishment | Mon Aug 07 1995 16:55 | 4 |
|
Cost is irrelevant where quality is concerned 8^).
|
59.166 | | CSOA1::LEECH | Dia do bheatha. | Mon Aug 07 1995 17:07 | 1 |
| Well said!
|
59.167 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:10 | 10 |
|
re: .165
What I meant... :) was..
If'n a six pack of Sam Adams, which can be had down here for around
$5.00 American is cheaper or dearer up there?
If it's, say, twice as much up there, it might behoove one to bring
their own supply...
|
59.168 | | POWDML::LAUER | LittleChamberPrepositionalPunishment | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:23 | 9 |
|
Ah, I see. Well, I don't know that 8^)!
All I know is that the beer in Canada is much better than the beer in
the U.S., IMHO. "Regular" beer, that is. I'm not referring to
Microbrews.
So I wouldn't mind paying more in Canada for beer because I'd be
getting something of drinkable quality.
|
59.169 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:26 | 34 |
59.170 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Reformatted to fit your screen | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:31 | 7 |
| RE: 98% + alochol...
In parts of the U.S. it's restricted. Several states have Everclear
and other varieties of grain alcohol available. It was the electric
part of electric jello squares when I was in school.
Brian
|
59.171 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | When the going gets weird... | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:36 | 11 |
| Re: 98% alcohol...
Is only avaiable through chemical supply stores, anywhere. Due to
chemical proerties, not legal. When distilling -OH, it boils off
separately from the water until it reaches a concentration of 95%. At
this point, the water and alcohol boil off together, thus the
concetration cannot be lowered past 95% by distillation alone. Chemical
processes are required to get it past 95%, thus only chemists are
interested in it due to excessively increased costs.
It is quite easy to get 95% alcohol (Everclear Grain) at any NH state
store.
|
59.172 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Reformatted to fit your screen | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:42 | 1 |
| Hmmmmmm, well there you go. Another myth of youth shattered :-/.
|
59.173 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:42 | 16 |
|
There's a product imported from Poland called "Spiritus" which is 100%
pure grain alcohol (well, at least the label says it is...) and I'm
trying to find out where to get it. The guy at the Polish Deli in
Manchester, N.H. says he knows where...
100%... that's 200 proof...
My Dad taught me how to cut it to make (2) 100 proof bottles... The
stuff is really smooth and goes down easy... no kick.. no sneaking up
on you.. just a very mellow drunk... No hangover the next morning... no
headaches... nothing...
I need to get there and buy some (plus Kielbasa of course... ;)
|
59.174 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:44 | 4 |
| When I was a volunteer in a hospital, I had to handle both 95% alcohol (which
I pumped from 55 gallon drums into 1 gallon jugs) and absolute alcohol, which
was stored in 5 gallon containers. This was about 25 years ago, so my memory
is a little hazy (no, not because I indulged).
|
59.175 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:49 | 5 |
| I'd watch out.
"Spiritus" is German for _wood_alcohol_.
/john
|
59.176 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:52 | 10 |
|
/john
That may be German, but again, this is a Polish product and the label
clearly states "grain alcohol"...
Anyway.... I used to drink it, and nothing.. nothing... nothing...
has.. has... has... (twitch.. twitch... twitch...) ever.... ever...
ever... hap.. hap... happened... to... to.. to... m..mm... me!!
|
59.177 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | When the going gets weird... | Mon Aug 07 1995 18:55 | 8 |
| Also, grain alcohol is (by def) 95% ethanol, 5% water.
It may be a labeling trick (pure grain alcohol is still 95%.)
Also, as mentioned, watch out for methanol. Lethal.
May just be worth your while to buy the Everclear. Still gonna knock
you on yo' butt!
|
59.178 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Mon Aug 07 1995 19:01 | 9 |
|
> It is quite easy to get 95% alcohol (Everclear Grain) at any NH state
> store.
Jim, you're jes FULL of interesting information. I think I'm
definitely goin' to HAVE TO make it to New Hampster in the VERY NEAR
future! :-)
Dan
|
59.179 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | When the going gets weird... | Mon Aug 07 1995 19:01 | 2 |
| That's why they put state liquor stores on the borders and on the
interstates. (But don't drink and drive!)
|
59.180 | | CSOA1::LEECH | Dia do bheatha. | Mon Aug 07 1995 19:02 | 11 |
| I can't imagine there being a ton of difference between Everclear (190
proof) and the 98% stuff (196 proof).
I have a question, though. In the Guinness Book of World Records, the
most potent beverage is (was, this is from an old book) over 200 proof.
Since 100% pure alcohol is only 200 proof, how do you get over 200
proof?
-steve
|
59.181 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Mon Aug 07 1995 19:04 | 5 |
| > That's why they put state liquor stores on the borders and on
> the interstates.
In Hookset, New Hampshire, Liquor Stores are found on I-93,
northbound or southbound, at the "Safety Rest Area".
|
59.182 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Thank You Kindly | Mon Aug 07 1995 22:21 | 1 |
| The Sam Adams that we can buy up here is brewed for Canada at 5%.
|
59.183 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Tue Aug 08 1995 01:10 | 24 |
59.184 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue Aug 08 1995 12:51 | 3 |
59.185 | | SALEM::DODA | No Alibis:Don'tGoThruLifeTryingToJustify | Tue Aug 08 1995 13:02 | 10 |
| Spiritus is 190 proof and is not sold in the US.
My father has a couple bottles brought back whenever he knows
someone is coming over from the old country. He's got a couple
stashed away somewhere.
It's smooth, but your memory is alittle off on the hangover
part...
daryll
|
59.186 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Aug 08 1995 13:10 | 4 |
|
Well... the proprietor at the Polish deli says he knows where more
than one bottle may be had... I hadn't broached the subject of how
clandestine it might be, so we'll see...
|
59.187 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Thank You Kindly | Tue Aug 08 1995 14:26 | 1 |
| Quebec is not as retentive as Ontario.
|
59.188 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Tue Aug 08 1995 14:27 | 3 |
|
<--- Not only that, they're more easy-going, too!
|
59.189 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Tue Aug 08 1995 14:42 | 10 |
|
================================================================================
NETCAD::WOODFORD "BraceYerselfCanada!!I'm-a-Comin'!"
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All border crossings, and any other points of entry, will
be on high alert.
;^)
|
59.190 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue Aug 08 1995 14:53 | 4 |
|
The Mounties (or Disney, whoever is running the security show up
there these days) would do well to prepare for a series of
invasions.
|
59.191 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Tue Aug 08 1995 14:57 | 11 |
|
> The Mounties (or Disney, whoever is running the security show up
> there these days) would do well to prepare for a series of
> invasions.
Maybe my biology knowledge is a little rusty, but I didn't think that
the Mounties would have to be worried about being invaded, I thought
that Terr..... oh you meant ..... never mind !
;->
Dan
|
59.192 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Tue Aug 08 1995 17:59 | 7 |
|
Memo To: Montreal
From: Soapbox
Subj: Mz_Deb
mz_deb is coming. stock up on Brador.
|
59.193 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | When the going gets weird... | Tue Aug 08 1995 18:01 | 6 |
|
Memo To: Montreal
From: Soapbox
Subj: Mz_Deb
Take cover.
|
59.194 | Auberge Handfield | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Aug 08 1995 18:02 | 7 |
59.195 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Careful! That sponge has corners! | Thu Aug 10 1995 00:33 | 8 |
|
Terrie:
When are you heading north? Reason I ask is, I have maps of Nova
Scotia and St. John's, Nfld. that I can mail you if you want them.
jc
|
59.196 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Aug 10 1995 01:28 | 14 |
|
Newfoundland and Labrador Tour (Travel & Tourism)
Blair Wentzell and Marine Institute of Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
A comprehensive tour of the stunning province of Newfoundland. The tour
includes tourism information on the Island of Newfoundland and the
Mainland portion, Labrador. The tour consists of hundreds of full color
images, 50 html pages of interesting information and multimedia segments
related to our fair province. A World of Difference ! The creator, Blair
Wentzell invites all to visit.
http://nlweb.ifmt.nf.ca
|
59.197 | | NETCAD::WOODFORD | OhNO! Not the LAN Mr. Bill! | Thu Aug 10 1995 12:31 | 13 |
|
jc....Thanks for the offer, but I leave tomorrow morning. :*)
John....thank you for the web pointer. I'll check it out if I
have time between all my work. :(
Terrie
|
59.198 | | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | blink and I'm gone | Fri Aug 18 1995 18:55 | 6 |
| I'm way behind in notes again, so if someone has already
posted this, I apologize....
Canada has been named by the United Nations as the #1 country
for 3 out of the last 4 years..... unless of course you are
female and then it's only the 9th best place to live. :-\
|
59.199 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Fri Aug 18 1995 19:01 | 9 |
|
>Canada has been named by the United Nations
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!
|
59.200 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Fri Aug 18 1995 19:01 | 2 |
|
|
59.201 | | TROOA::TRP109::Chris | blink and I'm gone | Fri Aug 18 1995 19:22 | 8 |
| Hey Andy - I thought of that too and was expecting the comment
(thanks for not disappointing). I just found it interesting that
they obviously thought that it was a much better place to live
if you happened to be male! Course, if I accept your editorial
comment (which I do) I guess it doesn't really mean much eh?
Chris
|
59.202 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Fri Aug 18 1995 19:24 | 7 |
|
>Course, if I accept your editorial comment (which I do) I guess it
>doesn't really mean much eh?
Boy!! You're sharp!!! (For a Canadian) ;) ;) ;) ;)
|
59.203 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Petite Chambre des Maudites | Fri Aug 18 1995 21:17 | 5 |
|
So, which was the best place to live if you're a female? Obviously not
the US. I need to know if I should be packing for warm or cool climes.
|
59.204 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Fri Aug 18 1995 21:18 | 10 |
|
re: .203
>So, which was the best place to live if you're a female?
In the kitchen...
P.S. Don't forget the bare feet....
|
59.205 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Fri Aug 18 1995 22:38 | 2 |
| Did the UN use the same rating criteria that Money Magazine used?
|
59.206 | 8^) | POWDML::HANGGELI | Petite Chambre des Maudites | Sat Aug 19 1995 02:27 | 4 |
|
Andy darlin', the only thing *I* make for dinner is reservations.
|
59.207 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | There is chaos under the heavens... | Sat Aug 19 1995 02:34 | 6 |
| I know how to make dinner!
"Yes, that will be to go..."
|
59.208 | the fairer sex? | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | blink and I'm gone | Sun Aug 20 1995 05:08 | 83 |
| Here's part of the article (from the Toronto Star, Aug 18, reprinted
without permission):
Yes, Canada once again tops the U.N. Development Program's annual
"human development index", a figure that combines life expectancy,
education and income.
But even those who compile the U.N. statistics say the annual ranking -
which has placed Canada on top three times since 1990 - is hardly
all-encompassing.
"This index does not capture all the elements of quality of life,"
concedes Normand Lauzon, the U.N. development program official who
released the report yesterday.
For the record, the top 10 countries this year are Canada, followed by
the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Finland, Iceland, Norway,
France, Spain and Sweden.
But a new gender index looks at the same things as the development
index does, then factors in inequality in achievement between women and
men. Sweden is in first place on the gender scale, followed by
Finland, Norway, Denmark, the United States, Australia, France, Japan -
then Canada and Austria.
The main reason for Canada's low rating on the gender index is the
disparity betwwn men's and women's earnings. In 1992, men took home 71%
of all income earned in Canada, compared with 29% for women. In other
words, for every $100 earned by men, women earned $41. (In Sweden,
women earned $71 to $100 for men)
Even those who publish the report make it clear they wish journalists
would pay less attention to the contest to secure top place and focus
more on the thrust of the report; pages of data and analysis on the
state of development in the world.
The theme of this year's report, which sets the stage for the fourth
world conference on women being held in Beijing next month, is the
progress of women. One of the key findings is that, around the world,
the "invisible" contribution of women through unpaid and underpaid work
is worth $11 trillion annually.
A table on the non-agricultural wages of women compared with those of
men showed that Tanzania - where women earn 92% of what men do - had
the best record, followed by Vietnam and Australia. Canada is in 47th
place, well behind a number of so-called Third World Countries, with
women earning only 63% of what men earn for non-agricultural work.
The report states that "for too many women, life is shadowed by a
threat of violence". It cites controversial studies from Canada, New
Zealand, Britain and the United States that say about one woman in six
is raped in her lifetime. And it says a third of women in Barbados,
Canada,and the United States report sexual abuse during childhood or
adolescence.
The report does note that there have been achievements for women.
Female life expectancy has increased 20% faster than males' over the
past two decades. Women are having fewer children - three live births
per woman in 1990-95 compared with 4.7 in 1970-75 - giving women more
choices in life. And women's literacy increased from 54% of the male
rate in 1970 to 74% in 1990.
But while doors to health and education are opening, those to economic
and political opportunity are barely ajar, the report says.
On the 1.3 billion people who live in poverty around the world, 70% are
women. Labor-force participation by women has increased only 4% - to
40% from 36% - since 1970. And women still occupy only 10% of
political seats and 6% of cabinet positions.
The report calls for a global plan to ensure women's equality, starting
with a committment to legal equality within 10 years. It recommends
the creation of an international group called World Women's Watch to
prepare country by country reports on women's progress.
It recommends that violence against women should be declared "a war
crime" punishable by international tribunal. And it recommends that a
30% threshold should be regarded as a minimum share of decision-making
positions held by women at the national level.
Finally, it says that development programs should make female
education, improved reproductive health and equal access to credit top
priorities
|
59.209 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Mon Aug 21 1995 19:25 | 1 |
| That's it, I'm getting a sex change and moving to Sweden!
|
59.210 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Mon Aug 21 1995 19:45 | 5 |
|
>> That's it, I'm getting a sex change and moving to Sweden!
I predict a very unconvincing result.
|
59.211 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Aug 21 1995 19:50 | 7 |
|
re: .210
>I predict a very unconvincing result.
Why don't we wait until he does it... gets back... have him drop trou
in front of all the boxrabble... and let us decide???
|
59.212 | | TROOA::COLLINS | A 9-track mind... | Mon Aug 21 1995 19:51 | 5 |
|
>...have him drop trou...
...or have her raise skirt?
|
59.213 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Petite Chambre des Maudites | Mon Aug 21 1995 19:57 | 5 |
|
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm buying stock in razor blade
companies NOW.
|
59.214 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Mon Aug 21 1995 20:04 | 3 |
|
actually, now that i think about it, he did have the best legs
of anyone at your house, debster. hmm. ;>
|
59.215 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Mon Aug 21 1995 20:04 | 1 |
| Deb, they use a scalpel for the operation, not a razor blade.
|
59.216 | {cringe} | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Aug 21 1995 20:06 | 1 |
|
|
59.217 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Mon Aug 21 1995 20:49 | 6 |
| | <<< Note 59.209 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "Firsthand Bla Bla Bla" >>>
| That's it, I'm getting a sex change and moving to Sweden!
Well.... if you still work for DEC, will you be a BOX BABE? :-)
|
59.218 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Tue Aug 22 1995 12:54 | 11 |
|
> | That's it, I'm getting a sex change and moving to Sweden!
>
> Well.... if you still work for DEC, will you be a BOX BABE? :-)
phphphhphphphphptttt
the visual of that belongs in the gak topic !
:-p
Dan
|
59.219 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Tue Aug 22 1995 15:26 | 1 |
| Hey Kirby, you mean I don't stand a chance with you?
|
59.220 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Tue Aug 22 1995 16:03 | 11 |
|
Hey Glenn...
G A K ! ! ! ! ! !
That answer your question?
|
59.221 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Tue Aug 22 1995 16:30 | 2 |
| Well, then, guess I'll remain a man and stay in Canada for the time
being.
|
59.222 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue Aug 22 1995 16:34 | 1 |
59.223 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Tue Aug 22 1995 16:37 | 5 |
| Wow! They're going to change the gender of the entire province?
{Johnny Carson Voice} I didn't know that!
|
59.224 | | TROOA::COLLINS | A 9-track mind... | Tue Aug 22 1995 16:39 | 10 |
59.225 | | MAIL2::CRANE | | Tue Aug 22 1995 17:00 | 3 |
| .222
Yes, everyone in the northern hemisphere will be in the dog days at the
same time.
|
59.226 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue Aug 22 1995 17:02 | 31 |
59.227 | It was OK last year in Halifax... | GAAS::BRAUCHER | | Tue Aug 22 1995 17:09 | 7 |
|
Gee, Canada has withered ? Just when I put in for 2 days vacation
Thursday-Friday, in order to take 4 days in Montreal PQ.
Explain to me again about dropping trou. Is this withering ?
bb
|
59.228 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Aug 22 1995 17:25 | 20 |
| We have that 200+ years of common history, created by people of good
will working hard to come up with compromises that would enable Quebec
to retain its distinctiveness. This has worked. Few, other than
separatists, would argue either that Canada is a failure as a society
or that Quebec has been prevented from retaining its identity.
There is also the fact that Separatism is pretty much restricted to the
ethnic Quebecois. Quebec itslef is a "multicultural" society, and
the vast majority of others wish to remain Canadian (as do half or more
of the ethnic Quebecois, according to polls, depending on how the
question is phrased.)
Most of the national borders in the world depend on historical factors,
conquest, etc. France and the U.K are 2 other multilingual,
multicultural states, albeit without the safeguards for cultural &
linguistic minorities that exist in Canada. Since the conquest of Quebec,
which happened after the "ethnic cleansing" of Nova Scotia in 1755, these
safeguards have existed in 1 form or another.
-Stephen
|
59.229 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue Aug 22 1995 17:49 | 35 |
59.230 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Aug 22 1995 18:06 | 20 |
| > The point is, it's folly to suggest that Canada has been living
> happily as a bicultural or multicultural society for 200 years,
> and suddenly some rabble-rousers are trying to stir trouble.
I agree; such a suggestion would be folly.
There've been serious English-French tensions for the whole history of
the place. The point is, Quebec has retained its institutions, the
Church, the civil code, its language, since the Conquest, and without
having to underground. Maybe if the Quebecois had been less fiercely
protective of their institutions & identity this wouldn't have
happened. But the current flourishing Quebecois culture developed
inside the Canadian state.
The French language in Quebec has enjoyed much more protection than
say the Breton language in France or the Welsh in the U.K. Thiose
minorities might have much more reason to develop separatist movements
than the Quebecois.
-Stephen
|
59.231 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Tue Aug 22 1995 18:12 | 7 |
59.232 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | blink and I'm gone | Wed Aug 23 1995 03:52 | 1 |
| and the Montreal Canadians would have to change their name!
|
59.233 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Wed Aug 23 1995 04:07 | 4 |
| Just so long as "Due South" is OK!
|
59.234 | BTW, why aren't they the Maple Leaves? | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Aug 23 1995 13:04 | 5 |
| > Montreal Canadians
Montreal Canadiens, n'importe quelle langue.
--Mr Topaz
|
59.235 | | SPSEG::COVINGTON | There is chaos under the heavens... | Wed Aug 23 1995 13:21 | 1 |
| Maybe she wasn't talking about the team...
|
59.236 | | DRDAN::KALIKOW | DIGITAL=DEC: ReClaim TheName&Glory! | Wed Aug 23 1995 13:25 | 6 |
| They ain't the Canadians or
Les Canadiens -- they's
Les Habitants or
Da Habs
nnttm
|
59.237 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Wed Aug 23 1995 13:55 | 8 |
|
> Da Habs
Also known as "dog meat" when they shows up at da Gaaahhdin....
Sure we never win the game, but we ALWAYS win the fights....
and when ya get right down to it, what's more important....?
|
59.238 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Wed Aug 23 1995 14:06 | 1 |
| Winning the cup at least once every 7 years. 8^)
|
59.239 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Wed Aug 23 1995 14:11 | 30 |
|
>The French language in Quebec has enjoyed much more protection than
>say the Breton language in France or the Welsh in the U.K. Thiose
>minorities might have much more reason to develop separatist movements
"Protection" doesn't always work. Since the 70's the Brit Gov't has
reversed their policies on the Welsh language and instigated a system
of Welsh-only schools, Welsh broadcasting channels and semi-autonomous
govt. The use of the language has been rising steadily, outstripping
the use of Gaelic in Eire (where Gaelic is a protected official language).
there are now some 250,000 speakers out of a population of about
2.5 million.
Wales held a referendum on self goverenment and declined to separate
from the English parliamentary system and form its own assembly.
(Early 80's or late 70's). However, since that date there has been an
increase in nationalist representation at all levels of government,
There are NO Tory representatives in parliament and few at local gov't
level as of the last election. It's likely that another referendum
vote will come up in a few years time.
There are several separatist movements that have been quietly and
successfully working this change through legal and political channels,
without confrontation, alienation or use of violence.
Regards,
Colin
|
59.240 | | RUSURE::GOODWIN | | Wed Aug 23 1995 14:14 | 3 |
| > Sure we never win the game, but we ALWAYS win the fights....
Long as you don't rape anyone...
|
59.241 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Wed Aug 23 1995 14:44 | 6 |
|
eerrrr.... It's all guys on the hockey teams soooo far, so the NAG...
I mean NOW crowd shouldn't get upset at a rape in that situation....
|
59.242 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Haven't you always wanted a monkey? | Wed Aug 23 1995 14:57 | 9 |
|
I saw a neat little graph in the paper a while back showing the
percentage of Canajun players in the NHL. It's dropped at a steady
rate since the league was formed, from about 95% to (currently) just
under 60%. By the turn of the century, or shortly after, it'll be
less than half.
FYI, FWIW.
|
59.243 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Aug 23 1995 15:11 | 5 |
59.244 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Wed Aug 23 1995 15:16 | 2 |
| But how many hockey players does Canada, a pretty small country, supply
to the world?
|
59.245 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Aug 23 1995 16:29 | 39 |
|
re .244:
1972 was the watershed year for Canada. Until then, youse guys
figured that you were known for hockey and wheat, in that order.
If the Russkies kept winning the Gold Medal and World
Championship, well, that's because all the decent players were in
the NHL and were technically ineligible, but everyone knew the
godless Commies were all pros, anyway. And any decent AHL team
could beat them.
So a little exhibition series got arranged. 4 games in Canada
(Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver), 4 in the Soviet Union.
Team Canada had Dryden and Tony Esposito in goal; Orr, Park,
Stapleton, and Savard on defens(c)e, Phil Esposito, the Mahovlich
brothers, Clarke, Mikita, and Cournoyer up front. (The WHA had
just started, and the NHL had arranged the exhibition, so Bobby
Hull et al. were shut out). And the Russkies had a bunch of
no-names who just weren't used to the speed and hitting of the
NHL. Everyone in Canada expected a laugher, an 8-0 sweep.
The first game was Sep 2 in Montreal; a viciously hot a steamy
early September day. The Gazette and other papers couldn't write
enough stories: in additions to predictions of a sweep, they
wound up interviewing the maids in the Queen E ("the Russian
players are much neater than the NHL players -- they don't leave
any clothes on the floor, and they even fold their towels!").
Tretiak, the Russian goalie (how stupid to have a goalie wear
20!), was dismal in practice, stopping nothing. As the game
began, he wasn't much better; Team Canada scored on 2 of its
first 3 shots, and the score was 2-0 after 4 minutes. And then
the Soviets scored 7 of the next 8 goals.
Now, it's true that Canada ultimately won the series 4-3-1, the
final game being tied by Esposito with about 5 mins left, then
won by Paul Henderson with less than a minute left, but the cat
was out of the bag: The Emperor wore no clothes, and Canada was
no longer dominant in "its" sport. Wither, Canada.
|
59.246 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Haven't you always wanted a monkey? | Wed Aug 23 1995 16:34 | 5 |
|
I think Glenn's point was that Canada does pretty well considering
the size of the pool to be drawn from. The U.S. has, what, 10 times
our population? The Soviets had maybe 13, 14 times?
|
59.247 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Aug 23 1995 16:38 | 6 |
|
re .246:
My note, which referenced Glennn's note, actually had nothing
whatsoever to do with Glennn's note; I just wanted to rant and
relive the 72 series, arguably the best sports series ever.
|
59.248 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Aug 23 1995 16:41 | 6 |
| > I think Glenn's point was that Canada does pretty well considering
> the size of the pool to be drawn from. The U.S. has, what, 10 times
> our population? The Soviets had maybe 13, 14 times?
In 1972, interest in hockey in the U.S. was concentrated in the North.
Presumably there weren't a lot of hockey players in Kazakhstan either.
|
59.249 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Wed Aug 23 1995 16:42 | 3 |
| I remember that series like it was yesterday. {sigh}
Glennnnnn
|
59.250 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Aug 23 1995 16:48 | 5 |
| re .249:
> I remember that series like it was yesterday. {sigh}
OK, Glennnnn, let's give it a test: Who was Team Canada's coach?
|
59.251 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | It ain't easy, bein' sleezy! | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:08 | 9 |
|
> I think Glenn's point was that Canada does pretty well considering
> the size of the pool to be drawn from. The U.S. has, what, 10 times
> our population? The Soviets had maybe 13, 14 times?
Yeah, but Joan, look at all the ICE yous guys got....compare that to
the little that we have down here.
|
59.252 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:22 | 1 |
| I can't remember who the coach was, I think it was Scotty Bowman.
|
59.253 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:25 | 6 |
| Nope, Harry Sinden; John Ferguson was assistant. Sinden had left
the Bruins (under still-curious circumstances) to do some other
stuff after 1970.
(I didn't actually remember this until I peeked in the program,
which of course I got in the Forum on 2-IX-72)
|
59.254 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Haven't you always wanted a monkey? | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:29 | 6 |
|
.247:
Rannnt onnnnnnn, brother
Rant on.
|
59.255 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Haven't you always wanted a monkey? | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:30 | 7 |
|
.251,
You have the technology to *make* ice, I presume...
;^)
|
59.256 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Firsthand Bla Bla Bla | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:31 | 3 |
| In knew it was either a habs or B's coach.
Everybody loves Harry Sinden, especially Grapes. ;^)
|
59.257 | From the dusty corners of what's left of my mind | DECWIN::RALTO | Stay in bed, float upstream | Wed Aug 23 1995 17:37 | 10 |
| >> Everybody loves Harry Sinden, especially Grapes. ;^)
Harry Sinden's daughter was in my 9th grade science class,
and she was beeeeeeyootiful. Sat right next to me. I didn't
learn much science that year, except about the effects of
raging 13-year-old hormones firsthand. She was either shy
or stuck up, though, because she never talked to anybody.
I wonder where she ended up...
Chris
|
59.258 | He shoots, he scooooooooooooooooooooores!!!! | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | blink and I'm gone | Mon Aug 28 1995 01:59 | 7 |
| I remember the final game was shown in the afternoon - I was in Grade 6
and all three grade 6 classes were brought into one room and the
teachers wheeled an old black and white tv in - you can be sure that no
teaching was done that day. It was utter chaos when Henderson scored
the winning goal. It's my earliest recollection of watching AND
enjoying a full game of hockey. Now, like any true hockey fan, I live
for the fights and Stanley Cup playoff time only! ;-)
|
59.259 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Booze ain't food | Mon Aug 28 1995 13:16 | 3 |
| Well, I was in grade 4, the entire school was watching the game. There
was a nationwide celebration afterwards. Even in the east end of
Montreal where I lived everybody was pretty proud to be Canadian.
|
59.260 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Mon Aug 28 1995 15:06 | 12 |
| What I remember best about that series is how devastated I felt after
the 1st game. Henderson's goal to win the series was a great moment, but
that 1st game was, as Mr. Topaz noted, a real turning point.
The legendary Foster Hewitt did the play-by-play on tv, demonstrating
that in 50 years of hockey broadcasting he had never learned to
pronounce French-Canadian names.
In my high school, the classrooms that didn't have tvs had radios on.
It was a remarkable time.
-Stephen
|
59.261 | | MPGS::MARKEY | Look at the BONES! | Mon Aug 28 1995 15:12 | 8 |
| >The legendary Foster Hewitt did the play-by-play on tv, demonstrating
>that in 50 years of hockey broadcasting he had never learned to
>pronounce French-Canadian names.
Perhaps, but did he at last terminate every interrogative
with "eh?"
-b
|
59.262 | Escargots extraordinaire Samedi... | GAAS::BRAUCHER | | Mon Aug 28 1995 17:38 | 4 |
|
Well, Montreal hasn't withered.
bb
|
59.263 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Mon Aug 28 1995 17:54 | 9 |
59.264 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Booze ain't food | Mon Aug 28 1995 17:58 | 3 |
| The Bonaventure is in terrible shape, although renovations are under
way.
|
59.265 | Will Quebec say "au revoir" to Canada ? | MARKO::MCKENZIE | CSS - because ComputerS Suck | Thu Sep 07 1995 14:10 | 81 |
| Preparing for vote, Quebec separatists unveil independence declaration
(c) 1995 Copyright The News and Observer Publishing Co.
(c) 1995 Associated Press
TORONTO (Sep 7, 1995 - 01:36 EDT) -- Mixing poetry with
propaganda, Quebec separatist leaders Wednesday unveiled a
declaration of independence that they hope voters will approve
in a sovereignty referendum expected on Oct. 30.
Read aloud by poet and a novelist at a televised ceremony in
Quebec City, the document is intended to be the preamble to a
soon-to-be-introduced bill that will set the referendum
process in motion.
Opinion polls show voters in the mostly French-speaking
province evenly divided on whether to create an independent
state.
"We, the people of Quebec, through the voice of our national
assembly, proclaim: Quebec is a sovereign country," concluded
the preamble. It was greeted with a standing ovation from
1,000 the province's nationalist elite who packed into a
Quebec theater after a running a gauntlet of anti-independence
hecklers waving Canadian flags.
The premier of the province, Jacques Parizeau, fought back
tears as he joined the applause while an image of Quebec's
flag was projected on stage.
The preamble was drafted by a committee of writers and
politicians based on thousands of submissions from the public.
"It defines what distinguishes us from other people," said
Monique Vezina, president of National Commission on the
Future of Quebec. "It is a declaration of who we are and what
we should become."
Read by poet-singer Gilles Vigneault and author Marie
Laberge, the preamble recounted Quebec's history in often
flowery language and contended that the province had been the
victim of repeated broken promises by English-speaking
Canada.
"It is absolutely impossible to fix things," Vigneault said.
"Canada has continued trivializing this relationship."
The top anti-independence leader in Quebec, Liberal Party
chief Daniel Johnson, ridiculed the preamble as confusing and
unimaginative.
"Quebeckers are entitled to expect something new," he said.
"They are entitled to expect reasons why we should separate
from Canada. ... We still waiting for reasons. None were
presented today."
Parizeau and his allies are expected to make public the text of
the referendum question soon after the provincial legislature
opens a special session Thursday. It is expected to propose
that Quebec assert its independence while at the same time
offering to negotiate a new political and economic relationship
with Canada.
Opponents of independence thus far have taken a low-key
approach to the referendum, focusing their strategy on the
veiled threat that the federal government might be in no mood
for generous bargaining if Quebec breaks away. Potential
problems regarding tax revenues and public debt have been
cited.
Even though the suggested Oct. 30 referendum date is not yet
official, provincial authorities have dispatched 42,000 people
on a door-to-door operation to register voters.
About 85 percent of Quebec's 6.9 million people are
francophone. In the last referendum, in 1980, an independence
initiative was defeated by a 60-40 margin.
|
59.266 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | AREAS is a dirty word | Thu Sep 07 1995 14:16 | 2 |
| I heard the question read over the radio this morning. It seems very
ambiguous to me.
|
59.267 | 51st state | BROKE::PARTS | | Thu Sep 07 1995 14:16 | 2 |
|
dibs on nova scotia.
|
59.268 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | AREAS is a dirty word | Thu Sep 07 1995 14:19 | 2 |
| I believe the us would get better use out of British Columbia than
Nouvelle Ecosse.
|
59.269 | Gold, Timber, Wheat, loot of all kinds :-} | TIS::HAMBURGER | REMEMBER NOVEMBER: FREEDOM COUNTS | Thu Sep 07 1995 14:42 | 10 |
|
> I believe the us would get better use out of British Columbia than
> Nouvelle Ecosse.
Actually if we were smart we'd grab everything from Alberta west
for the resources, and Nova Scotia for the seafood.
I'd like to see the NWT as a hunting preserve :-}
Amos
|
59.270 | Distance makes the heart grow fonder... | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Frustrated Incorporated | Thu Sep 07 1995 14:44 | 5 |
|
Well, nix to Canadian provinces, unless they grovel. Great place
to visit.
bb
|
59.271 | and why is Liz still on our coins? | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | blink and I'm gone | Fri Sep 22 1995 04:54 | 4 |
| Our newest coin (to be released into circulation next year) was
revealed today - the "twonie" as it is already known will feature a
polar bear on one side and the Queen on the other. Course it will
still only be worth a buck and a half US. :*/
|
59.272 | help? | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Fri Sep 22 1995 06:07 | 4 |
| Has there been a second season produced of "Due South"? I *need* to know. It
was the only program I watched (other than the news etc).
\C
|
59.273 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Mon Sep 25 1995 13:43 | 3 |
| I believe there has been ma'am.
Thank you kindly.
|
59.274 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Mon Sep 25 1995 22:11 | 1 |
| Mr Richardson you *are* a gentleman.
|
59.275 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Mon Sep 25 1995 22:15 | 3 |
| That's very nice of you. Thank you kindly.
{slightly tipping Mountie hat}
|
59.276 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Mon Sep 25 1995 22:27 | 2 |
| {swoon}
|
59.277 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Mon Sep 25 1995 22:36 | 1 |
| <----- HEY! That's MY line for him!!!!
|
59.278 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Mon Sep 25 1995 23:10 | 4 |
| It's nice to share!
|
59.279 | GOOD IDEA! | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Mon Sep 25 1995 23:41 | 2 |
|
Ok....
|
59.280 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Tue Sep 26 1995 00:35 | 1 |
| This troubles me.
|
59.281 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Tue Sep 26 1995 00:45 | 7 |
| re 59.280
> This troubles me.
I respect your need to retain your traditions. I would expect no less of a
gentleman of your standards.
\C
|
59.282 | It should... | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Sep 26 1995 15:37 | 4 |
|
re: .280
>This troubles me.
|
59.283 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Tue Sep 26 1995 20:29 | 1 |
| <----why?
|
59.284 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Wed Sep 27 1995 12:56 | 9 |
| > Our newest coin (to be released into circulation next year) was
> revealed today - the "twonie" as it is already known will feature a
> polar bear on one side and the Queen on the other. Course it will
> still only be worth a buck and a half US. :*/
You should have put a horse on the obverse. It would be the only coin
in circualtion with a horses arse on both sides.
|
59.285 | oh dear | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of OhOhOh/OwOwOw | Wed Sep 27 1995 13:30 | 2 |
|
|
59.286 | | POWDML::POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Wed Sep 27 1995 13:38 | 1 |
| I'm going to go loonie twonie with all that change in my pockets.
|
59.287 | | KAOFS::B_VANVALKENB | | Wed Sep 27 1995 15:56 | 9 |
| Not that I want more change in my pockets but
I hope it gets minted as it was displayed.
The coin was gold and silver in colour....thought it looked quite nice.
Brian V
|
59.288 | It helps | TROOA::TEMPLETON | Will wonders never cease!!! | Thu Sep 28 1995 00:02 | 25 |
| Gleened from our local paper.
You don't have to be nuts to live up here but..........
reprinted without permission from the "Outdoors" column of the Caledon
Citizen.
Blue Naugas
In respose to this column's recent warnings about the threatened
extinction of the Common Nauga, Don Farmer sent along the hide of what
he calls, in his enclosed note. "the extremely rare Blue Nauga"
The hide measures only 7"X6" trimmed for commercial use, and as Don
wrote "as you can see, Blue Naugas are not very big, so many are needed
to produce a single roll of "hyde." Stamped on the back is a logo and.
"Genuine Naugahyde-Fine Blue"
He went on to explain that all to-day's blue naugahyde comes from
ranch-raised blues-principally from operations in the Yukon. Shortly
after weaning in November, the Nauga cubs are shaved to the bare skin,
with additional monthly shavings until late May. These winter months of
sub-arctic temperature account for for the deep blue, non fading and
stain-resistant qualities of "Fine Blue Naugahyde"
joan
|
59.289 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of OhOhOh/OwOwOw | Thu Sep 28 1995 00:44 | 3 |
|
<--- This troubles me.
|
59.290 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Wave like a flag... | Thu Sep 28 1995 00:46 | 3 |
|
...to say nothing of the fur-bearing trout deep in Lake Superior.
|
59.291 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Thu Sep 28 1995 12:38 | 2 |
| Trout bile, now THERE'S an aphrodisiac! Like a pot of gold at the end
of the rainbow.
|
59.292 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Wave like a flag... | Thu Sep 28 1995 12:40 | 3 |
|
Actually, I know a *foolproof* aphrodisiac...and it's STILL illegal.
|
59.293 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Reformatted to fit your screen | Thu Sep 28 1995 13:06 | 1 |
| Well????? So what is it all ready??? C'mon, c'mon hurry up!!
|
59.294 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Thu Sep 28 1995 13:35 | 4 |
| >Trout bile
Have a care - it's Canadian and can make you bile-lingual
|
59.295 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Thu Sep 28 1995 13:44 | 1 |
| That's just specklelation.
|
59.296 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Thu Sep 28 1995 13:56 | 3 |
| It's true - you'll enhance your sex life in two languages. You'll
become a cunning linguist.....
|
59.297 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Wave like a flag... | Thu Sep 28 1995 13:58 | 7 |
|
.293
THC. HTH.
;^)
|
59.298 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Thu Sep 28 1995 17:18 | 1 |
| what !Joan really meant to say was tetrahydrocannabinol.
|
59.299 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | sunlight held together by water | Thu Sep 28 1995 17:30 | 2 |
| Just cuz they lay there out of it doesn't mean they're turned on,
!joan. /hth
|
59.300 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Thu Sep 28 1995 17:32 | 1 |
| whither away canadian snarf!
|
59.301 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Wave like a flag... | Thu Sep 28 1995 17:39 | 5 |
|
.299,
Very interesting, do you have any examples of this?
|
59.302 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Tue Oct 10 1995 16:46 | 6 |
| If Quebec votes Oui this month, Molson is ready with a new beer to
commemorate Quebec separation:
Molson EX-Canadian
|
59.303 | | MARKO::MCKENZIE | | Mon Oct 23 1995 10:04 | 99 |
| Breakup of Czechoslovakia gets attention in Canada
(c) 1995 Copyright The News and Observer Publishing Co.
(c) 1995 Reuter Information Service
TORONTO (Oct 22, 1995 - 19:54 EDT) - Could Canada go the
way of Czechoslovakia and peacefully break apart?
With public opinion polls showing a chance that Quebec might
vote for separation on October 30, the so-called "Velvet
Divorce" between the Czechs and Slovaks is the subject of
lively debate in Canada.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) television has aired
twice in French and once in English a long documentary
analysing the breakup of former Czechoslovakia in 1993.
It focused on such hot issues in the Quebec debate as what
happened to the currency of former Czechoslovakia, trade
between the Czechs and Slovaks, the impact on the economy of
the smaller partner Slovakia, and the fate of passports.
Predictably, both Quebec nationalists and Canadian federalists
saw in the analysis of Czechoslovakia what they wanted to.
"The federalists say it proves separation is a disaster," said
Michel Cormier, a CBC correspondent who worked on the
documentary. "But some (Quebec) sovereigntists say it shows
that separation can be done."
Canada's national news magazine, Maclean's, published an
article under the headline "The Lessons from Prague,"
beginning with a complaint from a Czech coach that the quality
of ice hockey had deteriorated since the split from Slovakia.
Canadian academics have jumped into the fray, publishing
reams of comparative studies on secession movements around
the world in an attempt to predict what could happen with
Quebec.
A widely quoted book, "The Secession of Quebec and the
Future of Canada," by University of Western Ontario political
scientist Robert Young, reaches back to 1867 and Hungary's
split from Austria; Norway from Sweden in 1905; and Singapore
from Malaysia in 1965, for examples of peaceful secessions.
But the former Czechoslovaka merits a full chapter complete
with a step-by-step analysis of the political jostling that led to
the formal break into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on
January 1, 1993.
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien referred to
Czechoslovakia twice in a speech last week in the provincial
capital of Quebec City, warning voters not to believe Quebec
separatist Premier Jacques Parizeau's promise that Quebec
could continue to use the Canadian currency after separation.
"Can Mr Parizeau...guarantee that a separate Quebec would
keep the Canadian dollar for longer than 39 days, as was the
case for Slovakia after the separation of Czechoslovakia?"
Chretien asked, referring to the collapse of the Czech and
Slovak monetary union soon after separation.
On the trade issue, separatists have used the case of
Czechoslovakia to counter Chretien's claim that an
independent Quebec would have trouble quickly joining the club
of trading nations, the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and
would therefore find the door closed to its exports.
"The Czech Republic and Slovakia were admitted (to the WTO)
within months (after separation)," Quebec Deputy Premier
Bernard Landry said in a speech last week.
Experts say, however, it would be wrong to read too much into
the experience of the former Czechoslovakia. "There are lots of
differences between Canada and the Czech Republic and
Slovakia," said political scientist Young.
Czechoslovakia had just emerged in 1989 from four decades of
Communist domination, a stark difference to Canada which has
been a stable democracy since its formation in 1867.
Czechoslovakia was in the throes of converting to a market
economy from a backward system of central planning, while
Canada is a member of the Group of Seven rich industrial
nations.
The national institutions of Czechoslovakia, from political
parties to the courts and Parliament, were weak while
Canada's are strong and well developed.
And Czechoslovakia had only a small national debt, while
Canada has one of the highest debt loads of major industrial
countries, and the red ink would have to be divided between
Quebec and Canada.
|
59.304 | | MARKO::MCKENZIE | | Mon Oct 23 1995 10:09 | 51 |
| Chretien supports Quebec as 'distinct society'
(c) 1995 Copyright The News and Observer Publishing Co.
(c) 1995 Reuter Information Service
MONTREAL (Oct 22, 1995 - 19:54 EDT) - Canadian Prime
Minister Jean Chretien, apparently trying to answer criticism he
opposes special status for French-speaking Quebec, said on
Sunday that he supports official recognition of the province as a
"distinct society."
In a joint statement issued in Montreal with Quebec provincial
Liberal leader Daniel Johnson, Chretien, who is in New York for
the United Nations 50th anniversary celebrations, repeated his
support for special protections in the Canadian constitution for
the French language and culture.
"We state without equivocation that Quebec is a distinct
society," Chretien and Johnson said. "We note that both of us
supported the inclusion of this principle in the Canadian
constitution every time Quebec asked for it."
The unusual joint statement seemed to be an attempt by
Chretien to slow the momentum of the Quebec secession
movement ahead of the October 30 referendum on Quebec
separation from Canada.
Latest opinion polls show the separatists pulling slightly ahead
among decided voters.
Many Quebec voters say they do not want an independent
country but are frustrated the Canadian constitution does not
include special protections for their language and culture.
Two attempts to revise the Canadian constitution to give
Quebec such special status failed, in 1990 and 1992.
Separatist leader Lucien Bouchard ridiculed the statement from
Chretien, saying it was not a serious offer.
Speaking to several thousand supporters in Quebec City on
Sunday, some waving Quebec flags and chanting "We want a
country," Bouchard urged them to vote for separation so that
Quebec can negotiate with Canada as an equal partner.
Chretien has said that a vote for sovereignty is a one-way
ticket out of Canada.
|
59.305 | | EVMS::MORONEY | DANGER Do Not Walk on Ceiling | Mon Oct 23 1995 18:47 | 6 |
| Out of curiosity, is there a significant population of French-speaking people
in Canada outside of Quebec? Are there areas (outside Quebec) which most of
the people speak French? How about English population/areas within Quebec?
I'm curious about how many people will wind up in the "wrong" country if
Quebec does seceed, and if minor adjustments to the border would help.
|
59.306 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Mon Oct 23 1995 18:49 | 4 |
| Well, the Cree nation will be giving the fledgling country a very hard
time. Kiss a large part of the province good bye.
|
59.307 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Paganism | Mon Oct 23 1995 18:52 | 6 |
|
Northern Ontario, parts of Manitoba, and a good portion of New Brunswick
all have communities that are largely (and perhaps mostly) francophone.
New Brunswick is officially bilingual.
|
59.308 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Mon Oct 23 1995 19:01 | 20 |
|
> How about English population/areas within Quebec?
Yep, particularly in Montreal (Westmount, especially) and in the
Eastern Townships, especially immediately to the north of the
point where Quebec, NH, and VT meet. Many of the anglophone
residents trace their history back to the American Revolutionary
days -- they were loyalists, wanted no part of the US, and moved
to what was then British No. America. Another good chunk of the
anglophone population showed up just after the US civil war, when
disaffected people from what had been the CSA moved out of the US
and into Canada.
As Richardsoz points out, the biggest issue might well be the
First Nations peoples, several of whose representatives have
indicated that they want no part of an independent Quebec. If
Quebec has the right to secede from Canada, the Natives reason,
then they surely have the same right to secede from Quebec.
Kind of difficult to argue with that, actually.
|
59.309 | People are getting worried. Seems they might actually vote to secede. | MARKO::MCKENZIE | | Tue Oct 24 1995 12:20 | 86 |
| Fears of Quebec secession rock financial markets
(c) 1995 Copyright The News and Observer Publishing Co.
(c) 1995 Associated Press
TORONTO (Oct 23, 1995 - 22:12 EDT) -- Fears that Quebec
will vote for independence next week shook Canadian financial
markets Monday, and one federalist leader said the province
would plunge into "a black hole" if it voted to secede.
The Canadian dollar, which traded last week at nearly 75 U.S.
cents, tumbled to just under 73 cents as traders fretted over
the possibility of a "Yes" victory in the Oct. 30 referendum.
The Toronto Stock Exchange also quavered, suffering the sixth
biggest one-day loss in its history. Its composite index
dropped nearly 3 percent. Nationwide banks and the
Montreal-based conglomerate Imasco Ltd. were hit especially
hard.
"Referendum fears dominate the financial markets," Sherry
Cooper, chief economist at investment dealer Nesbitt Burns,
told a conference call of clients and staff.
"That's what you call political instability," said Prime Minister
Jean Chretien, in New York for the United Nations' 50th
anniversary ceremonies. "It will be a lively week."
Chretien, a native Quebecker who staunchly opposes
secession, said he remained optimistic despite recent polls
showing a slight lead for the separatists. He noted federalists
won by a 60-40 margin in 1980 despite final opinion polls
showing a tight race.
One of the leaders of the federalist campaign, Progressive
Conservative Party chief Jean Charest, urged his fellow
Quebeckers to weigh their vote carefully.
"The choice and the consequences are overwhelming for
people and are irreversible," Charest said in Ottawa. "We'd be
in a black hole. Where would it go from there?"
In Quebec City, capital of the mostly French-speaking
province, separatists were buoyant after one of their biggest,
liveliest rallies of the campaign Sunday night.
More than 4,000 people waved flags, sang nationalist songs
and chanted, "We want a country."
At one point, the mayor of Quebec, Jean-Paul L'Allier, asked
the crowd for silence.
"Listen to your heart beat," he said. "And you can hear, at the
same time, the beat of your new country."
Many financial analysts predict major economic upheaval if
Quebec votes to secede, including a further plunge for the
Canadian dollar, higher interest rates, and a possible exodus of
businesses from Quebec.
The head of a leading Quebec polling firm, Jean-Marc Leger,
said the dollar's weakness may persuade some Quebeckers
that a "Yes" victory would be too costly.
"I'm sure people will think twice when they see the dollar go
down,"' Leger told the telephone news conference organized
by Nesbitt Burns.
Lucien Bouchard, one of the two top leaders of the separatist
campaign, said the financial markets would be reassured if
Chretien publicly pledged to negotiate an economic partnership
with an independent Quebec. So far, Chretien has refused to
discuss the possibility of a "Yes" victory.
French President Jacques Chirac, interviewed Monday night
on CNN's "Larry King Live," was pressed by King about
whether France would recognize Quebec if the separatists
win.
"If the referendum is positive, the government will recognize
the fact," Chirac said. Asked if that meant France would
recognize Quebec under those conditions, Chirac said: "Yes."
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59.310 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Tue Oct 24 1995 13:45 | 5 |
| Lucien Bouchard had the nerve to say that there really is no proof that
there is a correlation between the volatility of the dollar and markets
and the referendum.
That's the dumbest thing I've heard that guy say.
|
59.311 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Paganism | Tue Oct 24 1995 13:48 | 3 |
|
Lucien In The Sky With Diamonds
|
59.312 | | DECWET::LOWE | Bruce Lowe, DECwest Eng., DTN 548-8910 | Tue Oct 24 1995 15:48 | 3 |
| What would happen to the Atlantic Provinces in the event of secession?
Would they not be cut off from the rest of "Canada"? Would there be a "East
Canada"?
|
59.313 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Pettin' & Sofa Settin' | Tue Oct 24 1995 16:03 | 1 |
| Well, there's always the northwest passage.
|
59.314 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Oct 24 1995 17:10 | 5 |
| In the event of secession, Quebec would not get all of the current
province of Quebec. Much of the northern part would be turned over
to Newfoundland (Labrador), Ontario, and/or the Northwest Territories.
/john
|
59.315 | Sorry if this has been discussed before... | CSC32::J_OPPELT | Wanna see my scar? | Tue Oct 24 1995 17:13 | 4 |
| I've heard that if Quebec is successful at secession, then the
southeastern Canadian provinces might consider joining the United
States rather than sit relatively isolated from the rest of
Canada.
|
59.316 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | bon marcher, as far as she can tell | Tue Oct 24 1995 17:17 | 1 |
| Yeah, like we're about to have a francophone state.
|
59.317 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Tue Oct 24 1995 17:22 | 1 |
| huh?
|
59.318 | Their double standard has many faces. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue Oct 24 1995 17:34 | 16 |
| CALLME::MR_TOPAZ
>>If Quebec has the right to secede from Canada, the Natives reason, then
>>they surely have the same right to secede from Quebec.
>>Kind of difficult to argue with that, actually.
You have never met one of our seperatists have you. The borders of
Canada are drawn with pencil. The borders of Quebec are cast in stone.
Logic has no place in Nation building (or tearing down) it seems. As a
result it is "Kind of difficult to argue" with these people.
Derek.
|
59.319 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Oct 25 1995 12:34 | 20 |
| Mercredi says Aborignal Peoples have right to separate
OTTAWA (CP)--If Canada is divisible, so is Quebec, aboriginal
leader Ovide Mercredi warned Tuesday.
"The Quebec people are claiming that they can secede from Canada
and maintain their territorial integrity," Mercredi told an
aboriginal forestry conference.
"Our people are saying: `Wait a minute, your governments have
recognized that we have pre-existing rights. That's why we have a
land claims process.'-"
Mercredi, grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said that
process is not included in Quebec's sovereignty bill.
"If we want to keep our land, we will keep our land. If we want to
take our land and remain in Canada, we'll take it and remain in
Canada. If we want to take it and join forces with Quebec, we'll
take it and join forces with Quebec--but it will be our choice."
|
59.320 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Wed Oct 25 1995 12:39 | 4 |
|
Even apart from the `Quebec' issue, I would support an aboriginal state,
if that's what they wanted.
|
59.321 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Oct 25 1995 12:39 | 6 |
| CALLME::MR_TOPAZ
Yes indeed, that is what the aboriginal people of Quebec say. Try
finding any seperatist that says the same thing.
Derek.
|
59.322 | Good idea. | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Frustrated Incorporated | Wed Oct 25 1995 12:45 | 4 |
|
We have an aboriginal state out west, I think.
bb
|
59.323 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 26 1995 18:52 | 116 |
| From: Dave.Leibold@f730.n259.z1.gryn.org (Dave Leibold)
Date: 23 Oct 95 22:18:04 -0400
Subject: If Quebec Leaves Canada ...
Canada is at the crossroads; Quebec residents vote in a 30th October
referendum that will determine whether the province will split from
Canada and become a nation in its own right. The ballot question boils
down to whether Quebec should be sovereign (with some secondary
wording regarding negotiations with Canada thrown in). The "Yes" side
represents the separatists who dream of their own country; the "No"
folks are the federalists, who argue that Quebec can win with Team
Canada.
What would happen to the telecommunications scene if the Yes side wins
and Quebec subsequently takes off?
Quebec would have assert its own authority over telecommunications and
broadcast matters -- there will be no more Canadian Radio-television
and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for them to worry about. The
CRTC itself would continue to deal with the remaining Canada (assuming
other regions don't break away), although its headquarters in Hull (in
Quebec) would no doubt move to the Canadian side (likely across the
river to Ottawa).
Bell Canada is the local telco in most of Quebec, and has corporate
headquarters in Montreal (as do a number of other Canadian companies
like Canadian National Railways). Given Canada's restrictions on
foreign ownership of telecommunications companies, Bell may have to
move its headquarters into Ontario unless specifically exempted by law
as is a few cases such as BC Tel (under GTE ownership). Quebec may or
may not restrict foreign ownership in telecommunications interests.
Bell may still be able to operate a Quebec division (although it
obviously couldn't be called Bell Canada). Exchange, area code and
administrative boundaries would make such a corporate shuffle
relatively trivial.
A recent news report indicated that Hydro-Quebec, the power utility,
may be interested in a stake in Unitel, Canada's #2 long distance
carrier. With Quebec independence and the aforementioned Canadian
ownership restrictions, that may be thwarted. In theory, Hydro-Quebec
could pick up the Quebec side of Bell Canada, though.
Fonorola is the only other Quebec-based long distance carrier I'm
aware of (they list a Montreal address, at least on my phone bills).
They offer service throughout Canada today; having a new country
happen around their headquarters will also have some interesting and
unpredictable consequences.
Quebec Telephones and Sogetel are independent telcos in Quebec that
serve particular areas of Quebec. Under separation, they would be
affected by changes to companies they connect with (long distance
carriers, Bell, Teleglobe) and they would answer to a Quebec regulator
instead of the CRTC.
The Canadian local telcos and their associated long distance services
comprise the membership in Stentor (formerly Telecom Canada, formerly
Trans-Canada Telephone System). Whether telcos in an independent
Quebec would remain in Stentor depends on how 1) the remaining
Canadian telcos in Stentor feel; 2) how the telcos in the Quebec would
feel (they could establish their own association); 3) what the CRTC
and/or other government bodies would allow Stentor to do with Quebec.
Teleglobe is the monopoly international carrier -- it is based in
Montreal. The monopoly status of Teleglobe is under review by the
Canadian government, for one thing. The foreign ownership rules are
another thing. Teleglobe may move its headquarters out of Montreal,
and provision of international service with Quebec will need to be
settled.
Competition -- keeping a competitive long distance system would
virtually require Quebec to open up foreign ownership given that the
major competitors (Unitel, Sprint Canada) have headquarters in
Toronto. But if ownership is open to Canadians, American interests
would not stand for any preferential treatment of Canadian interests
and would want in themselves. Of course, they'd have to do business in
French.
Meanwhile, the competing long distance carriers in the remaining
Canada would have to face life without Montreal, presently Canada's
second-largest metropolitan area. Geographically, the Atlantic
provinces would be isolated from Ontario and the western provinces --
would carriers like Unitel be allowed to keep their Atlantic
connections through Quebec? And what would American interests think
about Quebec allowing another country's circuits (ie. Canada's) while
not allowing U.S. facilities?
A sovereign Quebec national government gets a crash course on telecom
regulation. A new country's attempts to duplicate the complex responsi-
bilities of the CRTC may not be a pretty sight.
An independent Quebec could have its own country code assigned by the
ITU. But given the declared intentions of separatist leaders to keep
business links with Canada and the U.S., and noting that changing
dialing patterns is expensive and disruptive, the likely result is
that Quebec will stay within the North American Numbering Plan
(country code 1). The NANP already includes many separate nations, so
adding another nation is an incremental task.
There are also the separate lists of telex and data network codes;
Quebec could opt for separate codes in these cases, even if there
isn't a separate telephone country code. The separated Czech and
Slovak republics, for instance, still share telephone country code 42,
but have separated the telex country codes.
That's a very speculative overview of some of the telecom-related
issues that separatists would face should they be successful next
Monday. The most recent polls show the Yes and No sides either tied or
the separatist side with a slight lead... obviously a colossal
nail-biter with no clear-cut margin of victory expected for either
side. Either way, these parts of North America won't be the same.
Fidonet: Dave Leibold 1:259/730@fidonet.org
Internet: Dave.Leibold@f730.n259.z1.gryn.org
|
59.324 | | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | runs with scissors | Thu Oct 26 1995 19:24 | 9 |
| Waaaahhhhh - I didn't even think about how the Telco situation would
change - my job will become a big throbbing massive headache! It has
taken me 5 months, but I just today got the fantastic news that Bell
agrees with me and Digital does NOT owe them the $149,364.22 that they
said we did. Too bad I don't get a percentage of the savings - I think
my manager was going to go for a 50/50 split if this issue hadn't resolved
itself soon. We have a lot of circuits residing in Quebec and I'm
going to have nightmares thinking about the administrative horrors that
await me.... thanks John :-(
|
59.325 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Thu Oct 26 1995 20:02 | 3 |
| This is nothing compared to all the cross border work that goes on
between Quebec and Ontario and all of the trade, and all of the
banking. Lawyers are going to get awfully rich.
|
59.326 | | EVMS::MORONEY | DANGER Do Not Walk on Ceiling | Sat Oct 28 1995 00:49 | 18 |
| re .306:
Is this because the natives are saying "if you can secede from Canada, we can
secede from you", or do they trust an independent Quebec less than Canada as
it exists now, as far as their rights/land/whatever?
re .307:
Would French-speaking areas of New Brunswick and Ontario likely want to
try and join Quebec should it secede if adjacent (are they?) ? I assume a
Quebec-less Canada is likely to stop bilingual programs and remove bilingual
laws.
re .314: Is this because that's how the referendum is written, that is
someone drew a line around mostly-French Quebec, lets' vote? A quick fix
to try to be sure a Quebec-less Canada isn't split into 2 nonadjacent
pieces?
|
59.327 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Sat Oct 28 1995 14:06 | 11 |
|
.326
>Would French-speaking areas of New Brunswick and Ontario likely want to
>try and join Quebec should it secede if adjacent (are they?) ?
My feeling is `no', but the media hasn't been playing this angle very
much, so it's hard to say. I think they *might* like the idea of
having a francophone nation close enough to emigrate to easily, if
they so desired.
|
59.328 | You asked. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Mon Oct 30 1995 11:48 | 24 |
| EVMS::MORONEY
Natives: As far as the natives are concerned, Quebec does not have a
history of treating them as well as Canada has. I also suspect that they
are not thrilled about being a part of a nation comprised of "The
People" when they are not considered to be part of "The People". Also
the treaties they have signed are made by Canada, Quebec, and the
Natives. As far as they are concerned one party cannot dictate
conditions to the other two.
French outside Quebec: I have seen NO indication that there is any
sympathy for the seperatists. I have seen some pretty sever backlash in
NB from francophones. I suppose they cannot understand the problem
since they have maintained their culture in every province outside
Quebec, and see no "cultural" reasons for seperation.
Land returned to Canada: The primary reason the land should be returned
to Canada is that it was never historically part of Quebec. It was
given to Quebec at the end of the last century, and the beginning of
this one by the government of Canada. It is not theirs to take. The
Natives have a stronger cliam to the land then does Quebec. I believe it
was formerly known as Rupert's Land.
Derek.
|
59.329 | Maintenant, | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Frustrated Incorporated | Mon Oct 30 1995 12:25 | 4 |
|
Oui ou non aujourdui pour toutes les Quebecois.
bb
|
59.330 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Mon Oct 30 1995 12:27 | 3 |
|
It will be "non", IMHO.
|
59.331 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Mon Oct 30 1995 12:44 | 5 |
| I'm not so confident. 8^/
This is the last chance for the Oui side though, in my opinion. If they
can't do it this time, they'll never be able to do it. The demographics
of Quebec are changing.
|
59.332 | There would appear to be a difference. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Mon Oct 30 1995 13:03 | 7 |
| GAAS::BRAUCHER
>> Oui ou non aujourdui pour toutes les Quebecois.
but not all Quebecers.
Derek.
|
59.333 | Secede ? When did we join ? | DPDMAI::EDITEX::MOORE | HEY! All you mimes be quiet! | Mon Oct 30 1995 14:22 | 8 |
|
Vote oui. It'll give Texans a reason to follow.
Based on goods and services produced, if Texas were an independent
country, it would rank 11th in the world. All of Canada is number 8.
I think we should secede as well.
;^)
|
59.334 | Let Canada lead the way toward "local power" | AMN1::RALTO | Clinto Berata Nikto | Mon Oct 30 1995 14:50 | 5 |
| I hope they vote oui, if only to provide a precedent, so that when
U.S. states start seceding during Clinton's second term, he'll be
less justified to start Civil War II.
Chris
|
59.335 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Mon Oct 30 1995 14:54 | 3 |
| Is it still possible for a state to secede from the union? Someone was
telling me that secession was illegal in the states. I find this hard
to believe.
|
59.336 | | MAIL1::CRANE | | Mon Oct 30 1995 15:05 | 2 |
| I thought that Texas could? Isn`t in their agreement with the U.S. that
they could return to being their own country under certain conditions?
|
59.337 | statehood UL's | EVMS::MORONEY | DANGER Do Not Walk on Ceiling | Mon Oct 30 1995 15:11 | 12 |
| re .336:
I've heard a lot of weird things about Texas statehood. One was it could
secede (and related, they lost that right when they _did_ secede during the
Civil War and were readmitted under less favorable terms), another was it could
split up into as many as 5 states without permission from the Federal gummit.
(and again heard they lost this right when readmitted)
re .333:
But if North Dakota seceded, it would be the third largest nuclear power in
the world (may have dropped a few notches since the breakup of the USSR)
|
59.338 | | MFII::DDESMAISONS | person B | Mon Oct 30 1995 15:14 | 7 |
| > <<< Note 59.331 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "CPU Cycler" >>>
> This is the last chance for the Oui side though, in my opinion. If they
> can't do it this time, they'll never be able to do it. The demographics
> of Quebec are changing.
if at first you don't secede...
|
59.339 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Mon Oct 30 1995 19:03 | 3 |
|
Anyone hear anything yet on the vote??
|
59.340 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Mon Oct 30 1995 19:44 | 7 |
| Final pre-referendum polls were too close to tell.
Exit polls are not allowed.
Polls close at 8pm EST, and results should be known within an hour.
/john
|
59.341 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 01:35 | 16 |
| Well, I heard Peter Mansbridge (CBC Anchor) say "Whither Canada" a
couple of times. 8^)
Anyhow, it was a close close race. Still with 97.5% of polls in
it's 50.45% NO and 49.55% YES.
Clearly the YES side has won the campaign but it wasn't enough to with
the referendum.
If you're into trading dollars, by Canadian ones for a while.
The east end of Montreal tipped it in the NO favour which is mostly
Francophone and voted YES in 1980. I used to live there.
I'm relieved but the politicians have the job of fitting a square peg
into a round hole and resolve Canada's constitutional dilemma.
|
59.342 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 01:38 | 2 |
| Another interesting point was, roughly 92% voter turn out. Remarkable
in western terms.
|
59.343 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Oct 31 1995 02:48 | 8 |
|
This is cute. Nice |d|i|g|i|t|a|l| logo on each page.
http://src.worldlinx.com/live/net126.htm
/john
|
59.344 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Oct 31 1995 02:49 | 3 |
| With 99.96% of the vote in, it's 50.57% NO and 49.43% OUI.
/john
|
59.345 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | runs with scissors | Tue Oct 31 1995 03:28 | 9 |
| Heard a figure about an hour ago that there were over 76,000 wasted
ballots. Considering the fact that there are only approx. 50,000 votes
separating the two sides, I don't think this is over yet. What could
be so hard about making an "X"?
Final tally:
50.6 No
49.4 Yes
|
59.346 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Tue Oct 31 1995 10:24 | 10 |
|
Something like 4.3million people voted. A 50,000 vote difference
tells me that the separatists will be back soon....
jim
p.s. - heard about 1000 people rioted for a short while in Montreal,
but otherwise the country was quiet.
|
59.347 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 12:10 | 5 |
| 93.5% turn out. Amazing.
Mr. Parizeau made a big blunder in showing his true colours last night.
A speech that pretty much ended his political career. He said that
money and the ethnic vote kept the French from winning.
|
59.348 | still no excuse | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | runs with scissors | Tue Oct 31 1995 12:35 | 1 |
| Rumour has it that he was drunk at the time
|
59.349 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 12:41 | 2 |
| He didn't do his cause any good. Had he said something like that before
the vote, it would have been 60-40 for the no side.
|
59.350 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Reformatted to fit your screen | Tue Oct 31 1995 13:02 | 3 |
| I am happy to see a united Canada. Congrats on the continued unity.
|
59.351 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Oct 31 1995 13:20 | 3 |
|
So, when do they vote again?
|
59.352 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 13:26 | 2 |
| They can't hold another one in this current mandate so probably not
until 1999 provided they win another provincial election.
|
59.353 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 14:11 | 3 |
| USA Today article on the referendum:
http//www.usatoday.com/news/index/nque001.htm
|
59.354 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Tue Oct 31 1995 15:38 | 3 |
|
The slim margin was disappointing; no real victory for either side.
|
59.355 | | CSC32::J_OPPELT | Wanna see my scar? | Tue Oct 31 1995 15:52 | 6 |
| I'm surprised that all it takes is a simple majority vote
for this.
Had the separatists won by 1% instead of lost, I wouldn't want
to be in the new government that had to deal with nearly 50%
of the population having already tallied disapproval for it.
|
59.356 | | MKOTS3::JMARTIN | I press on toward the goal | Tue Oct 31 1995 16:36 | 21 |
| Listen, please let's keep the dialog worthy of civilized people here.
Now consider the following. Here we have a nation which is considered
the US' biggest trading partner, correct? With the understanding my
knowledge is limited on the situation in Quebec, it can potentially
serve as a commentary on the destructiveness of a multiculturalist
society. Notice I didn't say a diverse society but a society that
insists on retaining the elements of an old culture and hindering the
cohesiveness of a nation.
My understanding is that Quebec would go from being a part of the
biggest trade partner with the US to the 13th biggest trade partner.
My understanding is that Quebec has internal problems with the language
situation, which of course supports my disdain for bilingual education
here in the United States. And of course such a move to secede from
Canada is further proof that you cannot FORCE peoples of different
cultures to live together, that you cannot ASSUME that peoples who
don't want to subscribe to one national language are going to work
together in a good relationship.
-Jack
|
59.357 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Tue Oct 31 1995 16:40 | 10 |
| | <<< Note 59.356 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "I press on toward the goal" >>>
Jack, let's start here:
| With the understanding my knowledge is limited
We'll end here..... :-)
|
59.358 | | DPDMAI::GUINEO::MOORE | HEY! All you mimes be quiet! | Tue Oct 31 1995 16:41 | 3 |
| > Listen, please let's keep the dialog worthy of civilized people here.
What ? And spoil all the fun ?
|
59.359 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | No Compromise on Freedom | Tue Oct 31 1995 16:46 | 3 |
|
Glen, that was a cheap shot.....
|
59.360 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Tue Oct 31 1995 16:56 | 4 |
|
Dan....it would only be cheap if it were true.... hmmmm.... maybe you
have a poi...nah! :-)
|
59.361 | | MKOTS3::JMARTIN | I press on toward the goal | Tue Oct 31 1995 16:57 | 10 |
| Okay, to hell with it!
Canada, implementing multiculturalism and destroying a nation! What a
wonderful concept.
Now if the same thing were going on over in Africa and I brought it up,
Mr. Topaz et al would be reeking destruction upon my head for my lack
of synsytyvyty.
-Jack
|
59.362 | Never heard the expression, | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Frustrated Incorporated | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:04 | 4 |
|
dk2 - a ttwa : what would be an "expensive shot" ?
bb
|
59.364 | You would be part of the "problem" in Canada. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:12 | 9 |
| MKOTS3::JMARTIN
>>Canada, implementing multiculturalism and destroying a nation!
If you look deep enough, you will see that it is anti-multiculturalism
people that are the root of the problem.
Derek.
|
59.363 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:13 | 11 |
| American cohesiveness had its price, a civil war with over 600,000
casualties. After that war, the united states declared war on the First
Nations. After that war, after that war, after that war.......
The fact that Canada encouraged multiculturalism is what kept the YES
side from winning yesterday. Canada is doing just fine without all your
wonderful American ideals. We've formed our own thank you very much. I
don't care what Newtyism you're harping on about Jack, you just don't
know your ass from your elbow on the subject of Canadian unity.
|
59.365 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:18 | 7 |
|
re: .363
>The fact that Canada encouraged multiculturalism
So why such a close vote then, Glenn??
|
59.366 | | MKOTS3::JMARTIN | I press on toward the goal | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:27 | 8 |
| ZZ you just don't
ZZ know your ass from your elbow on the subject of Canadian unity.
Yeah...like....isn't that pretty much what I said when I began?
Like...Glenn is throwing a hissy fit because I brought up yet a
controversial issue again!
-Jack
|
59.367 | Weak analogy, | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Frustrated Incorporated | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:37 | 15 |
|
But, Jack. The two cultures were there before there WAS a Canada.
Quebec was CONQUERED in war, and the French suffered the indignities
losers can expect. Some fled to New England.
The USA situation is quite different. We IMPORTED foreign workers
intentionally, and required them to swear allegance to our country
(and culture), not their old one, as an ante.
I AGREE with you, this allegance ought to require demonstration,
including the learning of English. But that's not the same as
a conquered populace, such as the native Americans. Canada was
schizophrenic FROM BIRTH. We weren't - we're SELF-destructing.
bb
|
59.368 | | MKOTS3::JMARTIN | I press on toward the goal | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:40 | 4 |
| Thanks for clearing that up! I understand better now and understand
that nothing is black and white (no pun intended).
-Jack
|
59.369 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:44 | 5 |
| | <<< Note 59.368 by MKOTS3::JMARTIN "I press on toward the goal" >>>
| I understand better now and understand that nothing is black and white
My screen is right now.....
|
59.370 | | BOXORN::HAYS | Some things are worth dying for | Tue Oct 31 1995 17:47 | 12 |
| RE: 59.367 by GAAS::BRAUCHER "Frustrated Incorporated"
> The USA situation is quite different. We IMPORTED foreign workers
> intentionally, and required them to swear allegance to our country (and
> culture), not their old one, as an ante.
Native Americans and Blacks excluded, of course. They don't matter.
How nice.
Phil
|
59.371 | Just trying to be brief. | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Frustrated Incorporated | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:01 | 13 |
|
Aw, jeepers, Phil, I can't summarize US history for Jack in two
paragraphs. I DID mention that native Americans are in a similar
relationship to the USA as Quebecois to Canada. It isn't a result
of voluntary immigration, which is a contract, but conquest. The
proper consequence of war is a just not the same as the proper way
to handle voluntary immigration. And slavery is very different
from either, since presumably slaves never wanted to be here at all,
but were here so many generations that it became impractical for them
to return. You're asking too much of any analogy when so much of
the contingent history is complicated and very different.
bb
|
59.372 | not as close as you might think. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:15 | 15 |
| SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI
<< So why such a close vote then,
To start with, 35% of the "yes" vote was from people who thought they
would retain the Canadian citizenship, passport, dollar, and send
representitives to Ottawa.
These "yes" supporters don't look like true seperatists to me.
You can ask why they voted yes when it was explained that the yes win
would cause them to loose most of the above, but I can't answer, because
it makes no sense to me.
Derek.
|
59.373 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:18 | 10 |
|
re: .372
>To start with, 35% of the "yes" vote was from people who thought they
>would retain the Canadian citizenship, passport, dollar, and send
>representitives to Ottawa.
Where did this "thought" come from? Was it a media spin? Are Canadians
as gullible as Americans??
|
59.374 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:20 | 7 |
| > You can ask why they voted yes when it was explained that the yes win
> would cause them to loose most of the above, but I can't answer, because
> it makes no sense to me.
We have them here in the States, too. They voted for Ronald Reagan because
he was that nice young movie star.
|
59.375 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:21 | 7 |
| SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI
This "thought" was provided by the seperatists when it became clear
that a "Canada IN/OUT" question would loose in a heartbeat.
Derek.
|
59.376 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:22 | 4 |
|
So... you are as gullible as the Americans!!!!
|
59.377 | | MKOTS3::JMARTIN | I press on toward the goal | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:24 | 6 |
| Jack:
No, it was because inflation and the misery index were in double
digits!
-Jack
|
59.378 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:25 | 5 |
|
>> So... you are as gullible as the Americans!!!!
you expect him to believe that?
|
59.379 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:26 | 3 |
| Yes, but there were other choices at the Republican National Convention
in 1980, Jack.
|
59.380 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:27 | 8 |
| SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI
>> So... you are as gullible as the Americans!!!!
If we were that gullible, we would BE Americans.
Derek.
|
59.381 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:27 | 4 |
|
re: .378
Well Di... he need only look at that 35% figure and go from there!!
|
59.382 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:28 | 5 |
|
>If we were that gullible, we would BE Americans.
Yes, but, only 35% of you... ;)
|
59.383 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:30 | 2 |
|
.381 i hate explaining jokes. please don't make me do it.
|
59.384 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Been complimented by a toady lately? | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:32 | 7 |
|
re: .383
Di.... I got it... I really did... Ijust didn't want to let go of the
thread just then... ;)
|
59.385 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:35 | 2 |
|
.384 i knew that was coming.
|
59.386 | | DEVLPR::DKILLORAN | No Compromise on Freedom | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:46 | 13 |
|
re:.362
> dk2 - a ttwa : what would be an "expensive shot" ?
bb, it's a shot that costs a lot. For example, you encounter a
bone-head with a big mouth surrounded by a bunch of his friends. You
are threatened by said bone-head. You realize that if you take a shot
at him you are gonna get the $#!+ kicked outta you. You take the shot
at him. You get the $#!+ kicked outta you.
That's an "expensive shot".
|
59.387 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Oct 31 1995 18:55 | 9 |
| The vote was close because the separatist side wooed the moderates
by saying "If you vote YES then we will have bargaining power in Ottawa
to shape a new partnership with Canada." If it had been a simple
OUI/NON to separate from the country, the vote would have probably been
60-40 as it was back in 1980.
Nobody in Canada is happy with the current federal system and everyone
is looking for a renewed federalism which gives more power to the
provinces. A lot of the people who voted yes fell into this category.
|
59.388 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Tue Oct 31 1995 20:41 | 7 |
59.389 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Wed Nov 01 1995 00:23 | 2 |
| He decided to go out in a blaze of glory. He didn't even get that
right.
|
59.390 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Nov 01 1995 00:45 | 10 |
| I was reading the actual question yesterday.
Those separatist dudes wanted out of Canada but to stay in the Commonwealth!
I don't remember whether it said whether they wanted to be a republic
or a constitutional monarchy.
Long live the Queen.
/john
|
59.391 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Wed Nov 01 1995 00:48 | 1 |
| Hear that Glen? John wishes you a long life!
|
59.392 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Wed Nov 01 1995 01:38 | 6 |
| Let 'em live, but boil 'em in oil.
Live long and crisper.
\C
|
59.393 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Wed Nov 01 1995 11:58 | 170 |
| >Sender: c-news-approval@world.std.com
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>
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>
> Inside Track On World News
> By International Syndicated Columnist & Broadcaster
> Eric Margolis <emargolis@lglobal.com>
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>
>by
>Eric Margolis 26 Oct 95
>
>Look at Canada and weep. Here is one of the world's
>wealthiest, finest nations, facing bankruptcy and
>dissolution largely because of political and economic
>mismanagement.
>
>Other nations have had to contend with invaders, crushing
>poverty, or natural disasters. Canada's only scourges have
>been the stunning ineptitude of its politicians, and its
>ruinous welfare state. If Quebec decamps, the blame will
>lie as much with the heirs of Trudeau's socialism as with
>Lucien Bouchard and Jacques Parizeau.
>
>Passengers, even emotional Quebeckers, don't take to leaky
>lifeboats in stormy seas unless their ship is foundering.
>And foundering it is. Canada teeters on the verge of
>bankruptcy, barely able to service its crushing $55 billion
>foreign debt. The socialist welfare state created by
>Trudeau and expanded by his successors, now gobbles up at
>least 50% of the nation's economic activity. Government is
>quite literally devouring Canada.
>
>The nation is racked by high, chronic unemployment, punitive
>taxes, and a crumbling currency precisely because big
>government is sucking up the country's economic lifeblood.
>Big government inevitably means a small economy.
>
>Political and economic mismanagement kill more nations than
>nationalism. We have seen nation after nation in which
>economic stress transforms into violent eruptions of
>nationalism. Canada is the latest, and I think
>saddest,example.
>
>Yugoslavia was the most dramatic. Soaring inflation and
>unemployment, uncontrollable government deficits, and
>shortages of consumer goods mutated into tribal and
>religious dementia. These were skilfully exploited by the
>Serbian demagogue, Slobodan Milosevic, to enhance his
>political power.
>
>Hard economic facts often underlie fiery nationalism.
>Belgium's wealthy Flemish north wants to separate from the
>poor, French-speaking south. The better-off Czechs were
>eager to ditch the much less prosperous Slovaks. Spain's
>booming Catalonia wants no part of the impoverished south,
>and threatens to abandon Spain.
>
>These nationalist-separatist movements occured - by no
>coincidence - in nations where incompetent governments had
>debauched their economies, drained treasuries, and were
>resorting to smoke and mirrors to sustain unsustainable, but
>popular social programs.
>
>If Canada today were the enormously prosperous nation that
>would be seeking to abandon ship. Were Canada the rich
>nation that it used to be 25 years ago - with a dollar worth
>more than the American dollar - Quebec separatism would be
>an irritant, not be a mortal threat. Lack of economic hope,
>and lack of jobs, are what impel many Quebeckers to ditch
>Canada.
>
>There are no new jobs in industry because government has
>sucked dry the economy's vital, employment-creating forces.
>Each non-productive government bureaucrat costs two
>productive jobs in the private sector. Taxes are near
>punitive levels. Entrepreneurs are fleeing Canada with
>their money.
>
>The Canadian dollar, once strong as the Swiss franc, has
>become a wampum. This week in Detroit, a man called my
>Canadian dollars, `garbage money.' He might just as well
>have spit on the Canadian flag. This is how low two
>generations of socialist politicians have driven Canada.
>
>Today, Canada runs for the benefit of its governing
>bureaucracy. Civil service unions are the real masters of
>the nation, not the taxpayers who labor more than half of
>their working year to support them. This once majestically
>wealthy nation, this former Eldorado of economic
>opportunity, has become economically invalid, an effeminate
>North American version of dreary, socialist Sweden.
>
>The old adage that Canada is `rich by nature; poor by
>government' is never more true than at this hour of maximum
>peril.
>
>Better to ditch socialist Ottawa than Quebec. A government
>should die for its country, not a country for the sake of
>its government.
>
>Most divorces are caused by money problems, not infidelity.
>Socialism has done as much as regional nationalism to
>undermine this great country and threaten to break its
>mighty heart.
>
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59.394 | Pretty lame analysis. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 12:26 | 13 |
| Gee, I was really worried until I read it came from "The Sun". It might
interest you to know that the destruction of the social safety net is
one of the reasons that the PQ point to for seperation. I believe the
PQ would be considered a left of center party. This guys self styled
"Inside Track On World News" should be "The Right Wing Track On World
News".
I will also point out that one of the Canadian provinces that has
balanced it's budget is run by a socialist party. I'm glad I live in a
country that determins the merit of an idea based on it's content
rather than it's source.
Derek.
|
59.395 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Wed Nov 01 1995 12:50 | 14 |
| first you say:
> Gee, I was really worried until I read it came from "The Sun".
Then you say:
>I'm glad I live in a
> country that determins the merit of an idea based on it's content
> rather than it's source.
Maybe you should follow suit....
jim
|
59.396 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 13:01 | 7 |
| SUBPAC::SADIN
Have you ever even seen a "Sun" newspaper ? But you are right, I did
slander the source. So let me restate my objection, regardless of which
rag it was printed in.
Derek.
|
59.397 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Nov 01 1995 13:27 | 6 |
| Now, let's get down to really important things:
What was going to be the name of the Montreal 'ockey team
if this divorce had come to pass?
/john
|
59.398 | (Inside joke for hockey fans) | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Nov 01 1995 13:29 | 1 |
| Marooneds?
|
59.399 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Wed Nov 01 1995 13:42 | 2 |
| Well, it was nice to see the Habs extend their winning streak to 6
games at the Fleet Bank Vestibule last night.
|
59.400 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Wed Nov 01 1995 13:47 | 1 |
| GFY
|
59.401 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Wed Nov 01 1995 13:53 | 3 |
| If you're interested in a reasonable perspective take a look at :
http://www.vir.com/Gazette/stories.html
|
59.402 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Wed Nov 01 1995 14:48 | 9 |
|
re: sun
Yes, I've seen them and they rate right up their with the other
trash rags they reside next to. I just wanted to point out the double
standard being applied....
jim
|
59.403 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 15:42 | 8 |
| SUBPAC::SADIN
>>I just wanted to point out the double standard being applied...
And appear to be refuting my note while in fact saying nothing.
Derek.
|
59.404 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Wed Nov 01 1995 15:45 | 5 |
|
.403:
Lighten up, Daddy-o!
|
59.405 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Wed Nov 01 1995 16:14 | 11 |
|
re: Derek
> And appear to be refuting my note while in fact saying nothing.
I did not refute your note, I just pointed out a glaring double
standard. If I "appear" to be refuting your note, then it is in your
eyes, not mine....
jim
|
59.406 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 17:19 | 7 |
| SUBPAC::SADIN
So we can agree, you did not attempt to defend your note claiming the
left is responsible for the situation Canada is in right now.
Derek.
|
59.407 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Wed Nov 01 1995 17:25 | 9 |
|
> So we can agree, you did not attempt to defend your note claiming the
> left is responsible for the situation Canada is in right now.
Here's where the problem comes in. *I* am not claiming anything...I
simply posted a news article.
jim
|
59.408 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 17:56 | 5 |
| SUBPAC::SADIN
I've seen this response from you in other areas, getting a little
tired don't you think ?
Derek.
|
59.409 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:01 | 5 |
|
.408,
Spark a doob, man. Jim's cool, but you're a real flat tire.
|
59.410 | | GRANPA::MWANNEMACHER | RIP Amos, you will be missed | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:05 | 12 |
|
Right you are, Joan. Derek needs to roll a number, too tense he is.
Here's a clue, Derek. People get things from different areas, they post
them in a topic. Posting something doe not.....let me say that again,
DOES NOT me that one endorses or agrees with said posting. If you have
a problem with the article, write a letter to the author.
Mike
|
59.411 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | mucks like a fink | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:13 | 1 |
| I think perhaps Derek merely needs to increase his dietary fiber intake.
|
59.412 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:15 | 2 |
|
.410 Here's a clue, Mike. Proofread. ;>
|
59.413 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:16 | 10 |
| GRANPA::MWANNEMACHER
Puff puff puff....
It doesn't seem to be working, Jim has consistanly posted articles
glorifying the right, and vilifying the left. Coincidence ? I don't
think so. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and flies like a
duck.... it probably isn't a duck.
Derek.
|
59.414 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:19 | 7 |
|
.413,
Jim has ALSO shown his willingness to accept reasoned rebuttal to
those same articles. See 130.622 -> .624 for a recent demonstration
of this. And, while you're at it, try the waterpipe.
|
59.415 | | EDITEX::GUINEO::MOORE | HEY! All you mimes be quiet! | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:26 | 3 |
| I am quacking up !!!
|
59.416 | head hung (ooh-er) in shame...... | GRANPA::MWANNEMACHER | RIP Amos, you will be missed | Wed Nov 01 1995 18:37 | 5 |
|
I'll try and do better, My Lady.
Mikey
|
59.417 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed Nov 01 1995 19:03 | 8 |
| TROOA::COLLINS
Bubble, bubble, bubble....
I feel much better now, but I still think the article was pure
fiction.
Derek.
|
59.418 | reposted to correct glaring spelling error | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Wed Nov 01 1995 19:57 | 7 |
59.419 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Wed Nov 01 1995 19:59 | 2 |
|
.418 at least you didn't say "Cretin".
|
59.420 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Cyberian Party Hamster | Thu Nov 02 1995 11:44 | 6 |
|
A recent study published by Nesbitt Burns, entitled `Sex And The
Economy: The Next Revolution', has found that for every 100 eligible
women - from 20 to 34 - in Canada, there are now 120 eligible men,
compared to 72 men per 100 women in 1971.
|
59.421 | {perk} | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Tootsie Pops | Thu Nov 02 1995 12:50 | 2 |
|
|
59.422 | | CALLME::MR_TOPAZ | | Fri Nov 03 1995 23:37 | 2 |
| When in Canada's capital, enjoy dinner at the lovely Clair de Lune
restaurant.
|
59.423 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Nov 03 1995 23:48 | 5 |
| Yes, one of my favorites!
I also like New Dubrovnik, for a completely different style.
/john
|
59.424 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Sat Nov 04 1995 17:32 | 1 |
| I drive by New Dubrovnik's twice a day. Been there once. Great food.
|
59.425 | Connecting Canada Together | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Mon Nov 13 1995 15:31 | 14 |
|
Why are they building a bridge rather than a tunnel to
Prince Edward Island?
The nine miles are filled with moving ice in the winter;
there are fierce storms; empty tractor-trailer rigs will
have to cross at 15-20 mph in the 50 mph winds; keeping
the highway clear of snow will be quite a challenge; the
special construction requirements have never been tested
in practice.
See today's Globe for an article about the bridge.
/john
|
59.426 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Mon Nov 13 1995 15:55 | 1 |
| I think a tunnel would have been much more expensive.
|
59.427 | We played "The Maple Leaf Forever" too, which I never heard of! | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | bad spellers UNTIE! | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:05 | 39 |
| Did you know that there are 3 versus to "O Canada"? I didn't, until
last night when the band I'm in was doing a Remembrance Day Concert
and the conductor had sheet music handed out to the audience so they
could sing all three versus:
Words: Hon. R. Stanley Weir Music: C. Lavallee
O Canada! Our home and native land
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The true north strong and free.
And stand on guard, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
Chorus
God keep our land, glorious and free!
O Canada we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! We stand on guard for thee
The above is what we usually sing. Here is the rest:
O Canada! Where pines and maples grow,
Great prairies spread and lordly rivers flow.
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From east to western sea.
Thou land of hope for all who toil,
Thou trus north, strong and free.
Chorus
O Canada! Beneath the shining skies,
May stalwart sons and gentle maidens rise;
To keep thee steadfast thro' the years,
From east to western sea.
Our Father-land, Our Mother-land,
Our true north, strong and free.
Chorus
|
59.428 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:28 | 4 |
|
Oh, those are nice words. I may have to move to Canada.
|
59.429 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:31 | 3 |
| What will it take Debra?
|
59.430 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | if u cn rd ths, u nd to gt a lyf | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:33 | 9 |
|
Guarantee her a minimum of 3 stage productions per year for the next 30
years...
That should do it....
:)
|
59.431 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:35 | 4 |
|
One of them has to be a Gilbert & Sullivan, too. AND I need easy
access to a chip wagon, and enough salary to keep me in good beer.
|
59.432 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:43 | 1 |
| I make good beer, and I know where the good chip wagons are.
|
59.433 | Buffalo chips??? | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | if u cn rd ths, u nd to gt a lyf | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:45 | 1 |
|
|
59.434 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Nov 14 1995 13:47 | 1 |
| Um, no.
|
59.435 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 14 1995 14:50 | 4 |
|
Glenn, you're hard to resist.
|
59.436 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Good idea Oh Lord! | Tue Nov 14 1995 14:54 | 3 |
|
Glenn "Resist-Me-Not" Richardson
|
59.437 | | LANDO::OLIVER_B | hysterical elitist | Tue Nov 14 1995 14:58 | 1 |
| Mister Irresistable
|
59.438 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 14 1995 14:59 | 3 |
|
Call him irresponsible...call him unreliable...
|
59.439 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Good idea Oh Lord! | Tue Nov 14 1995 15:00 | 3 |
|
...but call him!
|
59.440 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Friend, will you be ready? | Tue Nov 14 1995 15:01 | 5 |
|
Just don't call him late for dinner
|
59.441 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | if u cn rd ths, u nd to gt a lyf | Tue Nov 14 1995 15:02 | 6 |
|
You guys are all pistols!!!
;)
|
59.442 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Nov 14 1995 15:17 | 1 |
| That's why Debra always has a little chamber.
|
59.443 | query on U.S. TIME mag | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Nov 14 1995 18:48 | 5 |
| The current issue of "Time" magazine in Canada has a multi-page article
on Canada, based on some fairly extensive public opinion polling. Is
this in the U.S. edition as well?
-Stephen
|
59.444 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Nov 14 1995 22:04 | 15 |
| >Did you know that there are 3 versus to "O Canada"?
Here's the last verse by Hon. R. Stanley Weir, missing from your sheets:
Ruler Supreme, who hearest humble prayer,
Hold our Dominion in thy loving care;
Help us to find, O God, in thee
A lasting, rich reward,
As, waiting for the Better Day,
We ever stand on guard.
God keep our land glorious and free!
We stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, We stand on guard for thee.
|
59.445 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Happy Kine and the Mirthmakers | Tue Nov 21 1995 11:44 | 17 |
59.446 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Happy Kine and the Mirthmakers | Tue Nov 21 1995 11:52 | 5 |
|
Environment Canada forecasts for Southern Ontario available at:
http://www.on.doe.ca/text/fpcn11.wto
|
59.447 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:42 | 4 |
|
Where's my fur-lined undies?
|
59.448 | call the grammar police for a ruling | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | smooth, fast, bright and playful | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:43 | 1 |
| Wouldn't that be "where are my fur-lined undies?"
|
59.449 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Happy Kine and the Mirthmakers | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:44 | 16 |
|
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( Fur is cool. )
( I mean warm. )O
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59.450 | Ditch yer godless thermometers !!! | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Welcome to Paradise | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:45 | 6 |
|
Why don't you guys go back to a good meteorological temperature
scale, namely Fahrenheit. The degrees are too big for weather
using Centigrade, and you get too many negative numbers.
bb
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59.451 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:46 | 5 |
|
Hmm, Doc, you could be right, depending on whether you consider
"undies" to be plural or singular. I mean, I can't see anyone owning
more than one fur-lined undie 8^).
|
59.452 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | smooth, fast, bright and playful | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:55 | 2 |
| Well, I considered them to be plural, a diminutive form of
"undergarments." <grin>
|
59.453 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Happy Kine and the Mirthmakers | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:00 | 5 |
|
.450:
HA! 32 degrees. What kind of place is THAT to set a freezing point?
|
59.454 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | smooth, fast, bright and playful | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:05 | 2 |
59.455 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Happy Kine and the Mirthmakers | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:08 | 3 |
59.456 | | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | bad spellers UNTIE! | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:19 | 1 |
| and "30" sounds a lot easier to handle than "90"
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59.457 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | if u cn rd ths, u nd to gt a lyf | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:20 | 6 |
|
Hmmm.... if it's "a pair of undies" (fur-lined or otherwise)...
why isn't it also "a pair of bras"???
|
59.458 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:23 | 4 |
|
I dunno, I've always wondered that. And why is it "a pair of trousers"
rather than "a trouser"?
|
59.459 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Audiophiles do it 'til it hertz! | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:27 | 5 |
|
Because a "trouser" evolved from the word "leg".
So "trousers" means the garment has 2 "legs".
|
59.460 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | if u cn rd ths, u nd to gt a lyf | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:30 | 4 |
|
ergo, why not 'bras' vs. 'bra'???
|
59.461 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Wet Raspberries | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:30 | 5 |
|
And why not a pair of shirts rather than a shirt? One has two arms,
after all.
|
59.462 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Diablo | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:31 | 1 |
| <----and some have another pair in them!
|
59.463 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Audiophiles do it 'til it hertz! | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:39 | 9 |
|
Maybe shirt didn't evolve from the word "arm", but rather the
word "neck"? So there's only 1 of them.
And maybe "bra" evolved from the word "clasp", ergo only 1 of
them.
This "language evolution" is a tricky thing.
|
59.464 | | SMURF::BINDER | Eis qui nos doment uescimur. | Tue Nov 21 1995 13:46 | 6 |
59.465 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Tue Nov 21 1995 14:45 | 1 |
| Canada is probably drafting some legislation about all of this.
|
59.466 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Nov 22 1995 14:29 | 2 |
| So, how come the Canadien Customs folks confiscate furs at the border?
Did the harp seals get a seat in parliament?
|
59.467 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Nov 22 1995 14:30 | 7 |
| What's a baby seal's favorite drink?
Canadian Club on the rocks.
|
59.468 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Nov 22 1995 14:31 | 2 |
| Agagagagag.
|
59.469 | | KERNEL::PLANTC | Give in to the Dark side! | Thu Nov 23 1995 10:06 | 13 |
|
didn't you guys see the movie "Beaches"???
Bras derived from its creator de Brassiere :))))
or if you watch Seinfeld
the Bra for men...the Man-siere or the Bros! :))
Chris
:)
|
59.470 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Just say `Oh, all right'. | Thu Nov 23 1995 12:35 | 11 |
|
FYI, here is the most recent forecast for Toronto this weekend:
Friday: Mostly sunny, high of -2C, low of -8C Friday night.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, high of 1C, low of -2C Saturday night.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, high of 4C.
Apparently, no precipitation is forecast. We shall see. ;^)
|
59.471 | | USAT05::SANDERR | | Wed Nov 29 1995 01:26 | 2 |
| When is Canada going to rise up and get a real Man for premier; like
Billy
|
59.472 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Wed Nov 29 1995 12:23 | 1 |
| Canada does not nor will ever have a premier. The provinces have those.
|
59.473 | | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | it's tummy time! | Wed Nov 29 1995 14:24 | 16 |
| As presented on the 11/28/95 broadcast of LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN
Top Ten Canadian complaints about U.S. TV shows:
10. Whenever they show Niagara Falls, always "happens" to be on U.S. side
9. Not enough exciting canoe chases
8. No Monday night curling
7. Just when we get hooked on "Dweebs" -- poof! It's gone
6. One too many award shows hosted by David Letterman
5. It's really hard to play along with "Jeopardy!" after you've drunk a
couple dozen Molsons
4. Not a single Canadian featured in O.J. trial
3. "E.R." never about frostbite
2. During "Cheers" reruns, real beer should pour out of the TV
1. Too much Dave, not enough Paul
|
59.474 | seems Canada is feeling the pressure too! | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Tue Dec 05 1995 14:56 | 84 |
| Canada cuts to welfare net remaking country
(c) 1995 Copyright Nando.net
(c) 1995 Reuter Information Service
OTTAWA (Dec 4, 1995 - 23:50 EST) - Canada's once sacred social
welfare net is under sharp attack from budget cutters, leading to changes
some see as more threatening to national unity than even Quebec
separatism.
Canadians have long believed they were the envy of the continent with
an array of support programmes that included a "baby bonus" for
mothers, generous unemployment insurance and low cost medical care.
But these once unifying institutions are under scrutinty from coast to
coast.
Whether it is the influence of U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and
his Republican party south of the border, or the crushing reality of
Canadian debt, benefits are becoming far more miserly. Federal and
provincial governments of all stripes are cutting back from the socialists
in Saskatchewan, to the Liberals in Ottawa and the separatists in
Quebec.
Last week, Prime Minister Jean Chretien's Liberal government
substantially tightened requirements and benefits in the unemployment
insurance programme to save some US$1.5 billion a year from the $12
billion a year programme.
Canada's richest province, Ontario, last week slashed billions of dollars
in spending and introduced user fees on prescription drugs for the elderly.
Welfare benefits were also recently pared 22 percent.
The oil-rich province of Alberta has closed down hospitals and charged
parents for kindergarten to balance its budget. Quebec, seen as soft on
deficit cutting, is talking about scaling back welfare and other
programmes.
It was successive Liberal regimes, culminating in the "Just Society"
vision of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, that introduced a web of
social welfare programmes. Universal old-age security was introduced in
1962, medicare in 1966 and an expanded unemployment insurance
scheme in 1971.
The government of the day said the insurance programme would be
supported by the new industrial age, "which singles us out as one of the
world's most affluent peoples with a spiralling gross national product
and a rising standard of living."
But with a lackluster economy and debt loads doing most of the
spiralling, the programmes now are increasingly viewed as costly
burdens. Nearly one in 10 workers are unemployed in Canada and many
more underemployed in the baby boom gone bust league of so-called
Generation Xers.
Business is enthusiastically applauding the cutbacks. "The problem is we
built such lavish social programmes and now we can't afford them," said
Sharon Glover, senior vice-president of the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce in Toronto.
Two activists on the left, Maude Barlow and Bruce Campbell, recently
published a controversial book accusing the Liberal government of
sacrificing the nation's traditional bonds to act as "pimps for the
corporate elite."
Ottawa has also cut social transfer payments to the provinces and said it
would pay the money in a block sum, giving provinces leeway on how
they want programmes structured.
Critics argue this will lead to an erosion of national standards and create
further disharmony in an already divisive land. Quebec separatists have
used the cutbacks as one of the reasons why the province should leave
the federation.
Allan Moscovitch, a professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, said
while Quebec separatism has occupied the nation for some time, little
attention is being paid to the major changes to the Canadian social
structure.
"While we are sitting around talking about what federalism should be,
the old federalism is gone," he said.
|
59.475 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Puzzled and puzzed | Tue Dec 05 1995 15:32 | 127 |
|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
eye WEEKLY November 30 1995
Toronto's arts newspaper .....free every Thursday
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEWS & VIEWS
by LINDA MCQUAIG
One might have thought that the damning words of scientific superstar John
Polanyi would have made a difference.
Or, one would have hoped, the defection of Reid Anderson, artistic director of
the National Ballet of Canada, to the welcoming arms of the well-funded German
arts community might be taken as a warning signal.
Both men made dramatic statements earlier this month, trying to draw attention
to the devastating consequences of the cost-cutting mania that has gripped
federal and provincial governments.
Polanyi, winner of the 1986 Nobel prize for chemistry, told a huge crowd at
Convocation Hall that if he were a young scientist starting out today, the
serious lack of funding for basic research in Canada would be enough to drive
him out of the country. And Reid Anderson, disgusted with the spending cuts
to the arts in Canada, voted with his feet, as the old anti-Communist types
used to say.
But nothing seems to make a dent in the rigid mindset of those running the
country, who seem hellbent on slashing and burning every remaining sign of
public life.
Indeed, in the same week that Polanyi and Reid were denouncing the erosion of
government support, Donna Scott, head of the Canada Council, the key federal
funding agency for the arts, seemed unruffled by the deliberate shrinking of
government.
In an address in Toronto, Scott invited the business community to step into
the breach. She suggested, for instance, that corporations start directly
subsidizing authors -- an idea that sounded strangely reminiscent of those
plans where people in the industrial world adopt malnourished orphans in
India. Apparently we can learn a lot from the social and cultural policies
of the Third World.
The argument is, of course, that all this is necessary because of the deficit.
The financial situation of the government leaves us no choice but to cut back
the public sector and rely more and more on the private sector, say the gloomy
set of naysayers running the province and the country.
As these folks jauntily wield the axe, it seems to escape their attention that
this massive exercise dedicated to the god of Saving Money will not in fact
save money. It's all sleight of hand.
To be sure, it seems like saving. Rather than we taxpayers having to contribute
our dollars to fund these activities, the private sector will have to pay for
them.
What we seem to forget is that the private sector doesn't provide services for
free. In fact, they like to make a profit, and the bigger the profit the better.
Of course, the argument is that the private sector is so much more efficient
that, despite the additional costs of providing entrepreneurs with a profit,
the private sector can still provide services for less.
It's a nice theory. The only problem is that it doesn't apply very well to real
life. Once we get beyond the rigid ideological world of anti-public-sector
zealots, with their fantasies about the inefficiency of government, we find
almost nothing to support their position.
Indeed, the real-world evidence proves exactly the opposite. Let's take the
key area of health care, and compare the private system that operates in the
United States to the public system that we have in Canada.
According to the theory, Americans should get good value for their health care
dollars because their private system would be more efficient. In truth,
however, the U.S. results are dismal. Some 37 million Americans don't even
have health care insurance (because they can't afford it; private health
insurance costs generally run about $5,000 a year for a family of four).
Millions more Americans have such grossly inadequate coverage that a serious
illness in the family would leave them bankrupt.
As a result, the U.S. has much more poorer health statistics than Canada --
higher infant mortality, shorter life expectancy. It has been estimated that
about 100,000 Americans die prematurely each year because of lack of access to
necessary medical screening and care.
Okay. So they have health problems. At least they must be saving money. Right?
Interestingly, they're not even doing that. It turns out that, with 1,500
private insurance companies offering a wide assortment of different health
plans, the cost of administering health care in the U.S. is five times higher
than in Canada.
The bottom line: the U.S. pays 40 per cent more per person for health care
than we do in Canada, and ends up with dramatically worse health results. Only
some very disturbed notion of "common sense" would send someone scurrying to
copy this defective model.
But let's go back to Donna Scott's idea of corporate sponsorship for the arts.
Once again, the savings are illusory. It may look like a saving if a corp-
oration, as opposed to a government agency, supports an artist. But what we're
forgetting is that the corporation will get a tax break for doing so. When
corporations contribute to the arts, they can deduct the cost of their
contribution from their tax bill.
So we're not saving as much as we appear to be. We're just letting corporations
take part of the money that they would otherwise have to pay in taxes and
instead allowing them to contribute it to an artistic cause. This is nice for
them, because they get good PR. Rather than pay the money in taxes, they get
wonderful publicity for their company.
We end up, however, with much less control, even though the money they are
dispensing to the arts is really in part our money, in that we would otherwise
have collected it in taxes.
Whatever the failings of public agencies like the Canada Council, it is
important to remember that they are ultimately accountable to democratically
elected governments, and their funding decisions are made by independent
artists in related fields. When corporations make funding decisions, they are
answerable to no one but themselves.
If our banks, brokerage houses and oil companies are making key funding
decisions, are we likely to end up with an arts community capable of producing
biting social, political and cultural commentary?
To call all this cost-cutting penny-wise and pound-foolish is not quite
accurate. It isn't even penny-wise. It's just foolish.
|
59.476 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Dreaming on our dimes... | Fri Dec 08 1995 21:01 | 9 |
|
The *first* thing the Harris gov't has done right! ;^)
They have announced they will pay two-thirds of the remaining cost
of Highway 416 from Ottawa to the 401 (and Toronto), allowing the
project to (finally) be completed.
We'll see more of you here, eh Glenn?
|
59.477 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Dreaming on our dimes... | Sat Dec 09 1995 21:34 | 8 |
59.478 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | CPU Cycler | Sat Dec 09 1995 23:17 | 2 |
| Well, that IS good news. Mr. Topaz would be nearly impressed with a
416.
|
59.479 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Sun Dec 10 1995 00:53 | 7 |
| re: <<< Note 59.477 by TROOA::COLLINS "Dreaming on our dimes..." >>>
Not quite so bad here, John. They threatened, but even though it's been
snowing for 14 hours non-stop, the accumulation is only about four inches
at present. And the temp right now, at 30 F, is the warmest it's been since
yesterday AM.
|
59.480 | It's cold out there | TROOA::TEMPLETON | No sugar added | Sun Dec 10 1995 01:16 | 11 |
| I guess the only good thing you could say about to-day's weather is,
that the sun did come out and the snow was light (it only took Syd and
I about 45 minutes to clear the driveway) other than that, winter has
arrived far too early this year.
Oh Mother Nature, what did we do to you to deserve this?
joan
|
59.481 | | DRDAN::KALIKOW | DIGITAL=DEC; Reclaim the Name&Glory! | Sun Dec 10 1995 01:20 | 2 |
| Well, pissed in her atmosphere, for one thing.
|
59.482 | Am I forgiven yet? | TROOA::TEMPLETON | No sugar added | Sun Dec 10 1995 02:15 | 10 |
| Well, I don't remember doing that, but if I did, I am down on my knee
(the other one won't bend after digging out the driveway) please
forgive me and bring back summer.
Or at least spring :-)
joan
|
59.483 | Today's temp may break a record that's existed since the 1930's | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | it's tummy time! | Tue Dec 12 1995 17:43 | 3 |
| I think my driveway must be about a hundred feet long and I *still*
haven't finished shovelling it - started on Saturday and do a bit
at a time. Hope I get it done before the next big dump comes along!
|
59.484 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Sun Dec 17 1995 20:00 | 83 |
| Canadians question Chretien's style
(c) 1995 Copyright Nando.net
(c) 1995 Reuter Information Service
OTTAWA (Dec 17, 1995 - 13:11 EST) - Prime Minister Jean
Chretien's studied simplicity, which propelled him to record popularity in
his first two years of office, is beginning to wear thin on some Canadian
citizens and commentators.
As Canadians contemplate the possibility that Quebec might break up
their country by seceding, many have begun to lose patience with
Chretien's casual offhandedness and have begun to wonder if he has the
stuff to handle this kind of crisis.
"Jean Chretien is falling like a stone," writes syndicated columnist Allan
Fotheringham.
Chretien, himself a French-speaking Quebecker, had tried to ignore the
Quebec issue and told Canadians not to worry in the run-up to the
October 30 referendum, when the country ended up staying together only
by one percentage point.
In the fever just before and after the referendum, it seemed many
Canadians would have done anything to keep Quebec in.
But he quickly went off to summits in Asia and the Pacific, and when he
returned he still displayed no sense of urgency especially after Quebec
separatist leader Lucien Bouchard said a new referendum was unlikely
before 1997.
After heavy criticism, he then quickly unveiled a "unity package"
designed to fulfil promises made to Quebec in the last week of the
campaign, but in the process he incurred the wrath of much of western
Canada and scorn from the press.
By the time the lower House of Commons adjourned on Thursday,
Chretien appeared only too glad to lick his wounds and consider a
cabinet shuffle to divert public attention.
"Chretien seems clueless and just playing for time in the hopes that
Bouchard self-destructs as premier," the Ottawa Sun's Douglas Fisher
wrote. Bouchard is leaving federal politics for Quebec, where he hopes he
can keep the sovereignty drive aflame.
The official opposition, Bouchard's Bloc Quebecois, has as expected
always attacked Chretien and his Liberal government.
But commentators have begun to take notice of the questions of the third
party, Reform, which tirelessly asked him to lay down tough bargaining
terms for any possible secession and to explain the logic of his policies.
"A clear answer appears to be beyond the capacity of the prime
minister," Reform head Preston Manning told parliament.
"Why would anyone follow the prime minister's lead in the national
unity area when there is no consultation, no mandate, no rationality, no
democratic legitimacy behind his proposals?"
Manning has come in for his share of criticism, in particular his
suggestion that perhaps Chretien should be impeached. But Toronto
Globe and Mail columnist and author Jeffery Simpson delivered a
scathing attack on Chretien.
"The relentless, precise questioning of the Reform Party in parliament is
daily exposing the alarming vagaries and evident improvisations of Prime
Minister Jean Chretien's strategy for national unity," he wrote.
And on Friday Chretien's ally, Quebec Liberal leader Daniel Johnson,
blasted Chretien for taking so long during the October campaign to offer
change to the voters.
New poll numbers have not been out to show how it all is playing with
the voters. Chretien has a solid parliamentary majority and he is not
obliged to hold an election until 1998.
But by then a new Quebec struggle could be full-blown or even over,
and if he is blamed for losing or nearly losing it, his political life may be
seriously endangered.
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59.485 | | SCASS1::EDITEX::MOORE | PerhapsTheDreamIsDreamingUs | Tue Dec 19 1995 15:35 | 1 |
| Is "Chretian" French for "cretin" ?
|
59.486 | Mebbe he should ponder that fact a bit more | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue Dec 19 1995 16:36 | 3 |
| No, it's French for Christian.
/john
|
59.487 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Sparky Doobster | Wed Dec 20 1995 14:08 | 5 |
|
Toronto and Rochester have agreed to spend $150,000 for a marketing
and feasibility study of a Lake Ontario fast ferry service linking
the two cities.
|
59.488 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Dec 20 1995 14:13 | 1 |
| Will they use ice boats in the winter?
|
59.489 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Dec 20 1995 14:16 | 1 |
| Any indications what they project the port-to-port time to be, John?
|
59.490 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Sparky Doobster | Wed Dec 20 1995 14:17 | 3 |
|
The little article didn't say, Jack.
|
59.491 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | pack light, keep low, move fast, reload often | Wed Dec 20 1995 14:33 | 8 |
| So, they canned the bridge idea then?
@ 30 kts, it would be something less the 3 hrs.
@ 50 kts, it would be under two hours.
The distance is about 90 miles.
|
59.492 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Dec 20 1995 14:48 | 2 |
| And the overland mileage is?
|
59.493 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Dec 20 1995 15:01 | 12 |
| It's about 160 miles by road.
About 110 across the water.
A fast passenger ferry is a stupid thing to spend tax money on.
High speed rail service would be faster and would serve Rochester,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Hamilton, and Toronto.
Lake Ontario's nothern shore is about 45 miles from the southern shore
halfway between Toronto and Rochester.
/john
|
59.494 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Sparky Doobster | Wed Dec 20 1995 15:06 | 11 |
|
.493
I think the idea is to encourage a privately-operated ferry,
rather than a taxpayer-funded service.
Also, I think it would have to be a vehicular ferry, not merely
a passenger ferry.
Myself, I wasn't aware that there would be any demand for it.
|
59.495 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Dec 20 1995 16:04 | 4 |
| There is _no_way_ that a vehicular ferry could possibly be faster than
driving, when you count load and unload time.
/john
|
59.496 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Sparky Doobster | Wed Dec 20 1995 17:01 | 4 |
|
Hmmmm. Well, I'm at a loss to explain the need for a passenger ferry.
I don't know anyone who wants to go to Rochester as a final destination.
|
59.497 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Dec 20 1995 17:03 | 3 |
| What about Rochestrians who want to go to Toronto as a final destination?
I know some people who, when they lived in Buffalo, would sometimes go
to Toronto for a good meal.
|
59.498 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | pack light, keep low, move fast, reload often | Wed Dec 20 1995 17:04 | 1 |
| I'm from Rochester and would like to go back as a final destination.
|
59.499 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Dec 20 1995 17:05 | 2 |
| Take me back to old Rochester,
That's where this old Mick am long to go...
|
59.500 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Sparky Doobster | Wed Dec 20 1995 17:06 | 5 |
|
.497, Gerald
And well they should, too! :^)
|
59.501 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Dec 20 1995 18:15 | 15 |
| >There is _no_way_ that a vehicular ferry could possibly be faster than
>driving, when you count load and unload time.
Faster isn't important. When I spend three hours behind the wheel of a car
going from Rochester to Toronto, I've just tossed three hours in the trash
as there's little else that I can accomplish while driving (not having a
cel phone, and all). If I spend those three hours on a ferry unencumbered
by the need to pilot the car, there are any number of things that I can
accomplish, and I've just bought three additional hours in which to do so.
The Port Jeff/Bridgeport Ferry is a similar situation. With the possible
exception of heavy traffic days/times it doesn't save any time over driving,
but it sure is more convenient, and you rarely see the thing wanting for
passengers, so I suspect it's profitable.
|
59.502 | | TROOA::COLLINS | Sparky Doobster | Thu Dec 21 1995 13:23 | 68 |
|
From: US5RMC::"daily@statcan.ca" 21-DEC-1995 09:58:46.37
Subj: The Daily - December 21, 1995 (fwd)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quarterly demographic statistics
July to September 1995
Preliminary post-censal population estimates as of October 1, 1995 for Canada,
the provinces and territories are now available.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Table: Canada's population as of October 1
______________________________________________________________________________
1993(1) 1994(1) 1995(2)
______________________________________________________________________________
'000
_______________________________________________
Newfoundland 583.1 578.9 573.6
Prince Edward Island 133.6 135.2 136.9
Nova Scotia 932.5 935.7 940.5
New Brunswick 756.3 758.7 760.5
Quebec 7,261.0 7,301.3 7,349.6
Ontario 10,858.3 10,988.5 11,162.5
Manitoba 1,125.3 1,130.9 1,138.6
Saskatchewan 1,010.7 1,013.1 1,017.6
Alberta 2,696.9 2,722.0 2,757.8
British Columbia 3,606.9 3,706.1 3,798.6
Yukon 30.0 29.5 30.8
Northwest Territories 64.0 65.0 66.0
Canada 29,058.5 29,364.9 29,733.0
______________________________________________________________________________
1993 to 1994 1994 to 1995
______________________________________________________________________________
% change
______________________________
Newfoundland -0.7 -0.9
Prince Edward Island 1.2 1.3
Nova Scotia 0.3 0.5
New Brunswick 0.3 0.2
Quebec 0.6 0.7
Ontario 1.2 1.6
Manitoba 0.5 0.7
Saskatchewan 0.2 0.4
Alberta 0.9 1.3
British Columbia 2.8 2.5
Yukon -1.7 4.4
Northwest Territories 1.6 1.5
Canada 1.1 1.3
______________________________________________________________________________
(1) Updated post-censal estimates. The updated population estimates for the
provinces and territories supersede those previously published, due to
changes in the provincial and territorial distribution of non-permanent
residents.
(2) Preliminary post-censal estimates.
Note: Each figure has been rounded independently to the nearest hundred.
Source: Population Estimates Section, Demography Division.
|
59.503 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | I come in peace | Mon Jan 29 1996 03:19 | 43 |
| Digital Canada reports stellar results
by Geoffrey Rowan
The Globe and Mail
(reprinted without permission)
TORONTO - Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd. became the latest susidiary
of a U.S. computer giant to report stellar financial results this
week.
Sales for the Toronto-based company grew to $684.6 million in its
second quarter ended Dec. 30, a 24-percent increase from the
corresponding period last year.
"This is not a flash in the pan, it's a true turnaround," said Digital
Canada president Graeme Woodley. "We fixed this thing and we're poised
for long-term, sustainable growth."
The thing that Digital fixed was its cost-heavy structure, which nearly
brought the company down in the early 1990s. At its peak, parent
company Digital Equipment Corp., based in Maynard, Mass., had about
125,000 employees but that number is now down to 61,000.
Employment was about 3,600 at its peak in Canada and it is now about
3,200, Mr. Woodley said.
Earlier this week, Digital Equipment announced second-quarter revenue
of $4-billion (U.S.) - up 14 per cent from the previous year - and a
$148.8-million profit, up from $18.9-million a year earlier. Digital
Canada does not break out profit figures.
Despite Digital's previous financial problems, the company's Canadian
subsidiary has performed reasonably well, never seeing revenue fall.
Digital Canada's revenue has grown from $1.2-billion (Canadian) in
fiscal 1993 to a projected $3.2 billion for fiscal 1996.
Part of the reason is that Digital Canada won a mandate to manufacture
the company's entire line of personal computers for the Americas. In
the second quarter, that produced export revenue of $497-million, up
from $400-million last year.
The only disappointment for the company was in service revenue, which
was unchanged in the United States at $1.6-billion (U.S.)
|
59.504 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Mon Jan 29 1996 13:04 | 2 |
| See? And then they went and let !Joan go.
|
59.505 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | memory canyon | Mon Jan 29 1996 13:23 | 1 |
| !Joan was a contractor.
|
59.506 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Captain Dunsel | Mon Jan 29 1996 13:24 | 3 |
| If you love something let it go.
If it goes on to make millions of dollars and form a large company,
you were a complete frickin dorkomaniac.
|
59.507 | re: Doctah | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Mon Jan 29 1996 13:25 | 4 |
| Well, I think I knew that - lemme check - Yup!
But even our contractors contribute to our success, don't they?
|
59.508 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | memory canyon | Mon Jan 29 1996 13:41 | 5 |
| I was objecting, if you can call it that, to your use of the
description "let him go." To me that carries that connotation of laying
someone off or firing them, which is not exactly the way it happened.
They didn't re-up his contract. Even though the effect is the same, it
seems a little different to me.
|
59.509 | | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | I come in peace | Mon Jan 29 1996 14:26 | 8 |
| !Joan was a full-time deccie until a couple of years ago when we went
through our last major round of transitions. At that time, he was told
that he could be retained as a contractor. I find the headcount in the
article kind of suspect - I have been here just over 4 years and in that
time, have managed to remain through 3 major down-sizing projects. I can't
believe that only 400 employees were let go. We've had whole sites close
down. I imagine that 3600 number was for full-time employees and that the
3200 number includes full timers AND contractors.
|
59.510 | just my $2.00 worth | CSSREG::BROWN | Common Sense Isn't | Wed Feb 21 1996 13:37 | 5 |
| Saw a little news bite about the new $2 coin with the polar bear
depicted. Some local WAG proposed that it be nicknamed the "moonie"
because it shows the Queen "with the bear behind"....
|
59.511 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Wed Feb 21 1996 13:50 | 4 |
|
> Queen "with the bear behind"....
Is it a Silva coin?
|
59.512 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Trembling Liver | Wed Feb 21 1996 15:36 | 1 |
| It'll be called a "twonie" I'm certain.
|
59.513 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of The Counter King | Wed Feb 21 1996 15:39 | 3 |
|
Is that with a silent W?
|
59.514 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Wed Feb 21 1996 15:41 | 5 |
|
In that case, maybe they'll call it a
Twony Twoni Twone
|
59.515 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed Feb 21 1996 15:42 | 1 |
| Eh?
|
59.516 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity | Wed Feb 21 1996 15:42 | 5 |
| | <<< Note 59.511 by SMURF::WALTERS >>>
| Is it a Silva coin?
hee hee hee....
|
59.517 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Wed Feb 21 1996 15:43 | 9 |
|
RE: Covert
Pop/R&B band.
Tony Toni Tonee
[Please excuse spelling and/or sequence errors.]
|
59.518 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Wed Feb 21 1996 16:37 | 1 |
| Them canucks are a bunch of loonie twons.
|
59.519 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Wed Feb 21 1996 16:42 | 3 |
|
Very daffy. Bugs me immensely.
|
59.520 | bear with me | CSSREG::BROWN | Common Sense Isn't | Wed Feb 21 1996 17:57 | 1 |
| If it was a smaller coin it could be a teeny tiny twonie.
|
59.521 | The moonie - I like it! | TROOA::trp669.tro.dec.com::Chris | open can-worms everywhere | Thu Feb 22 1996 19:11 | 5 |
| The big game already is seeing who can break apart the coins the fastest-
I wonder if each part could count as a $1.00? The mint has issued a
warning that it is a criminal offense to tamper with the currency in hopes
that the trend won't continue. I think the temptation is just too much for
some people.
|
59.522 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Trembling Liver | Thu Feb 22 1996 19:30 | 2 |
| I like it too. Between the loonie and the two-nie, there is a 60
million dollar savings for the mint each year.
|
59.523 | | EVMS::MORONEY | Never underestimate the power of human stupidity | Thu Feb 22 1996 20:27 | 5 |
| You mean it's like the old pieces of eight that they can be broken up easily?
And it wasn't intentional?
I've never seen a "twonie/moonie" (or even a loonie) so sorry if this is
offbase.
|
59.524 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Trembling Liver | Thu Feb 22 1996 20:48 | 1 |
| It's kinna a coin within a coin.
|
59.525 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Thu Feb 22 1996 20:49 | 3 |
|
Are you sure it's not a chocolate coin in a metallic wrapper?
|
59.526 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Trembling Liver | Thu Feb 22 1996 20:55 | 1 |
| Are you trying to give me a nervous breakdown? huh? HUH?
|
59.527 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Thu Feb 22 1996 20:58 | 4 |
|
Glenn, if it hasn't happened yet then I seriously doubt it ever
will.
|
59.528 | | GIDDAY::BURT | DPD (tm) | Thu Feb 22 1996 21:55 | 3 |
| How much time have you spent trying to peel those coins, Glenn?
\C
|
59.529 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Trembling Liver | Thu Feb 22 1996 23:41 | 5 |
|
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|
59.530 | | SCASS1::BARBER_A | DingaDingDangMyDangaLongLingLong | Fri Feb 23 1996 01:42 | 1 |
| -1 You've been eating too much liver.
|
59.531 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Fri Feb 23 1996 02:20 | 2 |
| OK. I give up. Who can describe the $2 coin?
|
59.532 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | open can...worms everywhere | Fri Feb 23 1996 04:31 | 10 |
| I haven't seen one in person yet (they were released by the Mint this
past Monday) but I still had the Monday paper and from the decription
printed can tell you that the coin is a little bigger than a loonie
(bigger than a quarter). It is an aluminum bronze core surrounded by a
nickel outer ring. As stated previously, the Queen's head is on one
side and a polar bear is on the other. I think I read that it cost
$6.00 to mint each one, but that they will last over 20 years, whereas
a paper $2.00 bill lasts just over a year. Maybe somebody else can
verify the numbers. (especially the $6.00 - it sounds kind of high to
me)
|
59.533 | make washers out of them | CSSREG::BROWN | Common Sense Isn't | Fri Feb 23 1996 10:16 | 4 |
| One can make an olympic shooting event of it, see who can punch out
the brass(?) center portion at the longest distance with a .223 rifle.
|
59.534 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Keep hands & feet inside ride at all times | Fri Feb 23 1996 11:58 | 2 |
| Sounds like a casino chip. Does it say Bally's or Ceasar's Palace on
it anywhere?
|
59.535 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Lord of the Turnip Truck | Fri Feb 23 1996 12:09 | 6 |
|
Story and picture on front page of today's Boston Globe...
Since certain Canadians are voting in our presidential primaries, I'll
vote *against* this coin. It looks like a subway token...
|
59.536 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Fri Feb 23 1996 12:13 | 3 |
| You might as well make sure you get what you want. After Pat builds his
wall you'll prolly be swapping $50 for one. ;-}
|
59.537 | A $6 two dollar coin ? | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Fri Feb 23 1996 14:08 | 4 |
| The coin cost 16 cents to make vrs. 6 cents (I think) for the $2 bill.
Derek.
|
59.538 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of The Counter King | Fri Feb 23 1996 14:09 | 3 |
|
I think it's a wonderful idea. I wish we'd go to more coins.
|
59.539 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | g'day mate, eh | Fri Feb 23 1996 14:10 | 3 |
| welll ... I kinda knew I was way overboard, but then I figured, what
the heck, if it lasts forever I guess it would still be a good deal.
Thanks for the info.
|
59.540 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Feb 23 1996 15:28 | 5 |
| > The coin cost 16 cents to make vrs. 6 cents (I think) for the $2 bill.
But lasts 20 times as long.
/john
|
59.541 | Forever really. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Fri Feb 23 1996 16:34 | 7 |
| COVERT::COVERT
>>But lasts 20 times as long.
You are correct sir.
Derek.
|
59.542 | OPSEU on Strike | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | g'day mate, eh | Wed Feb 28 1996 04:29 | 61 |
| As of yesterday, the Ontario Civil Servants have been on strike. The
services affected so far by the OPSEU (Ont Public Service Employees
Union) strike are:
Essential or Emergency Services:
* Courts - Fewer baliffs to transfer prisoners; administration slowed
with fewer court clerks; fines and parking ticket payments not taken
*Highways - Snowplows to clear one lane each way on provincial
highways, including Hwy 401 and other 400-series highways; government
is "strongly advising" motorists not to use highways during bad weather
* Jails - Minimal staff, including guards; day passes for prisoners
cancelled
* Public Health Labs - One-third of workers on duty for urgent tests
* Water and Sewage Treatment Monitoring - Regular water quality tests
curtailed at Ontario Clean Water Agency facilities
* Psychiatric Hospitals - Minimal staff, including nurses
* Meat Inspections - Killing stopped at plants staffed by provincial
meat inspectors; could mean less choice on supermarket shelves
Other Services:
* Registrar General's Office - Closed. Birth, Death, Marriage and
Change of Name certificates not issued, with few exceptions
* Elevator Inspections - Staff on call for emergencies only
* Driver tests - Cancelled; will have to be rescheduled once strike is
over
* Driver licence renewal - Not available except in communities where
provided by private sector; licences remain valid until end of strike;
suspended licences remain suspended until strike is over
* Ontario Student Assistance Plan - All services stopped, including
processing applications.
* OHIP - New or replacement cards not available except to newborns
* Land Registry Offices - Open from noon to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday,
for real estate and other urgent transactions; service slowed as
supervisors only ones on the job
* Truck Safety Inspections - Limited (Like this is any different than
before?)
* Movie Censor Board - Censors not on strike but board staff is; movies
could go unrated (the HORROR!!!!)
Government Payroll system - No paycheques for staff still on job
Not Affected:
* Emergency ambulance and provincial police dispatching services, Go
Transit, fire marshal investigations, hospitals, schools, welfare and
family benefit cheques
|
59.543 | It's a pretty wide gap | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | g'day mate, eh | Wed Feb 28 1996 04:35 | 18 |
| The government's standing offer to the union would double severance
pay, give workers a 2% - 5% pay hike and cost the Tories $150 to $200
million.
The union's counter-offer for a buyout package worth a year's salary,
quadruple severance pay and job protection carries a $1.5 billion price
tag.
These people (OPSEU) better join reality soon, or we'll be in for a
long strike. One of the picketors (sp?) had a sign that said "This is
not about money" ...... yeah, right! It's always about money. I
think the Harris government will be willing to let this one go for
awhile - what better opportunity to balance the budget? It will be
interesting too to see just how many of these jobs are really
necessary.
|
59.544 | | CNTROL::JENNISON | Join me in glad adoration | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:42 | 6 |
|
I would hate to have more coins. My pocketbook is heavy
enough already !
Karen
|
59.545 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:44 | 1 |
| Well, I hate having a wallet full of ones. I love the coins.
|
59.546 | | BSS::PROCTOR_R | A wallet full of ones | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:47 | 10 |
| > Well, I hate having a wallet full of ones.
the story of my life.
hey, can I borrow that for a personal name for awhile.
thanks.
|
59.547 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:47 | 4 |
| > Well, I hate having a wallet full of ones.
Well, why didn't you tell me that? I could've helped.
|
59.548 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:50 | 4 |
|
I'd rather have a wallet full of $1 bills than a wallet full of $1
coins.
|
59.549 | | SMURF::BINDER | Manus Celer Dei | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:54 | 2 |
| I'd rather have a wallet full of $1 gold coins than a wallet full of $1
Federal Reserve Notes.
|
59.550 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:56 | 1 |
| I like a pocket full of twonies.
|
59.551 | me too | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Welcome to Paradise | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:56 | 5 |
|
I'd rather have wallet full of US ones than a wallet full of
Canadian ones.
bb
|
59.552 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:57 | 1 |
| Well, Canadian ones are now collectibles.
|
59.553 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:58 | 4 |
| I'd rather keep my folding money in a money clip in my pocket.
Wallets are for credit cards, membership cards, and licenses.
|
59.554 | | BSS::PROCTOR_R | A wallet full of ones | Wed Feb 28 1996 16:59 | 3 |
| what's a wallet?
|
59.555 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Wed Feb 28 1996 17:00 | 4 |
|
It's the structural portion of the room between the flooret and
the ceilinget.
|
59.556 | re: -1 BOOOOOO!!!!! | BSS::PROCTOR_R | A wallet full of ones | Wed Feb 28 1996 17:00 | 1 |
|
|
59.557 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Wed Feb 28 1996 17:01 | 4 |
|
Hey, give me some credit ... at least I left out the "and it meets
up with the carpet" crack.
|
59.558 | | SMURF::BINDER | Manus Celer Dei | Wed Feb 28 1996 17:23 | 3 |
| .556
Yeah, so stop carping.
|
59.559 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:06 | 4 |
| Jim Keegstra loses in an appeal to the Supreme Court Of Canada
concerning his promotion of hate against jews.
I am most pleased.
|
59.560 | What he did is a crime only in Canada and Germany, right? | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:15 | 6 |
| Is this conviction because he taught high-school students that the
Holocaust was a hoax?
Or did he do something else?
/john
|
59.561 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:15 | 1 |
| That's the one. Originally charged back in 1984.
|
59.562 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:18 | 1 |
| Do you enjoy living in the land of Thoughtcrimes?
|
59.563 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:20 | 1 |
| Well, if that's what you want to call it, yes.
|
59.564 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:21 | 3 |
| But you can't have teachers who produce porn it seems.
We can't have teachers who promote hate.
|
59.565 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:21 | 1 |
| I live in a country where it's legal to espouse unpopular or untrue opinions.
|
59.566 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:23 | 1 |
| Not as a teacher.
|
59.567 | He wasn't prosecuted because he was a teacher | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:25 | 6 |
| Here a high school teacher who taught that crap would be fired, not prosecuted.
In Canada, you, who are not a teacher, would be prosecuted if you passed out
handbills claiming that the Holocaust didn't happen.
/john
|
59.568 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:28 | 5 |
| He did it in class. We have hate laws. Call it what you will. He is
scum and he's the only one who has faced this. Seems just to me.
How about Germany? They're shutting down Zundel for crying out loud!
We're not.
|
59.569 | What about David Irving, arrested at the George Orwell dinner? | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 02:50 | 8 |
| re .568
Canada did shut him down, which is why his site is in the U.S.
And Canada continues to prosecute him on new charges as they are brought
against him.
/john
|
59.570 | Although I don't think prosecution is the right answer.... | BROKE::ABUGOV | | Thu Feb 29 1996 11:23 | 7 |
|
The US has a much better position then Canada on this stuff. You guys
let Alanis Morissette (sic) say f2k on TV, we censor that.
Of course vitriol/hate/white supremacy stuff is not obscene by
community standards so it thrives here (note where the worst of these
folks choose to set up shop).
|
59.571 | tough one | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Thu Feb 29 1996 12:00 | 11 |
| Keegstra certainly deserved to be removed from the classroom for life.
The Holocaust-denial stuff he was teaching is pernicious filth. I am
ambivalent about statutes against promotion of hate because it's a
tricky matter to know where to draw the line and freedom of speech and
of the press are extremely important. People are all too willing to
persecute other people whose opinions they find offensive. In a
liberal pluralist society you probably have to err on the side of
tolerance. But ultimately I think you do have to draw a line.
-Stephen
|
59.572 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 12:41 | 2 |
| Well, I see who is being `persecuted' by our hate laws and I don't feel
bad about it. Not one bit.
|
59.573 | You can't say that | ROWLET::AINSLEY | Less than 150 kts. is TOO slow! | Thu Feb 29 1996 12:46 | 5 |
| re: .572
Until it's your turn.
Bob
|
59.574 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity | Thu Feb 29 1996 12:54 | 3 |
|
Bob...I think he already did
|
59.575 | lies <> freedom of speach | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Thu Feb 29 1996 13:41 | 37 |
| COVERT::COVERT
>>I live in a country where it's legal to espouse unpopular or untrue
>>opinions.
**NO** slander laws in the States ?? Well in that case, you are a
#$%#$@@#$ $%^&%$^& $%^#$%^#$%^ no good #$%^#$%^ &$%&%^&er :*)
And since there are no laws about espousing ***untrue*** opinions
I think I'll get a WEB page and let the world know. :*)
I think those that say we would feel differently if we were being
prosecuted by the hate crime laws would also feel different if they
were the object of the hate crime. Giving these dirtbags a podium from
which they can influence others is wrong.
Americans will say that it is better to "expose these ideas to the
light of day". I will note the tremendous success America has in the
field of race relations. I will also note that dirty pictures are now
banned on the Internet. So lets see, a womans breasts are bad, but
promoting hate is OK.
Yeah your free alright.
Free to destroy one of the best countries to ever exist by blindly
exerting your "freedoms". If your so free how come you can't go any
speed on the interstate ? Why can't you just buy a plane and start
flying, or get a ham radio and start broadcasting ? Reasonable limits
are always imposed by society. Yours happens to think it is reasonable
to promote hate, mine does not. To-may-to , to-mah-to. Please do not
equate spreading hateful bull$hit with the right of free speach. We
have the right to our opinions. The seperatist leader of the offical
opposition sets a standard of political freedom that no other country
can match as far as I know. So save your pity for people who are
actually oppressed.
Derek.
|
59.576 | There's a bit difference when it comes to THOUGHTCRIME | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 17:22 | 4 |
| >If you're so free how come you can't go any speed on the interstate?
65mph is a bit faster than 100km/h, eh?
|
59.577 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 17:59 | 4 |
| You can think it all you want here, but if you promote it and it is
identified as hatred, you'll get in trouble.
Works for me.
|
59.578 | Not THOUGHT crime. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Thu Feb 29 1996 18:08 | 12 |
| re. 65 vrs 100
Now there is a snappy come-back!!
Publishing(Zundel) and teaching (Kiegstra sp?) are not in the realm of
thought, they are deeds. This is not about "THOUGHTCRIME", there were
actions associated with the "thoughts". Actions that are detrimental
to our society.
Derek.
|
59.579 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Hindskits Velvet | Thu Feb 29 1996 18:10 | 2 |
| I realise it's un-American, but it is the nature of Canada to be so,
from time to time.
|
59.580 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Feb 29 1996 23:22 | 1 |
| Enjoy.
|
59.581 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Thu Feb 29 1996 23:47 | 12 |
| Keegstra taught small town Alberta school children that Jewish people
are "out to bury" Christians and secretly planning to build a world
where "everyone would be slaves to the Jews." (words in quotes come
from students' notebooks read in court, quoted today in the Ottawa
Citizen.)
Mr. Covert apparently thinks this is analogous to the "thoughtcrime" in
Orwell's _1984_: "the essential crime that contained all others in
itself" in the totalitarian society of the novel, amounting to
indpendent thought, questioning the view of the world cynically
promoted by the all-powerful government.
|
59.582 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Mar 01 1996 01:14 | 9 |
| So fire him.
Make sure he never teaches again.
And that's all.
Or next time it'll be your weird idea they'll come after.
/john
|
59.583 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Roger? | Fri Mar 01 1996 02:22 | 5 |
| And what weird idea would that be John? If the idea is about promoting
hate, then I hope they come after him.
And you're right, I will enjoy. You have your definition of freedom, we
have ours. We're different, but you knew that.
|
59.584 | We'll export hate all over the world... | BROKE::ABUGOV | | Fri Mar 01 1996 10:17 | 3 |
|
Yup, and after you fire him send him to the US. After all, the US
could use someone of his talents to help the trade imbalance...
|
59.585 | Just can't accept that we're different, EH? | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Fri Mar 01 1996 11:51 | 22 |
| COVERT::COVERT
>>Or next time it'll be your weird idea they'll come after
Holocaust denial is not a "wierd idea". It is disseminating
misinformation with the objective of deamonizing the identifyable
group in question.
If I had a wierd idea that Christians were the cause of all the worlds
problems, and started disseminating information to that effect, they
would "come after me". Since it is total BS, and harmful to the
community, they should come after me. To put it in simple terms.
My right to swing my verbal fist stops when it hits someone elses
nose if what I am saying is untrue.
If you fail to see that there is little else that can be said.
Remember, we are not asking you to give up denying the holocaust,
just Canadians. :)
Derek.
|
59.586 | Are they coming after those who deny that Christ rose from the dead? | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Mar 01 1996 12:32 | 7 |
| > If I had a wierd idea that Christians were the cause of all the worlds
> problems, and started disseminating information to that effect, they
> would "come after me".
I doubt it.
/john
|
59.587 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Roger? | Fri Mar 01 1996 13:27 | 4 |
| You're equating disbelief in Christ's resurrection with disbelief in
the Holocaust?
You're chain yanking.
|
59.588 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | Lord of the Turnip Truck | Fri Mar 01 1996 13:31 | 6 |
|
Get with it John!!!
Ridicule and hate are two different things!!
|
59.589 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Roger? | Fri Mar 01 1996 13:45 | 6 |
| Well, you can laugh all you want Andy. hahaha.
This law has been on the books for close to 15 years, and the only ones
being `persecuted' by this heinous, un-American, law are scum.
Works for me.
|
59.590 | EXIT stage left.... | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Fri Mar 01 1996 14:05 | 11 |
| COVERT::COVERT
>>I doubt it.
Another classic comeback. It has not been fun, but I thank you for the
opportunity to explain the reasoning behind the Canadian perspective.
You will excucse me if I don't continue to debate with you, as your
position is defensless. (as witnessed by your, to date, lame defense)
Derek.
|
59.591 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Sun Mar 03 1996 12:38 | 23 |
|
re: all
freedom isn't free. It comes at a great price. We in America must
live with hate-mongers, bigots, etc as part of that price. I believe
the censoring of the internet is as unconstitutional as censoring the
press, so I'm working to defeat that. Our fore-fathers left Europe due
to the BANNING of certain things, all banned in the name of the "common
good" (certain religions, etc). I don't want to go back to that because
it's "good for society".
re: licenses to fly, operate a radio, etc.
Anyone can go and get a license to fly (barring
physical/psychological problems) or operate a ham radio.
re: driving as fast as you want
You can drive as fast as you want, you'll just get a ticket. :)
jim
|
59.592 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Walloping Web Snappers! | Sun Mar 03 1996 16:42 | 9 |
| That's your definition of freedom.
Tell me, do Americans feel free to walk down the streets in any
neighbourhood they choose?
I remember the first time I felt afraid to be in a neighbourhood. It
was east Hollywood, and I was driving. Man, I pulled a U-ey on Sunset
and high tailed it west. I couldn't imagine walking there even packing
heat.
|
59.593 | Fear or freedom? | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Sun Mar 03 1996 17:47 | 18 |
|
> That's your definition of freedom.
Yes, you're correct that it is MY definition of freedom. We all
do what we feel is right, and I won't tread on your definition of
freedom if you don't ridicule mine.
> Tell me, do Americans feel free to walk down the streets in any
> neighbourhood they choose?
Fear and freedom are two different things. If you're asking if some
Americans are afraid to walk down certain streets at night, then the
answer is yes. However, the govt does not restrict their freedom to
walk down the street should they choose to do so. I would be afraid to
walk between a mother grizzly bear and her cubs.....is my freedom to
walk between them restricted?
jim
|
59.594 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Walloping Web Snappers! | Sun Mar 03 1996 18:32 | 21 |
| | Yes, you're correct that it is MY definition of freedom. We all
|do what we feel is right, and I won't tread on your definition of
|freedom if you don't ridicule mine.
Fear most definitely defines freedom, how _can_ you separate the two?
It makes no difference if a violent neighbourhood restricts your
actions or the threat of government reprisal. The fact remains, it's
fear that prevents you from freedom.
Jim, Canada's definition of freedom has most definitely been ridiculed
and tread upon in this file and you have most definitely ridiculed
it. If you hadn't there would not be a debate. Treading on definitions
of things is the very nature of debate.
I have always said that American ideals cannot be applied to Canada
because we are different. Yet, I find myself defending our way
constantly. When stats are discussed, my very education is brought into
the question.
So, I really wonder, what is it you're trying to say if treading on
definitions is not your aim?
|
59.595 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Sun Mar 03 1996 20:16 | 30 |
|
You and I very much disagree on the fear and freedom issue, so let me
address your last question.
> So, I really wonder, what is it you're trying to say if treading on
> definitions is not your aim?
I'm trying to say that I personally don't agree with way the
canadian govt is running the country. Other than that, not much really.
I don't like socialist systems of govt, you don't like the U.S. system
of govt. I suppose the two of us will never agree on what is the best
way to run a country (not that it would matter a hill of beans if we
did!).
> I have always said that American ideals cannot be applied to Canada
> because we are different. Yet, I find myself defending our way
> constantly.
And I have in turn found myself defending our way constantly. The
attacks come from both sides.
Perhaps we can simply agree to disagree? Joan! and I have had some
wonderful discussions, but it appears you and I do not have the same
ease of communicating. Such is life.....
jim
|
59.596 | | KAOA00::KITES::RICHARDSON | | Sun Mar 03 1996 22:23 | 3 |
| Well, we no doubt agree that the other is wrong. That's a start.
8^)
|
59.597 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Sun Mar 03 1996 22:33 | 5 |
|
agreed. :)
|
59.598 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Mon Mar 04 1996 12:55 | 6 |
|
[sniff!]
This is so touching, Americans and Canadians agreeing on at
least 1 thing.
|
59.599 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Fri Mar 29 1996 13:46 | 4 |
| I just something written by a Canadian looking for someone in
"Dearborne, Detroit." I guess there are Canadians who know as
little about U.S. geography as the typical American knows about
Canadian geography.
|
59.600 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Mr. Logo | Fri Mar 29 1996 13:58 | 1 |
| 600 snarf!!!
|
59.601 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | I am NOT a wind stealer! | Fri Mar 29 1996 14:51 | 1 |
| Isn't Dearborn a suburb of Detroit?
|
59.602 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Fri Mar 29 1996 14:52 | 1 |
| Yep, home of Ford and (one of?) the largest Arab populations in the U.S.
|
59.603 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | I am NOT a wind stealer! | Sat Mar 30 1996 19:51 | 7 |
| I was out with some guys from work last night and they were telling me
that there was some kind of riot at the KAO site yesterday! The rumour
goes as follows - employees in the manufacturing plant were told that
there was going to be massive layoffs on Monday and somebody got more
than a little irate and tossed some equipment which lead to a bunch of
other employees smashing PC's and stuff on the assembly line. Can
anyone confirm?
|
59.604 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Mr. Logo | Sat Mar 30 1996 23:48 | 3 |
|
Bonnie, is that the postal division?
|
59.605 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Sun Mar 31 1996 05:02 | 2 |
| I can confirm that Glenn wasn't there to encourage them.
|
59.606 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Mr. Logo | Sun Mar 31 1996 12:58 | 4 |
|
Jack, did he have all his personalities with him? Hildy could have
started all of that!
|
59.607 | | MOLAR::DELBALSO | I (spade) my (dogface) | Sun Mar 31 1996 13:09 | 2 |
| He appeared to be singularly present, Glen.
|
59.608 | | BIGQ::SILVA | Mr. Logo | Sun Mar 31 1996 16:39 | 3 |
|
Then I would have to say in an indirect way, Glenn caused the riots..... :-)
|
59.609 | | 26022::ROSCH | | Mon Apr 01 1996 16:19 | 5 |
| "The French Canadians" by Michel Gratten.
After reading this whiny book of imagined slights, discrimination etc.
I have even less understanding of Canada's unrest. Was the Church
really all that bad?
|
59.610 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Alrighty, bye bye then. | Mon Apr 01 1996 17:02 | 1 |
| Yep.
|
59.611 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Mon Apr 08 1996 19:39 | 10 |
| From a discussion on bringing vitamins as donations to Russian orphanages:
>Do you not have problems bringing large quantities of pills into Russia through
>customs? I've had problems in the past just bringing a bottle of vitamins into
>Canada in my suitcase.
My bags were not checked very thoroughly going over, but that could be due
to the agent seeing me kick 5 bags through the airport dripping in sweat. A
business trip to Canada is much more difficult as they're afraid you might
hum an American tune and destroy the local economy.
|
59.612 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | It is finished | Mon Apr 08 1996 20:09 | 8 |
|
>My bags were not checked very thoroughly going over, but that could be due
>to the agent seeing me kick 5 bags through the airport dripping in sweat. A
>business trip to Canada is much more difficult as they're afraid you might
>hum an American tune and destroy the local economy.
Or worse yet, bring presentation materials...
|
59.613 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | tumble to remove burrs | Mon Apr 08 1996 20:25 | 4 |
|
Interesting article in today's Boston Globe about the exodus of doctors
from Canada south to the USA...
|
59.614 | Brain drain - not a new phenomenon | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | I am NOT a wind stealer! | Mon Apr 08 1996 20:54 | 6 |
| We don't have the population base to support the number of Doctors, and
seems that none of them want to move to Tuktoyaktuk (pick your
favourite remote town) where they could easily find a job. 'Course
that, and the fact that they can make a lot more money down in the
States might have something to do with it. Come to Canada - get your
education cheap and then move to where you can make the big bucks.
|
59.615 | | SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI | tumble to remove burrs | Mon Apr 08 1996 20:56 | 8 |
|
re: .614
>Brain drain - not a new phenomenon
yes, but Chris, the article mentioned that it was becoming "alarming"
and of "crisis" proportions...
|
59.616 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Alrighty, bye bye then. | Mon Apr 08 1996 20:59 | 5 |
| Well, there are a lot of hospital closures happening and there is less
of a need for doctors vis a vis medicare.
Universality is the main reason why these doctors are going south.
Canada refuses to concede to having a two tiered system.
|
59.617 | Americans don't like our healthcare, but sure works for me. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Thu Apr 18 1996 20:01 | 12 |
| SOLVIT::KRAWIECKI
re: "crisis"
Would not be much of a "news" article if it said, "but this has been
going on for years and we just noticed".
Derek.
(who just lost his appendix to our health care system while people
in my office were being layed off. The only thing I did not have to
worry about was if I lost my job, what would happen if there were
complications)
|
59.618 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A one shake man | Mon Apr 22 1996 20:43 | 1 |
| Bumblebee Tuna!
|
59.619 | shades of "Beverly?" et al | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | Hudson chainsaw swingset massacre | Tue Apr 23 1996 11:15 | 3 |
| Oh, swell. Glenn's back to beating a joke that's not funny in the first
place into the ground as if it were the funniest thing ever uttered.
Try getting out more, willya?
|
59.620 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 12:50 | 3 |
|
"Beverly?" wasn't originally said as a joke.
|
59.621 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | Hudson chainsaw swingset massacre | Tue Apr 23 1996 12:58 | 2 |
| I'm sure that's somehow relevant to the point that Glenn has a habit of
saying the same thing umpteen million times as if it were funny...
|
59.622 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 13:02 | 5 |
|
just a point of interest. if i'm not mistaken, i don't
need to clear that sort of thing with you first. 8-p
|
59.623 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | Hudson chainsaw swingset massacre | Tue Apr 23 1996 13:38 | 1 |
| Oh, well in that case, how "interesting."
|
59.624 | 8-p 8-p | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 14:10 | 4 |
|
.623 i supposed i should really have checked to see how it
would register on your interest meter before posting it.
forgive me, will you?
|
59.625 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | Hudson chainsaw swingset massacre | Tue Apr 23 1996 14:34 | 1 |
| No, 'tis that should be seeking your forgiveness.
|
59.626 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A one shake man | Tue Apr 23 1996 15:46 | 6 |
| Funny how when I put in something a few times, it's a federal case,
while others can repeat with impunity.
I think Bumblebee Tuna is funny.
I am warped, I know.
|
59.627 | | EVMS::MORONEY | Montana: At least the cows are sane. | Tue Apr 23 1996 15:49 | 1 |
| But is it a rerun of "Snapper"?
|
59.628 | mommy! they're pickin' on me! | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | Hudson chainsaw swingset massacre | Tue Apr 23 1996 15:52 | 1 |
| Yeah, we're just singling you out for special treatment, that's it.
|
59.629 | | MKOTS3::JOLLIMORE | Always stop at the top | Tue Apr 23 1996 16:00 | 1 |
| Singling out the Richardsons! ho ho. I get it.
|
59.630 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A one shake man | Tue Apr 23 1996 16:22 | 1 |
| No, you're right, nobody singles me out here. Never.
|
59.631 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 16:50 | 5 |
|
hey, if you're gonna beat stupid jokes to death, or snarf constantly,
as the case may be, you gotta expect some flak. yep. it's yer own dang
fault.
|
59.632 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Tue Apr 23 1996 16:51 | 6 |
|
Wow....I love strong women. :)
|
59.633 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 16:56 | 4 |
|
.632 "soooooo much older" ;>
|
59.634 | | BSS::PROCTOR_R | Smarmy THIS!!! | Tue Apr 23 1996 16:57 | 3 |
| > Wow....I love strong women. :)
watch out for 'em. they can leave ya breathless.
|
59.635 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A one shake man | Tue Apr 23 1996 17:23 | 1 |
| I can take it. Really I can.
|
59.636 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | High Maintenance Honey | Tue Apr 23 1996 17:29 | 3 |
|
No, it's too perilous.
|
59.637 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Tue Apr 23 1996 17:30 | 7 |
|
re: so much older
I throw myself at your feet in abject humiliation. :)
|
59.638 | | ACISS2::LEECH | extremist | Tue Apr 23 1996 17:41 | 1 |
| ...and with impunity, no doubt.
|
59.639 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 17:42 | 2 |
|
.637 that's a good start.
|
59.640 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Tue Apr 23 1996 18:13 | 4 |
|
I'll let you get dangerously close to my neck.
|
59.641 | ;> | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 19:06 | 2 |
|
.640 all right, you're officially forgiven.
|
59.642 | | SUBPAC::SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Tue Apr 23 1996 19:46 | 4 |
|
praise gawd almighty!!
:)
|
59.643 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue Apr 23 1996 19:55 | 3 |
|
praise stetson too.
|
59.644 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A one shake man | Tue Apr 23 1996 20:01 | 1 |
| I've got a bad feeling about this.
|
59.645 | | ACISS2::LEECH | extremist | Tue Apr 23 1996 20:12 | 1 |
| Run, Luke, run!
|
59.646 | | CNTROL::JENNISON | Crown Him with many crowns | Tue Apr 23 1996 20:57 | 3 |
|
doc, you sound like you need a coffee break!
|
59.647 | --and I see this bright light | GENRAL::RALSTON | Only half of us are above average! | Fri Apr 26 1996 22:50 | 10 |
| I just read that it is no longer illegal in Quebec to sell fresh baked
bread baked on Sunday. And yes, it was illegal to sell freshly baked
bread on Sunday.
All I can say is, what is this world coming to when godless bakers are
legally permitted to sell their athiestic wares on the sabbath. We're
DOOMED I tell you DOOMED!?!?!?!? I was just talking to this guy about
this and he disappeared in front of my eyes!!! What can this mean????
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, {poof} :)
|
59.648 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed May 01 1996 14:22 | 13 |
| Subject: What would Quebec's new currency look like?
From: robohen@cs.cmu.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.history.what-if, alt.tasteless
I was in a humorous mood this morning (a very rare event) and got an idea
for a hypothetical Quebec currency, the Qranc, should Quebec separate:
1 qranc note - shows vacant Mirabel airport near Montreal
5 qranc note - shows polar bear thrashing a garbage can
10 qranc note - shows Pierre Trudeau grimacing against the cold
20 qranc note - shows Napoleon in Moscow, icicle hanging off his nose
50 qranc note - shows mob tearing down English sign
100 qranc note - shows illegal immigrants swarming toward US border
|
59.649 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | tragically unhip | Tue May 14 1996 14:02 | 15 |
| 'Good Morning America' is in Canada all this week. Yesterday Joan and
Charles were in Victoria, BC and others were at different remotes.
They plan to show a different city each day (but no plans for Toronto,
although there was a short segment on Queen Street West yesterday). I
found it quite interesting to see what the producers chose to include.
There was a good bit on the building of the Trans-Canada railway. Also
showed interviews of Canadians vs Americans that proved we know a lot
more about your country (things like who the president is, how many
states you have) than you do about ours (nobody knew who the Prime
Minister is - even Charles, and although most knew we had provinces,
nobody knew how many). Sarah McLaughlin (I'm having a brain cramp -
can't remember if that's how you spell her name or not) sang "I Will
Remember You" in the beautiful Empire Hotel. I think today's show was
supposed to be in Calgary - probably get lots of info on The Stampede.
I plan to tape the rest of the week.
|
59.650 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Tue May 14 1996 14:03 | 2 |
|
.649 McLachlan, je crois.
|
59.651 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Tue May 14 1996 14:12 | 6 |
| |Also showed interviews of Canadians vs Americans that proved we know a
|lot more about your country(things like who the president is, how many
|states you have) than you do about ours.
This could even be said about Canadians knowing more about the U.S.
than a lot of Americans.
|
59.652 | good thing you don't have a star flag | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Welcome to Paradise | Tue May 14 1996 14:20 | 10 |
|
Well, your provinces are confusing. Lessee, Nova Scotia, Prince
Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland (includes Labrador ?),
Quebec (if you still got 'em), Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, (not) British Columbia, Yukon (or is it ?), and the
(not) Northwest Territories (not a province ?). So I make it
ten or eleven or twelve or thirteen. And what is Ottawa ? Is
separate like DC, or Canberra in Oz ?
bb
|
59.653 | Yukon is a Territory, not a Province | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue May 14 1996 14:23 | 3 |
| Ottawa, though the National Capital, is otherwise just a city in Ontario.
/john
|
59.654 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Tue May 14 1996 14:23 | 4 |
| <--- Very good!
Ottawa is part of Ontario. Though it's in the National Capital Region,
it is not a federal district like DC.
|
59.655 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Tue May 14 1996 14:25 | 4 |
| And that "National Capital Region" business is just to make the Quebecers
feel like Hull (across the river from Ottawa) is part of the capital, too.
/john
|
59.656 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Tue May 14 1996 14:27 | 1 |
| Considering that they all work for the feds, they oughta.
|
59.657 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | tragically unhip | Tue May 14 1996 14:44 | 4 |
| Bill - you did really well! There are 10 provinces and two territories
and Ottawa is the National Capital, found in the province of Ontario.
(Toronto is the provincial capital). Now for bonus points - who is our
Prime Minister? 8*)
|
59.658 | i know it's a french liberal | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Welcome to Paradise | Tue May 14 1996 15:15 | 8 |
|
Is it Chretian (sp ?) ? You tossed Mulroney. During the Q.
referendum, our news kept doing split screen coverage of two
French guys leading either side, maybe Bouchard and Chretien ?
I think I flunked !
bb
|
59.659 | | USAT05::HALLR | God loves even you! | Tue May 14 1996 15:31 | 1 |
| i remember a guy named trudeau ,
|
59.660 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | tragically unhip | Tue May 14 1996 15:39 | 3 |
| <--- he must have really left an impression, because during the
interview segment of the show, his was the only name people could
remember.
|
59.661 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Tue May 14 1996 15:44 | 4 |
| He is remembered internationally.
Say what you want, but Trudeau did more for Canada's international
image that any other Prime Minister.
|
59.662 | | USAT05::HALLR | God loves even you! | Tue May 14 1996 16:30 | 1 |
| 'specially his wif, or ex-wif! :-)
|
59.663 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | tragically unhip | Wed May 15 1996 03:47 | 8 |
| This mornings 'GMA' was set in Jasper, Alberta. I simply MUST get to
that part of the country while I'm still young enough to do some
hiking. A dream of mine would be to take a train from Vancouver
through the Canadian Rockies and end up at the Banff Springs Hotel.
Joan and Charlie had a short canoe trip in Jasper National Park and the
water was crystal clear. The musical guest was Jann Arden, singing
"Could I be Your Girl?" Tomorrow's show will take place from Ottawa -
special guest will be Peter Jennings (who was born and raised there).
|
59.664 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed May 15 1996 04:07 | 8 |
| The only way to end up at Banff Springs by train is on a private
train. See, for example, http://www.midcoast.com/~caritas/
(No trips to Banff this year, but the spiral tunnel is planned soon.)
The Canadian operates from Vancouver to Toronto, but by way of Jasper,
not Banff.
/john
|
59.665 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed May 15 1996 04:14 | 5 |
| Ah. Here's someone operating regularly scheduled rail trips to Banff:
http://www.fleethouse.com/fhcanada/western/bc/van/attract/rocky/rm-t14.htm
/john
|
59.666 | Been there, wish I had the money to do that. | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Wed May 15 1996 16:54 | 4 |
| If it were my money, I would spend it at Chateau Lake Louise. It's
less than a hour west of Banff, and the view is far better (IMO).
Derek
|
59.667 | | BSS::SMITH_S | | Wed May 15 1996 21:27 | 2 |
| Ya missed a 666 snarf.
-ss
|
59.668 | | EVMS::MORONEY | your innocence is no defense | Wed May 15 1996 21:55 | 1 |
| Derek probably just doesn't want "Duh!" stamped on his forehead.
|
59.669 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Wed May 15 1996 21:58 | 3 |
| again, you mean.
8^)
|
59.670 | never got a straight answer... | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Welcome to Paradise | Thu May 16 1996 12:48 | 4 |
|
So who is the prime leaf ?
bb
|
59.671 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | exterminator | Thu May 16 1996 12:51 | 1 |
59.672 | | KAOFS::D_STREET | | Thu May 16 1996 13:04 | 13 |
| A private message to Mr. Richardson:
^
/ \
| |
| |
^| |^ ^
| | | | |
| |
( |
\ /
:*) <-- (I put that in, so it is no longer an insult Right? ;*))
|
59.673 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Thu May 16 1996 14:41 | 3 |
| hee hee hee.
8^)
|
59.674 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I'm here but I'm really gone | Thu May 16 1996 14:42 | 1 |
| Oh, and it is Jean Cretin.
|
59.675 | always happy to pass along points of pride | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | feelin' diggity dank!' | Wed May 22 1996 13:27 | 3 |
| The International Travellers Association had a survey that has named
Canadian toilet paper #1 in the world, with Russia, China and Romania
bringing up the rear (so to speak).
|
59.676 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Belgian Burgers | Wed May 22 1996 13:29 | 4 |
|
I wonder what the limit is on importing toilet paper at the
Vermont/Quebec border.
|
59.677 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed May 22 1996 14:15 | 2 |
| I'm proud to say that I've used Romanian toilet paper {beam}. It's roughly
equivalent to 200 grit sandpaper.
|
59.678 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Belgian Burgers | Wed May 22 1996 14:22 | 4 |
|
I brought back some toilet paper from the USSR because I swear nobody
would have believed me if I had just described it to them.
|
59.679 | | ACISS1::BATTIS | Chicago Bulls-1996 world champs | Tue Jun 04 1996 13:02 | 2 |
|
<----- was it red?
|
59.680 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | Little Chamber of Froggie Horrors | Tue Jun 04 1996 14:13 | 3 |
|
Um, er.
|
59.681 | not enough zeroes... | EVMS::MORONEY | your innocence is no defense | Tue Jun 04 1996 15:45 | 3 |
| Somewhere in Wacky News Briefs is mention of Ukraine making t.p. out of
recycled paper money. Inflation is so bad there the money devalued to
worthlessness in those denominations.
|
59.682 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Tue Jun 04 1996 15:56 | 1 |
| Several years ago I read in the WSJ that Bolivia's biggest import was currency.
|
59.683 | choices, choices... | BSS::PROCTOR_R | Little Chamber Froggie | Tue Jun 04 1996 18:11 | 10 |
| > ACISS1::BATTIS
> <----- was it red?
a) if you spank it hard enough.
b) if you make it made enough.
c) very widely, right behind the Pravda.
pick one of the above.
|
59.684 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | sweet & juicy on the inside | Thu Aug 22 1996 13:30 | 27 |
59.686 | And lose the ">" garbage down the left, too | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Aug 22 1996 14:23 | 9 |
59.687 | | CSLALL::HENDERSON | Every knee shall bow | Thu Aug 22 1996 14:40 | 3 |
59.685 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | So far away from me | Thu Aug 22 1996 14:40 | 130 |
59.688 | Well, most of it. He left an =AE and and =A9 in there. | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Aug 22 1996 14:42 | 1 |
59.689 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | So far away from me | Thu Aug 22 1996 14:44 | 2 |
59.690 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Thu Aug 22 1996 14:49 | 1 |
59.691 | Those wacky Canadians | EVMS::MORONEY | YOU! Out of the gene pool! | Thu Aug 22 1996 17:00 | 16 |
59.692 | | LANDO::OLIVER_B | prickly on the outside | Thu Aug 22 1996 17:03 | 1 |
59.693 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | So far away from me | Thu Aug 22 1996 17:05 | 1 |
59.694 | | LANDO::OLIVER_B | prickly on the outside | Thu Aug 22 1996 17:11 | 3 |
59.695 | | SMURF::WALTERS | | Thu Aug 22 1996 17:15 | 1 |
59.696 | Come visit 32-bit territory | DECWIN::RALTO | Jail to the Chief | Thu Aug 22 1996 18:26 | 5 |
59.697 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 03:58 | 125 |
59.698 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 04:10 | 12 |
59.699 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 04:12 | 157 |
59.700 | beauty, Canadian style | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Champagne Supernova | Thu Oct 24 1996 13:08 | 6 |
59.701 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Thu Oct 24 1996 13:25 | 3 |
59.702 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu Oct 24 1996 13:35 | 3 |
59.703 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:01 | 5 |
59.704 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:14 | 7 |
59.705 | And now we have an unusual novelty act... | TLE::RALTO | Bridge to the 21st Indictment | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:15 | 9 |
59.706 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:15 | 8 |
59.707 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:22 | 8 |
59.708 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:24 | 5 |
59.709 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:27 | 1 |
59.710 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | sweet & juicy on the inside | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:29 | 4 |
59.711 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:34 | 1 |
59.712 | | PENUTS::DDESMAISONS | person B | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:35 | 3 |
59.713 | Renette Cruz | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:44 | 7 |
59.714 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:48 | 9 |
59.715 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:51 | 1 |
59.716 | Reading what she writes is somewhat of a put-off, ima. | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:55 | 3 |
59.717 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:57 | 1 |
59.718 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 14:59 | 3 |
59.719 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | when feigned disinterest becomes real | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:03 | 4 |
59.720 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:04 | 1 |
59.721 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | when feigned disinterest becomes real | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:16 | 1 |
59.722 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | when feigned disinterest becomes real | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:44 | 1 |
59.723 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:50 | 4 |
59.724 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:51 | 3 |
59.725 | Also didn't have such airheaded answers to questions as Canada | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:52 | 3 |
59.726 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | I made this! | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:53 | 1 |
59.727 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 24 1996 15:54 | 1 |
59.728 | | BULEAN::BANKS | America is Ferenginor | Fri Oct 25 1996 16:55 | 6 |
59.729 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | ad hominems R us | Fri Oct 25 1996 17:40 | 1 |
59.730 | | BULEAN::BANKS | America is Ferenginor | Fri Oct 25 1996 17:43 | 1 |
59.731 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Wed Oct 30 1996 22:27 | 7 |
59.732 | | POWDML::HANGGELI | sweet & juicy on the inside | Thu Oct 31 1996 02:45 | 5 |
59.733 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Oct 31 1996 05:10 | 9 |
59.734 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu Oct 31 1996 12:39 | 2 |
59.735 | {boggle} | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Champagne Supernova | Thu Oct 31 1996 13:04 | 4 |
59.736 | | BUSY::SLAB | Subtract LAB, add TUD, invert nothing | Thu Oct 31 1996 13:06 | 4 |
59.737 | | FABSIX::J_SADIN | Freedom isn't free. | Sun Nov 03 1996 12:31 | 5 |
59.738 | | TROOA::TEMPLETON | Out at home | Mon Nov 04 1996 15:48 | 9 |
59.739 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Mon Nov 04 1996 15:55 | 3 |
59.740 | whither, indeed | GAAS::BRAUCHER | Champagne Supernova | Fri Nov 15 1996 20:28 | 6 |
59.741 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Sun Nov 17 1996 23:52 | 2 |
59.742 | | GOJIRA::JESSOP | | Mon Nov 18 1996 15:19 | 4 |
59.743 | | BUSY::SLAB | Whaddapairahogans! | Mon Nov 18 1996 15:22 | 6 |
59.744 | | GOJIRA::JESSOP | | Mon Nov 18 1996 16:58 | 1 |
59.745 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Thu Nov 28 1996 01:01 | 111 |
59.746 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Patented Problem Generator | Thu Nov 28 1996 12:38 | 2 |
59.747 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Dec 27 1996 16:59 | 614 |
59.748 | | BUSY::SLAB | Consume feces and expire | Fri Dec 27 1996 17:03 | 3 |
59.749 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Fri Dec 27 1996 17:04 | 1 |
59.750 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Orthogonality is your friend | Fri Dec 27 1996 17:17 | 2 |
59.751 | | BUSY::SLAB | Cracker | Fri Dec 27 1996 17:19 | 3 |
59.752 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Sat Dec 28 1996 15:38 | 112 |
59.753 | | WAHOO::LEVESQUE | Spott Itj | Mon Dec 30 1996 11:34 | 1 |
59.754 | June 2nd - Canadians go to the poll | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | girls just wanna have fudge | Mon Apr 28 1997 16:24 | 59 |
| Early election prevents Chretien's political life from getting worse
OTTAWA (CP) -- With an election call today Prime Minister Jean Chretien's
majority government would be the first in four decades to call a vote in
less than four years.
But why go so early?
Some say Chretien's political life is more likely to get worse than better,
so this is a good time to call an election. Aside from coming dangerously
close to losing the 1995 Quebec referendum, the prime minister has had
few bad experiences that have stuck with his government since the last
election in October 1993.
The economy has remained strong despite aggravatingly high numbers of
unemployed Canadians. But the lowest interest rates in decades have now
started to rise and some say the jobless numbers could follow suit.
Canadians have never felt better about the Liberals, suggest polls that
indicate their approval rating at the same level as when they elected 174 of
295 MPs in 1993.
But those same polls are starting to suggest the opposition parties are
gathering strength in the regions while a Parti Quebecois election in a 1998
Quebec election would bring the risk of another referendum.
"You wait (to call an election) to do better or you go early to do better.
There's no real mystery there," says David Elkins, a political scientist at
the University of British Columbia. "I would think that (Chretien) is
going to run on the record: they've got the deficit under control, the
economy's in pretty good position ... so don't rock the boat."
That was the indication Chretien gave in speeches in Toronto and
Fredericton on Friday.
"We have solved many problems and we have done it our way," Chretien told
about 2,000 Liberal supporters in Fredericton.
But with no outstanding reason for calling Canadians to the polls more than
a year before an election must be held, some say the prime minister runs the
risk of alienating voters.
"My guess is that (Chretien) is going to try to just go on 'don't worry, be
happy, the status quo is going pretty good so re-elect me,'" says Reform
MP Chuck Strahl. "But I don't suppose that's going to be enough to
campaign on. I think he's going to have to come up with something new as
well as defend his past record ... there is some danger in that."
Doomsayers point to former Ontario Liberal premier David Peterson who
called a vote with his party in the middle of its mandate and high in the
polls. The Liberals lost in a landslide victory for Bob Rae's New Democrats.
Elkins doubts that danger is present now. "Some people will be annoyed that
he's going early but I don't imagine that will determine how they vote. Out
of the millions who are voting there can't be very many people whose votes
will be swayed."
|
59.755 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Thu May 08 1997 22:15 | 222 |
59.756 | shocked | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Thu May 08 1997 22:17 | 95 |
59.757 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | got any spare change? | Fri May 09 1997 01:36 | 4 |
| Parizeau denies he had any such plan.
Hmmmm.
|
59.758 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Fri May 09 1997 18:55 | 112 |
59.759 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Goose Cooker | Tue May 13 1997 11:58 | 5 |
| After a point, one wonders why the rest of the union doesn't just
preemptively toss Quebec out on its francophonic ear.
Actually, I think I understand why they don't, but it's got to be tempting
once in a while.
|
59.760 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | got any spare change? | Tue May 13 1997 15:12 | 4 |
| Both anglophones and francophones are tired of this whole thing.
I predict that the sovereigntists will be dealt a very bad blow on June
2nd.
|
59.761 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue May 13 1997 18:02 | 15 |
| > I predict that the sovereigntists will be dealt a very bad blow on June
> 2nd.
I hope you're right. I suspect Parizeau has dispelled some illusions
in Quebec. If people there realize how close to the brink their
constitutional brinkmanship actually took us all, they may be willing to
adopt a more moderate approach.
But even if the Bloc loses seats in Ottawa, Bouchard, Landry et al
remain in power in Quebec, and as far as I know they still intend to
hold another referendum if they can win another provincial general
election.
-Stephen
|
59.762 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed May 21 1997 13:02 | 34 |
| FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ON TRIAL IN CANADA
Doug Collins is a self-proclaimed "politically incorrect" political columnist
in Vancouver who takes pride in expressing outrageous opinions.
Of of his favorite topics is his claim that Hitler killed far fewer than six
million Jews.
The Canadian Jewish Congress has filed charges against him under British
Columbia's human rights law. Spokesman Bernie Farber says that Canadian law
does not grant complete freedom of speech, and newspaper writers are as
responsible for their speech and writing as any other Canadian citizen.
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association counters that it is appropriate
to publicly censure people who make the kind of remarks he does, but not
to legally prosecute them.
The Managing Editor of Vancouver's North Shore News, the 60,000-circulation
paper that carries Collins' columns, says that the provincial government
has long been irritated by the columns and recently amended its human
rights code to specifically open the opportunity to silence Collins.
The complaint will be heard by a one-person government appointed tribunal,
which must decide, with no precedents in common law for building a defense
against the presumption of guilt, whether the hate crimes law was violated
by Collins' March 9, 1994 column, titled "Hollywood Propaganda" in which
Collins refers to the movie "Schindler's List" as "Swindler's List" and
claims that such movies have so brainwashed the public about the Holocaust
that "Dr. Goebbels himself couldn't have done any better."
Gerald Porter, executive secretary of the British Columbia Press Council, says
this case represents political correctness run amok.
/john
|
59.763 | | RUSURE::EDP | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed May 21 1997 13:15 | 13 |
| Re .762:
> ... will be heard by a one-person government-appointed tribunal,
^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^
Does the judge refer to himself as "me, myself, and I"?
-- edp
Public key fingerprint: 8e ad 63 61 ba 0c 26 86 32 0a 7d 28 db e7 6f 75
To find PGP, read note 2688.4 in Humane::IBMPC_Shareware.
|
59.764 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Conformity is freedom | Wed May 21 1997 13:47 | 1 |
| Good, I hope he loses.
|
59.765 | re .-2 edp | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed May 21 1997 13:49 | 5 |
|
That better have been a pun, else you're already losing points in
next week's "Brain of Nashua" contest. "Tribunal" comes from
"Tribe", not "three".
|
59.766 | | RUSURE::EDP | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed May 21 1997 13:53 | 8 |
| Uh oh. I bet a Macintosh would have known that.
-- edp
Public key fingerprint: 8e ad 63 61 ba 0c 26 86 32 0a 7d 28 db e7 6f 75
To find PGP, read note 2688.4 in Humane::IBMPC_Shareware.
|
59.767 | | COVERT::COVERT | John R. Covert | Wed May 21 1997 13:54 | 4 |
|
It did. Before posting my reply, I made sure it was right
using MW Collegiate Dictionary for Macintosh.
|
59.768 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Goose Cooker | Wed May 21 1997 13:56 | 3 |
| Oooh! Let me be first.
The MWCDfM is crap?
|
59.769 | | RUSURE::EDP | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed May 21 1997 13:57 | 11 |
| Re .767:
And the MW Collegiate Dictionary comes with the Macintosh. It's built
into the network connector.
-- edp
Public key fingerprint: 8e ad 63 61 ba 0c 26 86 32 0a 7d 28 db e7 6f 75
To find PGP, read note 2688.4 in Humane::IBMPC_Shareware.
|
59.770 | | RUSURE::EDP | Always mount a scratch monkey. | Wed May 21 1997 13:58 | 11 |
| Re .768:
Jerk. Merriam-Webster is an excellent dictionary. American Heritage
is crap.
-- edp
Public key fingerprint: 8e ad 63 61 ba 0c 26 86 32 0a 7d 28 db e7 6f 75
To find PGP, read note 2688.4 in Humane::IBMPC_Shareware.
|
59.771 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Goose Cooker | Wed May 21 1997 14:01 | 3 |
| Oooh! Name calling!
It's getting fun in here!
|
59.772 | | SALLIE::DDESMAISONS | Are you married or happy? | Wed May 21 1997 14:09 | 9 |
|
> <<< Note 59.765 by COVERT::COVERT "John R. Covert" >>>
> "Tribunal" comes from "Tribe", not "three".
But then again, "tribe" comes from "three".
|
59.773 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | Conformity is freedom | Wed May 21 1997 14:10 | 1 |
| is that what the crap AHD says?
|
59.774 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Goose Cooker | Wed May 21 1997 14:11 | 1 |
| I assume it's what the Jerk Merriam Webster says.
|
59.775 | | SALLIE::DDESMAISONS | Are you married or happy? | Wed May 21 1997 14:13 | 4 |
|
it's what Chambers says.
|
59.776 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed May 21 1997 14:35 | 1 |
| Merriam Chambers? The porn star?
|
59.777 | | SALEM::DODA | Just you wait... | Wed May 21 1997 14:36 | 1 |
| Marilyn.
|
59.778 | | LJSRV1::16.125.192.74::mzdebra | We'llMeetYouThere! | Wed May 21 1997 14:37 | 3 |
|
Whoosh-boy strikes again.
|
59.779 | | SALEM::DODA | Just you wait... | Wed May 21 1997 14:40 | 1 |
| <sits up proudly>
|
59.780 | | MRPTH1::16.34.80.132::slab | labounty@mail.dec.com | Wed May 21 1997 14:47 | 4 |
|
That was probably yet another in the series of "trolling tactics"
used to ferret out fans of porno movies.
|
59.781 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | got a rubber pencil thing happenin | Tue May 27 1997 14:52 | 6 |
| less than a week until the Federal election - can you stand the
excitement?! I can't believe what a non-event this feels like. I
think I'm going to vote for a guy with the first name D'Arcy. I
have never heard the name and thought it was unusual and then I was
reading the paper yesterday and one of the female columnists has the
same first name. Strange coincidence.
|
59.782 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Goose Cooker | Tue May 27 1997 15:45 | 2 |
| A guy named Darcy sold me my previous car (and bought my own volvo (I
got the better end of the deal)). Does that help?
|
59.783 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Sat May 31 1997 20:38 | 4 |
| Congratualtions PEI! I watched the opening ceremonies. It sure is an
impressive bridge. Wow, we actually built it.
http://www.peinet.pe.ca/SCI/
|
59.784 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Sun Jun 01 1997 22:06 | 1 |
| That Donovan Bailey sure can run like a bastard.
|
59.785 | | WMOIS::GIROUARD_C | | Mon Jun 02 1997 10:39 | 3 |
| -1 would that mean Johnson sure does run like a legitimate?
|
59.786 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | got a rubber pencil thing happenin | Mon Jun 02 1997 15:10 | 24 |
| Big day in Canadian politics.... I'm sure Chretien will remain as the
PM but I don't think the Liberals will have the luxury of the majority
government they had on the last go.
I predict:
that the Bloc will lose a lot of seats (probably most will go
back to the Liberals)
Ontario will likely be a fairly even split between Liberals/PC/Reform
with Reform and PC picking up a lot more seats (hell, the PC party
can't do any worse than the 2 seats they kept last time)
The West will go mostly Reform
NDP will be a dead duck with the possible except of Saskatchewan. Too
bad - I like Alexa McDonough but it would be a wasted vote.
I think the final result will be the Liberals back in power and the
Reform will be the official opposition... scary thought to have Preston
Manning in that position.
There is a good election web site at
http://www.canoe.ca/FedElection/home.html if anyone is interested
|
59.787 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Mon Jun 02 1997 15:20 | 2 |
| The Liberals will still have a majority, based on your analysis of them
taking away seat from the Bloc.
|
59.788 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | got a rubber pencil thing happenin | Mon Jun 02 1997 15:27 | 3 |
| I think it will be really close. Yes, I expect them to pick up seats
in Quebec but I also think they are going to lose ridings that they won
in the other provinces the last time around.
|
59.789 | what's it all about ? | 30513::BRAUCHER | And nothing else matters | Mon Jun 02 1997 16:26 | 11 |
|
Alas, count me amongst the 99.71% of the US who is utterly clueless
as to what political offices Canada has, who holds them, what political
parties are there and what they claim to be for or against, what their
current level of strength is and how they are likely to change in this
election, and what the differences between the provinces is politically.
My ignorance is not all my fault - the US media does a pathetic job
of foreign reporting, imo.
bb
|
59.790 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | got a rubber pencil thing happenin | Mon Jun 02 1997 16:37 | 1 |
| go to the web page listed at .786. It give a pretty good overview.
|
59.791 | canadianities... | GAAS::BRAUCHER | And nothing else matters | Mon Jun 02 1997 18:09 | 19 |
|
My goodness, you're right. That FedElection website is replete with
the maunderings of various Canadian politicos.
So you've got 5 parties - Liberals, Democrats, Reformers, Conservatives,
ans Separatists. The liberals have 170+ out of 300 seats or so in your
parliament. They called the election, and they'll still be in power after
it's over.
What's most interesting however, to a foreigner, is reading the speeches
of the leaders of these parties. Apparently, the Conservative and Reform
leaders are competing for similar voters, and spend time arguing with
each other, and ditto the Democrats and Liberals, although there the
Liberals always win. And the Separatists aren't like anybody, so they
argue with themselves ?
It is a bit, er, ...should I say, arcane ?
bb
|
59.792 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Mon Jun 02 1997 18:11 | 1 |
| why arcane?
|
59.793 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | got a rubber pencil thing happenin | Mon Jun 02 1997 19:53 | 14 |
| I agree with your statement about the Reforms and the Conservatives.
It's too bad because this will probably split the vote in a lot of
ridings. In fact, in my riding (Scarborough East), the Reform
candidate sent out literature last week to say that he was supporting
the PC candidate and hoped that other Reform backers would do the same.
Seems like it was the only way to keep a Liberal from taking the seat.
We shall see if it works...
I don't know that I would agree with your assessment on the Liberals
and NDP being similar. For example, the NDP is much more concerned with the
unemployment issue.
Web sites aren't allowed to post any findings until after the last poll
closes (which I think is at 9:30pm EST)
|
59.794 | more on parties | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Mon Jun 02 1997 20:10 | 17 |
| Liberals are a Centre/left party with lots of business credibility and
support, NDP unabashedly Left. Progressive Conservatives (so-called
since the old Conservative party made a bid for supporters of the
remnants of the western populist Progressives 50 or 60 years ago) have
traditionally been a Centre/right party that ruled on the rare
occasions that the Liberals lost power. Reform is a party of the
Right, led by Preston Manning, son of Ernest Manning who succeeded
"Bible Bill" Aberhart as Social Credit Premier of Alberta, long ago.
Preston has built Reform from a small movement of alienated right-wing
westerners into a major force, aided by Brian Mulroney's amazing
unpopularity, which led to the PCs being nearly wiped out pf Parliament
in the last election. Preston and PC leader Jean Charest, Mulroney's
heir, are indeed fighting over the Right vote. Personally, I don't
have much use for either, but I detest Manning and am woried that he
may do well today.
-Stephen
|
59.795 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Mon Jun 02 1997 21:11 | 1 |
| even so, why does this all seem arcane?
|
59.796 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 03:21 | 5 |
| Well, I was right. A Liberal majority government, although a slim one.
Reform is now the official opposition.
Refooooooooooorm! i just love that woooord!
|
59.797 | whazzat ? | GAAS::BRAUCHER | And nothing else matters | Tue Jun 03 1997 13:04 | 5 |
|
Well, speaking of "arcane", what is this bit about the second-place
party being the "official opposition" ?
bb
|
59.798 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 13:12 | 2 |
| Have you never heard of the parliamentary system before? I believe the
congressional system predates it.
|
59.799 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Jun 03 1997 13:26 | 9 |
| Official Opposition.
The party or coalition of parties holding the second largest number of seats in
the House of Commons. It presents itself as an alternative to the Government of
the day and is accorded certain financial and procedural advantages over other
parties in opposition.
(This and other arcana discussed at
http://www.parl.gc.ca/english/eedu.html)
|
59.800 | | BULEAN::BANKS | Goose Cooker | Tue Jun 03 1997 13:29 | 1 |
| Canada's really kewl.
|
59.801 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 13:31 | 39 |
| National Standings
------------------
Liberal 155 38.33%
Reform 60 19.39%
BQ 44 10.68%
NDP 21 11.06%
PC 20 18.86%
OTH 1 1.69%
My analysis:
The Liberals lost 20 seats in Atlantic Canada, the NDP did very well in
Atlantic Canada and so did the PC party. But the NDP was the upset
there. Now the PC caucus is an Atlantic one. First time that's ever
happened. Very weird as the Atlantic provinces don't like conservative
policies.
Quebec, well, the PC party did better and took away BQ votes allowing
the Liberals to pick up a few seats. The BQ lost 8, I believe and
status as official opposition party. The separatist cause in Quebec has
lost a lot of momentum.
Ontario, rock solid Liberal. To me, this was the big surprise. Reform
made no gains in Ontario and lost votes. This has to be a big blow to
Reform.
The western provinces, Reform did better than last time, particularly
in British Columbia.
My over all feeling is, the NDP is the party that did the best as they
showed that the left is still alive and well in Canada. Everybody else
lost.
The right vote is split down the middle in Canada between Reform and
PC.
This is going to be a regionally motivated house of commons. It will be
a very interesting 5 years.
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59.802 | | ALPHAZ::HARNEY | John A Harney | Tue Jun 03 1997 13:32 | 9 |
| re: .797 (bb)
> Well, speaking of "arcane", what is this bit about the second-place
> party being the "official opposition" ?
Oh, yes, it's so _radically_ different from our "Majority"/"Minority"
labels. I'm surprised anybody can figure it out.
\john
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59.803 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Jun 03 1997 14:25 | 24 |
| NDP really broke through in Atlantic Canada, which has traditionally
actually been pretty conservative. Among others they won Alexa
McDonough's Halifax seat and 2 New Brunswick Acadian ridings: that of
Doug Young, high profile budget-slashing cabinet minister, and the one
being contested by Dominic Leblanc, son of Governor General Romeo
Leblanc, who held it for ages and dispensed patronage pretty freel, by
some accounts. This was the seat Chretien held for a time on his
return to the Commons a few years back.
I was pleased that Reform didn't break through in Ontario, though they
seem to have finished 2nd in a lot of seats. They seem to have taken
over from the PCs in Alberta and BC, however. The Bloc lost some seats
but still dominated francophone Quebec, in spite of a very bad campaign
by their new leader and the publicity given to Parizeau's bad faith
(re: the referendum) at the campaign's outset.
So the Liberals are somewhat weakened, the other traditional national
parties (PC and NDP) made limited comebacks, and the radical regional
parties (Bloc and Reform) remain strong. There will be a provincial
election in Quebec in the next year or 2, which will be followed by
another referendum on "sovereignty" if the separatists win as expected.
Manning, as Leader of the Opposition, will get lots of publicity as a
unilingual anglophone westerner pushing a hard line on Quebec. IT will
be interesting to watch what goes on in Parliament.
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59.804 | | TROOA::BUTKOVICH | got a rubber pencil thing happenin | Tue Jun 03 1997 15:56 | 54 |
| I would have to agree with most of Glenn's assessment. NDP was the
definite winner here. I was really surprised that Ontario didn't pick
up a few more PC or Reform seats. I was watching the results closely and
even though the votes were split in most ridings, there still weren't
enough when added together to win the seat away from the Liberal.
Couple more interesting results:
Of the 2 seats in Ontario that were not Liberal, one went to John
Nunziata, who ran as an Independent. He was turfed out of the Liberal
government by Chretien after he voted against the Liberal budget to
protest the fact that the Liberals had broken their promise to abolish
the GST. I expect he will be quite a loud voice in Parliament and
hopefully will represent the non-Liberals of Ontario (there are quite a
few, although it's not reflected in the results)
The Liberals have such a small minority that they had better all turn
up any time there is a vote in the House.
The Bloc Leader (Gilles Duceppe) is already predicting that Quebec will
leave Canada by Jan 1,2000.
Health Minister David Dingwall and Defence Minister Doug Young were
both surprisingly (IMO) defeated by the NDP.
Only 67% voter turnout - down from 69.9% in '93 and below the average
for the last 12 Federal elections (75%).
There are now 5 official parties in the House (to be official, a party
must have 12 seats) which will make Question Period interesting. The
divisions are so regional that it's going to be hard to agree on any
national issue that has to be decided. Here are the provincial
results:
Lib Reform PC NDP Bloc Other Total Seats
BC 6 25 0 3 0 0 34
AB 2 24 0 0 0 0 26
SK 1 9 0 4 0 0 14
MB 6 3 1 4 0 0 14
ON 101 0 1 0 0 1 103
PQ 25 0 5 0 45 0 75
NB 3 0 5 2 0 0 10
NS 0 0 6 5 0 0 11
PEI 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
NF 4 0 3 0 0 0 7
YUKON 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
NWT 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 154 60 20 21 45 1 301
(I know there is something wrong in the PC/Reform columns but I can't
-there should be one less PC and one more Reform in the provinces but I
don't know where the mistake is)
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59.805 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:12 | 3 |
| Interesting to see the provincial spread. The provinces that rely
heavily on the fishery and agriculture are the only provinces that
elected NPD candidates.
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59.806 | | LANDO::OLIVER_B | looking for deep meaning | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:16 | 3 |
|
did your model friend do that?
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59.807 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:21 | 8 |
|
eh?
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59.808 | | BRAT::16.124.24.174::mzdebra | We'llMeetYouThere! | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:23 | 3 |
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<snicker>
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59.809 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:31 | 2 |
| oh! you're insinuating that my model friend spread his legs! Well, he's
not that kind of guy, really.
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59.810 | | LANDO::OLIVER_B | looking for deep meaning | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:42 | 3 |
|
i was joking.
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59.811 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:44 | 1 |
| so was I. He's a she. ;)
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59.812 | | BRAT::16.124.24.174::mzdebra | We'llMeetYouThere! | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:45 | 3 |
|
Doin' the Provincial Spread.
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59.813 | | LANDO::OLIVER_B | looking for deep meaning | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:47 | 3 |
|
as opposed to the Urban Spread.
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59.814 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 18:50 | 1 |
| as opposed to the bed spread.
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59.815 | fisheries etc | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Jun 03 1997 19:08 | 19 |
| > <<< Note 59.805 by POLAR::RICHARDSON "A desirable weirdo" >>>
> Interesting to see the provincial spread. The provinces that rely
> heavily on the fishery and agriculture are the only provinces that
> elected NPD candidates.
NDP did win some urban seats in these provinces. True, it didn't win
any in industrial Ontario.
One of the recent actions by the government that really annoyed me was
their re-openig of the Nfld northern cod fishery, admittedly with a
pretty small quota. But it seems to have worked politically; Fisheries
Minister Fred Mifflin squeaked out a narrow win in his Nfld seat, just
a few hundred ahead ot he NDP candidate, a couple of thousand ahead of
the PC candidate.
Envirnomental issues weren't discussed enough in this campaign; hardly
at all.
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59.816 | | POLAR::RICHARDSON | A desirable weirdo | Tue Jun 03 1997 19:11 | 2 |
| Imagine, the auto workers didn't vote NDP. Remember when Oshawa was NDP
country?
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59.817 | | CTHU26::S_BURRIDGE | | Tue Jun 03 1997 19:18 | 6 |
| Ed Broadbent represented Oshawa for years.
I just had a look at the Oshawa rsult. The Reform candidate, who came
2nd to the Liberal, is a former Digital employee named Andrew Davies.
-Stephen
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59.818 | | CONSLT::MCBRIDE | Idleness, the holiday of fools | Tue Jun 03 1997 19:31 | 4 |
| RE: .816
Um, no, I don't remember when Oshawa was NDP country. What's an Oshawa
anyway?
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