Showing posts with label Canadian Icons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canadian Icons. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Saturday, October 09, 2010
Getting Rid Of The Cultural Hyphen...
Chris Selley’s Full Pundit: Our time to follow
The meaning of Canadian citizenship
Multiculturalism was never supposed to be a “celebration of ethnic foods and dances — … of what makes us different,” The Globe and Mail’s editorialists argue. The original concept “had four pillars: the need to respect diversity; to also promote integration by having newcomers learn French or English; to participate in cross-cultural exchanges; and to engage in mainstream institutions.” But the debate has since become too “fraught” to salvage, in their opinion. So, it being their time to lead, the editorialists demand the term “multiculturalism” be expunged from the Canadian conversation — poof! — and replaced with the term “pluralism,” which presumably has no potential to become similarly “fraught.” This shall be accompanied by a serious discussion about the responsibilities of citizenship, they decree. The Globe has spoken!
Speaking of which, the Edmonton Journal’s editorialists are pleased to hear the next edition of the Canadian citizenship guide will acknowledge same-sex marriage — which, they note, hasn’t even been a minor social catastrophe since becoming the law of the land five years ago. “It’s always a victory,” says the Journal, “when a government catches up to its citizens.”
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The meaning of Canadian citizenship
Multiculturalism was never supposed to be a “celebration of ethnic foods and dances — … of what makes us different,” The Globe and Mail’s editorialists argue. The original concept “had four pillars: the need to respect diversity; to also promote integration by having newcomers learn French or English; to participate in cross-cultural exchanges; and to engage in mainstream institutions.” But the debate has since become too “fraught” to salvage, in their opinion. So, it being their time to lead, the editorialists demand the term “multiculturalism” be expunged from the Canadian conversation — poof! — and replaced with the term “pluralism,” which presumably has no potential to become similarly “fraught.” This shall be accompanied by a serious discussion about the responsibilities of citizenship, they decree. The Globe has spoken!
Speaking of which, the Edmonton Journal’s editorialists are pleased to hear the next edition of the Canadian citizenship guide will acknowledge same-sex marriage — which, they note, hasn’t even been a minor social catastrophe since becoming the law of the land five years ago. “It’s always a victory,” says the Journal, “when a government catches up to its citizens.”
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Read more: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/category/full-comment/#ixzz11rDYuM2L
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
We Allow Jamacian Posse Members, US Deserters, Etc. In Our County So...
Canadian geese launch amphibious assault
Alexandra Shimo
From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, May. 21, 2010 6:04PM EDT Last updated on Friday, May. 21, 2010 6:40PM EDT
The evolving saga of our beloved bird, the Branta canadensis, is a particularly domestic problem of our own creation. In recent weeks, Canadian geese have attacked senior citizens at a retirement community in Hamilton; their droppings have infiltrated a pharmaceutical company in Oakville, causing health concerns – and, at an elementary school in the same city, they pecked at small children in a near-Hitchcockian frenzy that caused a lock-down on the school. But vengeance is disallowed: the birds are protected by a government that claims to have its citizens’ best interests at heart.
Their flock has pretty much has doubled in the past ten years to almost 250,000, but several wildlife-control and pest-extermination places said they didn’t deal with this growing menace and all their pesky payload because there was “not much they could do.”
Don’t approach them
Canada Geese are nesting at this time of the year and so at their most aggressive, and approaching them is a little like swimming up to killer whale Tilikum
Don’t scare them
Canada Geese not only have their own lobby groups (Love Canada Geese, Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese), it is illegal to scare, haze or harass the birds under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. So while they might peck or chase you, don’t under any circumstances hiss back.
Don’t touch them
At a parking lot in London, Ontario, a few weeks ago, several geese were chasing drivers and denting the cars by pecking them and kicking them with their webbed feet. Yet when Humane Wildlife Control went in to remove the avian delinquents, several members of the public complained that people were touching the geese without a permit. “We were worried about being on YouTube that night,” explains Bill Dowd, president of Humane Wildlife Control. “If there’s any harassment of the geese, it would go viral.”
Don’t shoot them
Needless to say, reaching for your Lee-Enfield when pecked into submission is verboten. Under a few highly proscribed, highly legislated circumstances, you can hunt Canada geese for a few days per year in September, but only if you have a federal Migratory Game Bird Hunting permit, a wildlife habitat conservation stamp, an Ontario licence, the right type of gun, etc.
Like Helena Guergis, Canada geese can put up a noisy fight when moved from their natural habitat. Pyrotechnics usually scare them away, but they’ll be back after a few seconds, says Dan Frankian, who heads Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control. Herding dogs such as collies, Brittanys or springer spaniels are a little better, i.e. the geese will waddle away for several hours before homing again. For real results, he recommends a militaristic-style, multi-prong assault, with pyrotechnics, dogs and birds of prey all working together for an “air-to-air” and “air-to-ground” simultaneous attack. “If you want to remove it and it’s attacking people, then call a professional,” says Mr. Frankian. “They are very aggressive creatures and you need an attack on all fronts.”
Special to The Globe and Mail
Their flock has pretty much has doubled in the past ten years to almost 250,000, but several wildlife-control and pest-extermination places said they didn’t deal with this growing menace and all their pesky payload because there was “not much they could do.”
Don’t approach them
Canada Geese are nesting at this time of the year and so at their most aggressive, and approaching them is a little like swimming up to killer whale Tilikum
Don’t scare them
Canada Geese not only have their own lobby groups (Love Canada Geese, Coalition to Prevent the Destruction of Canada Geese), it is illegal to scare, haze or harass the birds under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. So while they might peck or chase you, don’t under any circumstances hiss back.
Don’t touch them
At a parking lot in London, Ontario, a few weeks ago, several geese were chasing drivers and denting the cars by pecking them and kicking them with their webbed feet. Yet when Humane Wildlife Control went in to remove the avian delinquents, several members of the public complained that people were touching the geese without a permit. “We were worried about being on YouTube that night,” explains Bill Dowd, president of Humane Wildlife Control. “If there’s any harassment of the geese, it would go viral.”
Don’t shoot them
Needless to say, reaching for your Lee-Enfield when pecked into submission is verboten. Under a few highly proscribed, highly legislated circumstances, you can hunt Canada geese for a few days per year in September, but only if you have a federal Migratory Game Bird Hunting permit, a wildlife habitat conservation stamp, an Ontario licence, the right type of gun, etc.
Like Helena Guergis, Canada geese can put up a noisy fight when moved from their natural habitat. Pyrotechnics usually scare them away, but they’ll be back after a few seconds, says Dan Frankian, who heads Hawkeye Bird and Animal Control. Herding dogs such as collies, Brittanys or springer spaniels are a little better, i.e. the geese will waddle away for several hours before homing again. For real results, he recommends a militaristic-style, multi-prong assault, with pyrotechnics, dogs and birds of prey all working together for an “air-to-air” and “air-to-ground” simultaneous attack. “If you want to remove it and it’s attacking people, then call a professional,” says Mr. Frankian. “They are very aggressive creatures and you need an attack on all fronts.”
Special to The Globe and Mail
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Losing Sight Of Prime Objective...
Fights and hypocrisy at Rights and Democracy
The government should undertake an immediate and thorough review of its operations and the role of its board and staff. If the organization cannot be righted, its existence will be in question....but it seems to be the norm when intellectuals rule.
Thursday, April 08, 2010
First Plank In A Winning Election Platform...
Making decisions that put people first
Duncan: How many folks watch the Rick Mercer Report? Most will know Rick Mercer as the amusing "take no prisoners" comedian and political satirist.
Duncan: How many folks watch the Rick Mercer Report? Most will know Rick Mercer as the amusing "take no prisoners" comedian and political satirist.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Our Obsession With Identifying The Canadian Identity...
- Steve Thoms: The secret economics of the double-double
- I don't often tread into the heady waters of economics, but a recent conversation (on Facebook) got me thinking about a topic that I'm sure many of you have noticed: Tim Horton's not take debit or credit cards! I'm told that in British Columbia and Alberta, Tim Hortons does accept debit cards, so the rest of this post will only be applicable to you if you ever take a trip to Ontario and see our wicked, backwards ways for yourself. Tim's (I will use every silly honorific term for the coffee and doughnut chain in this post, so bear with me) in Ontario and most other provinces do not accept debit or credit cards, opting for the traditional cash-in-hand method of payment. I've always assumed (and speaking from many years of experience) that this was because it was simply faster: Anyone who has ever worked in the food service industry at peak hours knows full well how grumpy people can be while waiting for their dinner, lunch, or before-work mastication ritual. Indeed, in any service industry where time is a deciding factor (say, at a movie theatre), merchants will go out of their way to provide anything that shaves precious seconds off the transaction.
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
At Least It Wasn't A Starbucks...Going Where The Voters Are
When Jim Flaherty goes out for coffee, everyone pays
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Olympics Is More Than Overpriced Red Mittens and Toques...
Jeffrey Simpson
Here we are, finally, holding high the torch, set for glory
Whatever happens in the Games, the memory of the torch run across Canada will remainAt these Games, the presence of Terry Fox, courageous and inspiring, felt by all
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Sunday, September 06, 2009
It Ia About F*&king Time The F*&king Guys Got F*&king Recognition
A tour of the Canadian cinematic circuit
Autumn is film festival season in Canada, and the biggest of the bunch kicks off in five days with a gala screening at Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall of Creation...
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- Unhypentated Canadian
- I lean to the right but I still have a heart and if I have a mission it is to respond to attacks on people not available to protect themselves and to point out the hypocrisy of the left at every opportunity.MY MAJOR GOAL IS HIGHLIGHT THE HYPOCRISY AND STUPIDITY OF THE LEFTISTS ON TORONTO CITY COUNCIL. Last word: In the final analysis this blog is a relief valve for my rants/raves.