...five decades of contribution of blood, sweat and tears has to count for something and we shouldn't be held accountable for the leftist cradle to grave mantra of PET and his ilk.
Demographic tsunami? Let’s dance!
Seniors perform at the Seniors Jubilee at Roy Thompson Hall. Moses Znaimer says today's active and healthy Zoomers are doing more than just “staying alive.”
Rene Johnston/Toronto Star file photoSun May 30 2010
When it comes to issues of health and wellness for today’s seniors, there is a crisis that requires our immediate attention: the belief that an aging “tsunami” of Zoomers represents a financial catastrophe in the making. The supposed problems are the health-care and pension burdens we are about to impose on succeeding generations, as they struggle to pay for our huge, decaying demographic. Open any newspaper, walk into any bookstore, type “Boomer” and “crisis” into Google and you can’t avoid dire predictions. (0)
A lesson for Europe from Nate’s Deli
May 29, 2010 – 9:00 am
This week, Nate’s Deli at 316 Rideau Street in Ottawa closed its doors after exactly 50 years in business — erasing from the Ottawa landscape a restaurant famous among locals and Parliamentarians alike. After 50 years of cutting smoked meat (1,500 pounds per week) and making chopped liver (24 pounds per day), founder Dave Smith, now 76, is ready to move on.
But Mr. Smith won’t be heading to the shuffleboard court at Del Boca Vista Phase III just yet. First, he is off to Haiti to create new housing for earthquake victims. Mr. Smith also has some local Canadian charities to manage. And in a few years time, he might even get back into the deli business, he tells reporters.
We mention all this in hopes that someone might get the word out to the folks in France. While Parisians may turn their noses up at knishes and latkes, they could learn a thing or two from Mr. Smith’s work ethic. Read More
But Mr. Smith won’t be heading to the shuffleboard court at Del Boca Vista Phase III just yet. First, he is off to Haiti to create new housing for earthquake victims. Mr. Smith also has some local Canadian charities to manage. And in a few years time, he might even get back into the deli business, he tells reporters.
We mention all this in hopes that someone might get the word out to the folks in France. While Parisians may turn their noses up at knishes and latkes, they could learn a thing or two from Mr. Smith’s work ethic. Read More
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