Happy Thanksgiving! (Oct. 12)

 

Conservatives bring Tim Horton’s home

 

Canadian Politician apologizes for “Child Rearing Comment”

Alberta’s finance minister Iris Evans apologizes to CBC for saying in interview that “the only way to raise children properly is one parent should stay at home, while the other goes to work.”

What is wrong with that?  Evidently some parents felt guilty that they both work, leaving their child’s formative years in the hands of a day care or a babysitter.  No wonder children and young people are crying out for their parents to notice them.

Mrs. Evans also said that this is leading to a lack of education in our country which results in mental problems and higher crime for the children of tomorrow (which she also took criticism for).

It seems that Mrs. Evans doesn’t really have anything to apologize for – and perhaps some mothers and fathers have some apologizing to do to their children.  After all is a big house, more money, more luxuries, the boat, the sports car, etc. worth loosing your children over? 

That is a question that Canadian parents must answer.

• 38% – one parent at home while the other works
• 9% – both parents can work
• 3% – one single parent is enough
• 4% – entire family unit must be involved
• 16% – takes an entire communtiy to raise a child
• 31% – different for every situation

 

Russia attempts to challenge Canadian Sovereignty

During President Obama’s visit to Canada, Russia decided to probe Canadian air space. The competition for the Artic region of our globe is “heating up.” Canadian fighter planes from Alberta’s Cold Air Range Bases were launched and turned them back into International waters.

It is times like these were, we as Canadians are reminded of the Liberal government’s folly in destroying our military. Now it is up to Prime Minister Harper and his government to attempt to rebuild the armed forces.

It’s more than just a continental shelf, or a patch of ice at risk. The socereignty of our country is being challenged. Our government needs to meet this challenge with more than just angry letters to the Russian Ambassador. We need to take this as a warning to increase the size of our air force and the over-all size of our military.

 

Iceland set to invade Canada

CBC announced today that Icelanders have chosen Canada as their new land of opportunity.  In particular they have chosen Manitoba (home to the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland). 

The Premier of Manitoba sent a letter of welcome to the newly ekected government of Iceland for their citizens to come and fill in the open jobs in the Manitobian economy. 

It seems that this is another move of Canadian officals to bring in foreign peoples to fill Canadian jobs.  Why can’t the Government of Manitoba issue the same invitation to those in Ontario and Newfoundland who are out of work?  What about our own unemployment rate?

It is the opinion of Canadian Perspective Inc. that if we are going to help out countries like Iceland, by finding jobs for their citizens then we ought to annex it and make it part of Her Majesty’s Dominion of Canada.

God Save the Queen of Canada!

 

Eleven-month-old boy accidentally dials 9-1-1 and gets dad arrested

A B.C. man probably wishes he had given his 11-month-old son a set of keys to play with instead of a phone, after the infant accidentally dialled 9-1-1 and brought police to dad’s marijuana grow operation.   Mounties say a 9-1-1 call came in from a White Rock, B.C. residence Friday morning but whoever was on the other end of the line hung up. Officers arrived at the residence and after numerous knocks on the door went unanswered, they entered the home.  “The gentleman was quite surprised,” said White Rock RCMP Const. Janelle Canning.   She said the 29-year-old male, startled by the sudden sight of police, insisted he hadn’t made the call.   When it was suggested a child might have dialled, the father objected and said his son was far too young.

That’s when police spotted the baby boy, phone in hand.   “We saw him playing with the cordless phone and just pressing all the buttons, so evidently he had called 9-1-1,” Canning said.   With that mystery solved, officers began inspecting the residence and soon discovered a 500-plant marijuana grow operation.   The father was arrested and will appear in court in early April on charges of production of a controlled substance and mischief.   The boy was removed from the home by the Ministry of Children and Family Development, though he was later released into his mother’s custody.   The mother does not live in the residence and Canning says she had no idea what was going on at the home.

 

The Canadian Opinion of President Obama

According to the EKOS Poll – 3.8% of Canadians have a negative view of Obama, compared to 81% who approve of him and 15% who just don’t care.

Canadians do, however, have some concern over this new “king” of the south:

1) What about NAFTA? Obama has mentioned cancelling the agreement (which worries about 62% of Canadians – myself not included).

2) What about our commitment to be out of Afghanistan by 2011?  55% of Canadians are concerned that Obama may pressure our Prime Minister to extend Canada’s commitment to the troubled region (30% of Canadians would support such an effort).

3) What about this “decade of deficit spending?” 71% of Canadians feel this could be disastrous for our southern neighbour, which in turn could damage our closely tied economy.

It seems, that despite the large percentage that say they support President Obama, there are overwhelming concerns that we have about the stability of the United States over this next decade.  Could the Canadian public opinion, be speaking of the demise of the United States?  Only the next eight years will tell us for sure.

 

New Poppies… just a sticker

A new addition to the Royal Canadian Legion’s poppy campaign aims to help keep the sacred symbol of remembrance on the lapels of all Canadians.  The legion introduced a sticker of the red flower, which mirrors the standard lapel pin in size and colour, for the first time in 2007.  During last year’s campaign, about 400,000 of the sticker poppies were distributed in Canada, said Steven Clark, an administrative officer with the Royal Canadian Legion’s Dominion Command. About 19.1 million conventional lapel poppies were distributed.  Interest in the new style of poppies has been growing this year, Clark said.

The sticker, which is produced by the same company that has held the contract for the velvety pins since 1996, was designed with children, the elderly and those working in health care and the food service industry in mind, Clark said.  Dominion Command had heard from several people in health care and the food industry who had indicated they would like to wear a poppy as a sign of respect in the days leading up to Remembrance Day but were unable to because of the risk the pin may fall off unnoticed, he said.  “They just couldn’t chance getting it into a food product or worse,” he said.  Clark said teachers and nursing homes also indicated young children and the elderly often struggled with the lapel pins.

 

Ontario to ban cellphone use while driving

Drivers in Ontario could be fined as much as $500 if they’re caught using their cellphones under a proposed new law.  Transportation Minister Jim Bradley’s new legislation calls for a ban on the use of hand-held devices to talk, e-mail or send text messages while driving.  The ban wouldn’t affect the use of hands-free devices or 911 calls, but includes portable video games and DVDs.

Global positioning systems will be allowed, as long as they’re properly secured to the dashboard.  There are no demerit points attached to the bill, but drivers who place others at risk by using one of the banned devices can also be charged under the existing careless driving laws.  They could face fines of up to $1,000, six demerit points, a driver’s licence suspension and even jail time.  Legislation similar to this was introduced for the first time nearly 10 years ago by Progressive Conservative MPP John O’Toole. He thinks the government’s legislation should take a softer approach, pushing education over punishment.

“On first offences, what they should do is require them to take some kind of course on driver distraction to show them in these lab things how you are 25 per cent more likely to be in an accident if you’re involved with technology. So I would start that way, don’t start with the hammer, start with the educational piece, I think that’s the important part.” said O’Toole.  The ministry says the ban is needed because driver distraction is a factor in 20 per cent of all accidents. 

Newfoundland and Labrador became the first province to ban the use of hand-held cellphones in 2003, while Quebec and Nova Scotia both moved earlier this year to stop drivers from using hand-held cellphones.  The Ontario Medical Association is on record saying speaking on a phone while driving puts people at “a significantly greater risk” of getting in an accident, and warns that using hands-free devices doesn’t really lower that risk.

 

New Strange news…

1. Gold Fish found to be on the voters list in the USA – registered to vote by special interest group.
2. New NHL hockey team to open up shop in Toronto – Maple Leafs will rent arena (apparently since they can’t win the Cup).