Canada’s economy is in a sorry state: we can’t afford a navy, and our culture is the butt of jokes!
What Have We Become?
Nominations for Worst Prime Minister Ever
Though his son is contesting the title of ‘Worst Prime Minster Ever,’ Pierre Trudeau is the winner and will probably defeat all aspiring incompetents for decades. He made many lousy policy decisions that had immediate damage, but for the worst decision, the damage has emerged over the decades.
Will Quebec’s Demands Never End?
Population determines the number of Parliamentary seats a province is entitled to claim.
Canadians move back and forth and around the country. New immigrants select where in the country they want to live. Provincial populations change all the time. Therefore, the Parliamentary seats allocated to each Province should change as well.
Who was invited?
On a recent road trip we visited the Revelstoke Railway Museum. It is almost as good as the Cranbrook Railway Museum.
As we entered the gift shop, we were confronted with a very post-modern Canadian sign. It set forth the usual acknowledgement to a local Indian tribe and noted, the land was ‘unceded,’ still owned by them. As usual, the casual affirmation that the Indians still owned the land, was legally and practically meaningless.
It Takes a Teacher
A recent Provincial Teachers’ Union billboard campaign is themed, “It Takes a Teacher.”
The campaign begs the question; It Takes a Teacher …to do what?
Hiring Practices
I fear for the host of a CBC classical music program.
While driving, I stumbled on CBC and some classical music.
The announcer, in his best FM voice, described the piece to be played next. It was by a Hungarian composer and conductor who lived in Germany and Hungary in the mid-1930s. The announcer told the story of this man.
Canadian Freedoms
I am coming to believe that many Canadians do not value freedom. They do not attach any importance to a right to demonstrate or speak their minds.
Your Vote
My soul is not improved by voting for Progressives. Neither is yours.
Gagged
The worst was the RCMP physically restraining a reporter from the daily briefing by Justin, Trudeau the Second. The reporter was registered and properly certified as a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. But the reporter had filed a story unfavourable to the government.
Exit Here
Life is becoming difficult; I have now added a sounding of views on The Truckers Freedom Convoy to my checklist before committing to spending time with anyone.
Especially if I don’t have an easy exit.