They Aren't Able to Control Gangs And Street Crime....

....so they go after an easy target....street hockey. Personally I find street hockey to be a nuisance, but then I don't have any kids, but I will put up with it if it will act as a shield against gunfire on my street. It is obvious basketball doesn't provide that shield......

John Oakley: Street hockey is another sacred cow not to be tampered with

Posted: October 25, 2008, 9:26 AM by John Turley-Ewart
Filed under: John Oakley

Trying to define Canadian culture is an exercise in national navel-gazing.

In the recent federal election, the arts and cultural community served notice that even a modest surgical cut to their funding was considered an affront to all things holy and would lead to a catastrophic unraveling of the social fabric. They punctuated their point with agitprop in the form of an online petition with hundreds of anonymous types all singing off the same hymn sheet: “I’m an artist,” as if those who play the system for grants are the embodiment of what constitutes culture in this country.

Still, that cost Harper his majority and signaled to politicos of all stripe that the culture issue is a sacred cow not to be trifled with. Depending on your appreciation of Canadian culture, this is a lesson that local councilors in Cambridge, Ontario would do well to heed when they go seeking a ban on ball-hockey nets standing curbside on quiet residential streets.

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