Friday, December 24, 2004
Idiocy In Newfoundland
I wasn't going to say anything about this, but it just irks me too much. Our Premier, Mr Williams is attempting to get PM Martin to stick to his election promise regarding equalization clawbacks. All well and good, however in his latest misguided attempt he has ordered all Canadian flags taken down. As a proud Canadian citizen I cannot support this. It is my right to display my National emblem and I will continue to do so, with or without anyone elses permission
Saturday, December 04, 2004
The Greatest Canadian
Last week after a long campaign and documentaries on CBC of the 50 greatest Canadians the vote was finally tallied. And the winner was.... Tommy Douglas.
Douglas is virtually unknown outside Canada, and the decision is even more outstanding as few of the younger generation have ever heard of him either. But his campaign was brilliant, using a Much Music VJ as his presenter.
Born in Scotland, he grew up in Manitoba before becoming a Baptist minister in Saskatchewan at the beginning of the Great Depression. His political career began as an advocate for local farmers in Saskatchewan.
Douglas moved on to provincial politics with the CCF party a Labour party in western Canada, and later in Federal politics,he was the first leader of the NDP (New Democratic Party) At the time Douglas was considered a radical , and sometimes termed a communist, however many of the causes he championed are the most cherished rights of Canadians today
Douglas is virtually unknown outside Canada, and the decision is even more outstanding as few of the younger generation have ever heard of him either. But his campaign was brilliant, using a Much Music VJ as his presenter.
Born in Scotland, he grew up in Manitoba before becoming a Baptist minister in Saskatchewan at the beginning of the Great Depression. His political career began as an advocate for local farmers in Saskatchewan.
Douglas moved on to provincial politics with the CCF party a Labour party in western Canada, and later in Federal politics,he was the first leader of the NDP (New Democratic Party) At the time Douglas was considered a radical , and sometimes termed a communist, however many of the causes he championed are the most cherished rights of Canadians today
Mr Bush's Visit To Canada
Well, that was very interesting in a kind of surreal way. No great surprises, but at least he acknowledged our right to disagree with aspects of US forgein policy. It was very nice of him to finally thank Canadians generally and those areas in particular who did so much to help out with the influx of stranded passengers immediatly following the Sept 11th attacks.
His pleas for us to support the war in Iraq and the US missle defence innitiative of course fell on deaf ears. He made two extremely humourous remarks while he was here, the first being the "Jean Poutine" remark and the second being the one when he thanks the people who were waving all 5 fingers at him.
All in all a successful trip, in that the US president came to Canada inorder to mend fences with its closest friend and neighbour. Now he just has to work on the rest of the world
His pleas for us to support the war in Iraq and the US missle defence innitiative of course fell on deaf ears. He made two extremely humourous remarks while he was here, the first being the "Jean Poutine" remark and the second being the one when he thanks the people who were waving all 5 fingers at him.
All in all a successful trip, in that the US president came to Canada inorder to mend fences with its closest friend and neighbour. Now he just has to work on the rest of the world
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