canada

[tleilaxu]

just read an article about canada, and i got to thinking about our neighbor to the north (AKA america's hat). seems like of all the countries in the world i can readily think of, canada has the least to worry about. ample land, stable gov't, no territorial disagreements to speak of, no real burden from foreign engagements, + global warming and the recently opened northwest passage. seems an enviable position to be in.

how does it feel, canada?

[bunny]

no territorial disagreements to speak of

??:what:

You've heard of Quebec, no?

Also many of the reservations are still in dispute. Not to mention all the interests that are trying to build hydro electric damns to close to the reserves. The first nations peeps kinda get mad when their town is flooded.

[bunny]

Oh, and don't forget the "free Nfld" movement.

[Snatch]

??:what:

You've heard of Quebec, no?


To be technicially fair, Quebec is a province not a territory. ;)

We have our fair share of issues. They generally don't make international headlines.

[bunny]

To be technicially fair, Quebec is a province not a territory. ;)

NWT and Nunavut have more than their fare share of disputes I'm sure. The existence of Nunavut somewhat proves that.

[Ancalagon]

133 canadian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan so far. Our political climate is degrading due to asshattery by the reform party.

[Northcott]

133 is a frickin' trickle compared to the wars we've been in in the past. Every death is a tragedy, but really, let's put it in focus... 133 deaths since we marched in there in 2002. That's fucking amazing from a military loss standpoint.

We've also got Russia flexing in the north and eyeing our northern territories/waterways. The US made similar overtures at one point, under Bush. Less than thrilled with that. Relations seem better with Obama.

[Merganser]

As ice recedes in the high latitudes and the northwest passage opens more regularly and allows greater shipping in the area, the push to insure that the waterways are declared to be international waters will only increase.

Spillage and messes, of course, will remain Canada's problem. Sorry, Nanook!

p.s., how's the softwood?

[Aloysius]

As ice recedes in the high latitudes and the northwest passage opens more regularly and allows greater shipping in the area, the push to insure that the waterways are declared to be international waters will only increase.

Spillage and messes, of course, will remain Canada's problem. Sorry, Nanook!


QFT.

It remains to be see in Canada can resist the pressure.... This would be the only way for them to ban dangerous ship for navigating the area. You don't want 35 years old tankers to navigate the arctic. Especially if they have been designed to navigate the warm sea... There will always be your lone iceberg looking for fun...

Something else Canada should be wary about climate change is pressure by the USA to "deregulate" the trade of water : lots of lake in Canada, lots of peoples in stupid american towns build in hot deserts (Las Vegas, Phoenix etc...). There has been related disputes between the two nations since at least the beginning of the 20th century, I foresee we will hear about it once again.

[tleilaxu]

We have our fair share of issues. They generally don't make international headlines.

compared to who? i mean, who is sitting less pretty than canada? just saying 'props'. what are these nation-wrenching problems we don't here about south of the border? :)

[Freedom Canadian]

Relations seem better with Obama.

I really wonder why that is, though. I mean, Obama was firmly against free trade with us during his campaign and he's not done anything pro-Canada yet. Quite the opposite.

But people seem to be ignoring that.

It would be better if the Liberals were in power, though.

compared to who? i mean, who is sitting less pretty than canada? just saying 'props'. what are these nation-wrenching problems we don't here about south of the border? :)

We've only been repeating that we rock since the beginning of Nutkinland. It's good to see that someone finally got the message ! :D

[The Winslow]

Also, let's not forget that Canada is plagued by the endemic Paul Bunyan's Disease (http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=7&issue=1).

[bunny]

I really wonder why that is, though. I mean, Obama was firmly against free trade with us during his campaign and he's not done anything pro-Canada yet. Quite the opposite.

But people seem to be ignoring that.

It would be better if the Liberals were in power, though.



We've only been repeating that we rock since the beginning of Nutkinland. It's good to see that someone finally got the message ! :D

Here's hoping we still have a liberal party after Stephen Harper is through.

/sidenote

I giggled internally when one of the LA based actresses I worked with purchased 'Organic' maple syrup. But then, she didn't buy anything that wasn't labled organic. Still, she probably paid an extra $7.00 for that bottle.

**moral**
Kids, product research is the way to make intelligent purchases.

[Ancalagon]

Here's hoping we still have a liberal party after Stephen Harper is through.

/sidenote

I giggled internally when one of the LA based actresses I worked with purchased 'Organic' maple syrup. But then, she didn't buy anything that wasn't labled organic. Still, she probably paid an extra $7.00 for that bottle.

**moral**
Kids, product research is the way to make intelligent purchases.

I guess you don't know about paraformaldehyde being used to clean the sap lines, do you? ;)

[Name Lips]

The cute thing about Canada is that they're almost like a real country with real problems.




:D

[Northcott]

The cute thing about Canada is that they're almost like a real country with real problems.

:D

Shaddup, hippy! You only wish you were us!

I really wonder why that is, though. I mean, Obama was firmly against free trade with us during his campaign and he's not done anything pro-Canada yet. Quite the opposite.

But people seem to be ignoring that.

Yeah. Gotta say; that concerns me. Deeply. But at least under Obama there's a certain level of civil discourse, and flexibility that's been shown. I don't really think Obama's good for our nation, but he seems to be a stronger choice for the USA. I'm hoping that will pan out well for everybody involved, over time.

And yes, our own politics scare the shit out of me.

[Hatter]

Actually, I was just thinking about Canada the other day when I read that Harper condemned Uganda's forthcoming anti-homosexual legislation. I remember thinking "It's really bad when Harper is coming down on you for persecuting the gays."

[Freedom Canadian]

Actually, I was just thinking about Canada the other day when I read that Harper condemned Uganda's forthcoming anti-homosexual legislation. I remember thinking "It's really bad when Harper is coming down on you for persecuting the gays."

Harper seems to be walking a kind of tightrope regarding gay rights. On the one hand, he seems to want no part in the shitstorm he would get if he tried to, say, repeal gay marriage. On the other hand, a relatively small but significant portion of his base want exactly that.

Basically, he seems neutral on the subject. He'd rather it never come up because there is nothing to win for the conservatives, politically. It's a bit like native rights in a way.

[Ancalagon]

Actually, I was just thinking about Canada the other day when I read that Harper condemned Uganda's forthcoming anti-homosexual legislation. I remember thinking "It's really bad when Harper is coming down on you for persecuting the gays."

I didn't hear about that, and that would be my reaction as well!

edit: I had to look it up

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-lobbies-uganda-on-anti-gay-bill/article1381835/

In brief, the new law is "if you are gay, you go in prison for life"... I think that anyone who isn't rabidly conservative found find that outrageous.

[bunny]

I didn't hear about that, and that would be my reaction as well!

edit: I had to look it up

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-lobbies-uganda-on-anti-gay-bill/article1381835/

In brief, the new law is "if you are gay, you go in prison for life"... I think that anyone who isn't rabidly conservative found find that outrageous.

Castro tried that, but it was waaaaay too expensive to support all those men. He deported them all to the US, hence the ubiquitous lisping cuban accent on gay stereotypes.

[Hatter]

I didn't hear about that, and that would be my reaction as well!

edit: I had to look it up

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/harper-lobbies-uganda-on-anti-gay-bill/article1381835/

In brief, the new law is "if you are gay, you go in prison for life"... I think that anyone who isn't rabidly conservative found find that outrageous.

Life at minimum, execution is also possible. Also 3 years in prison for not reporting someone you think is gay and they will pursue extradition for Ugandans living abroad who are gay. Human rights catastrophe sums it up.

Still, good on Harper for speaking out against it. Other conservative leaders may have just kept quiet.

[Freedom Canadian]

Why does every conversation about Canada seem to turn to gay rights eventually ? :D

[Hatter]

Why does every conversation about Canada seem to turn to gay rights eventually ? :D

I'm trying not to thread-jack!!

Uh, this thread is now about hockey!

[Freedom Canadian]

Uh, this thread is now about hockey!

Also pretty gay.

[Hatter]

Also pretty gay.

Maple Syru- no, not that either...

Quebecois? nope....

I see your point, FC.

[Ancalagon]

Life at minimum, execution is also possible. Also 3 years in prison for not reporting someone you think is gay and they will pursue extradition for Ugandans living abroad who are gay. Human rights catastrophe sums it up.

Still, good on Harper for speaking out against it. Other conservative leaders may have just kept quiet.

Does this law deserve its own thread? - it's quite high on the asshattery scale

[Name Lips]

Sounds like a great place for our religious conservatives to move. It's right in line with their ideals.

[Northcott]

Also pretty gay.

I was going to pull your shirt over your head and pound on you, but then... yeah... :grey: It sounds kinda gay.

[bunny]

Oh! I just thought of something. My province is now in a billion dollar deficit because of the stupid Olympics. Housing prices are through the roof and not going to get any better until after 2010. And to pay for it all they are introducing a harmonized sales tax (after the Olympics are over!!!) to pay for it. Most small business owners I know say that it's going to hit them pretty hard.

[doc]

Why does every conversation about Canada seem to turn to gay rights eventually ? :D I always thought it turn to Tim Hortons ???

Oh! I just thought of something. My province is now in a billion dollar deficit because of the stupid Olympics. Housing prices are through the roof and not going to get any better until after 2010. And to pay for it all they are introducing a harmonized sales tax (after the Olympics are over!!!) to pay for it. Most small business owners I know say that it's going to hit them pretty hard.

Didn't Montreal finally pay off their Olympics after 20 years ? So is the "Pretty People" starting to arrive there yet ?

I been meaning to ask you a couple of thing Bunny, what T.V. show/ movie are you doing now and I really like that Face book pic of you

[Freedom Canadian]

Didn't Montreal finally pay off their Olympics after 20 years ?

It was the toilet bowl shaped Olympic stadium. It took more like 25-30 years, though.

[King Vyper]

Oh! I just thought of something. My province is now in a billion dollar deficit because of the stupid Olympics. Housing prices are through the roof and not going to get any better until after 2010. And to pay for it all they are introducing a harmonized sales tax (after the Olympics are over!!!) to pay for it. Most small business owners I know say that it's going to hit them pretty hard.

I am sorry but I have been living under a rock for the past three years, Your doing TV now?

[Trainz]

It was the toilet bowl shaped Olympic stadium. It took more like 25-30 years, though.

Yeah.

That bloody thing is a constant financial joke. It's huge, and since we don't have a baseball team anymore, it's only used for a few conventions, a few shows, and monster truck.

That last part is cool though. I went a few years back and made a video out of it. I should upload it and show it to you guys...

[Random Encounter]

Some freinds and I were talking about South Park last night and how they poke fun at just about everyone. And we agreed that the worst thing you could do as a target of thier humor is to show outrage. Those guys love poking at things that squeek.

And it occured to me that early on in South Park (when I still watched it), and through the movie, they tried really hard to get a rise out of Canada.
Stone and Parker probably thought of it as a challenge; "Who would be hard to piss off enough to yell at us?" "Canadians!"

But I guess that while you can piss off Canadians individually it's much harder to piss them off as a group. Especially with humor, Canada seems to have a sense of humor about itself that is uncommon if not unheard of in the rest of the world.

So you go Canada. Keep that rep for being clean, polite and healthy.
That way when I'm overseas and not carrying a gun or using Fuck as a comma people will just assume I'm Canadian.

[bunny]

I been meaning to ask you a couple of thing Bunny, what T.V. show/ movie are you doing now

Just finished four one after another. Seven Deadly Sins, a tv mini series about high school students behaving badly. Freshman Father, a tv movie about a single dad in his first year at Harvard based on a true story. Murder Among Friends, tv movie that is like a cross between Agatha Christie and Sex and the City. The latest one I got to be an assistant location manager on which was pretty cool. It's called Eaux Troubles de Crime and is a tv show that airs only in Quebec. It's all about true crime stories told through dramatic reinactments. It looks like a really good show. I wish they would do an English version. Now, I'm off 'til January and have been catching up on much needed sleep.

Some freinds and I were talking about South Park last night and how they poke fun at just about everyone. And we agreed that the worst thing you could do as a target of thier humor is to show outrage. Those guys love poking at things that squeek.

And it occured to me that early on in South Park (when I still watched it), and through the movie, they tried really hard to get a rise out of Canada.
Stone and Parker probably thought of it as a challenge; "Who would be hard to piss off enough to yell at us?" "Canadians!"

But I guess that while you can piss off Canadians individually it's much harder to piss them off as a group. Especially with humor, Canada seems to have a sense of humor about itself that is uncommon if not unheard of in the rest of the world.

I stumbled upon a great interview with Gilda Radner and Lorne Michaels on the CBC website from the 1970s. Lorne was saying how he preferred working with a US audience because they were easier to shock. When you try to shock a Canadian audience, he said, they kind of looked at you funny and asked if you need help.

[Pigs in Space]

I thought the Southpark people got stuck into Canada just because it was the most ridiculous parody target they could think of to start a war with. It wouldn't have been nearly as amusing if it was the Cubans or Mexicans.

[The Winslow]

It wouldn't have been nearly as amusing if it was the Cubans or Mexicans.

Dunno about that. This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion) was pretty hilarious.

[bunny]

Dunno about that. This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion) was pretty hilarious.

That's mostly embarrassing, this is actually funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ety2FEHQgwM

[Northcott]

I stumbled upon a great interview with Gilda Radner and Lorne Michaels on the CBC website from the 1970s. Lorne was saying how he preferred working with a US audience because they were easier to shock. When you try to shock a Canadian audience, he said, they kind of looked at you funny and asked if you need help.

Awesome. That one got me to laugh out loud. :D

[nerfherder]

But I guess that while you can piss off Canadians individually it's much harder to piss them off as a group. Especially with humor, Canada seems to have a sense of humor about itself that is uncommon if not unheard of in the rest of the world.

Well, you can't say "cunt" in Canada...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8RPBzYHOm0

[Freedom Canadian]

Well, you can't say "cunt" in Canada...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8RPBzYHOm0

You can in french. You can even say it on prime time tv if you want.

But that's because it also means "idiot" and 95% of people don't even know it means, well, cunt.

[nerfherder]

You can in french. You can even say it on prime time tv if you want.

But that's because it also means "idiot" and 95% of people don't even know it means, well, cunt.

Are you saying that 95% of French Canadians are cunts?

[Freedom Canadian]

Are you saying that 95% of French Canadians are cunts?

I guess, in a way, I am. :lol:

[bunny]

Best band name ever! •
... Jury is still out on the band.

Oh, and
Canda is really big,
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vxDDcTc64c (]Worst Case Ontario[/url)

[The Winslow]

Best band name ever! • Worst Case Ontario
... Jury is still out on the band.

Oh, and
Canda is really big,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vxDDcTc64c

I don't think that link is supposed to work.

[The Winslow]

You can in french. You can even say it on prime time tv if you want.

Yeah, but then you can't say "wafer".

[Harry]

O Canada Eh!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
1. Vancouver : 1.5 million people and two bridges. You do the math.
2. Your $400,000 Vancouver home is just 5 hours from downtown.
3. You can throw a rock and hit three Starbucks locations.
4. There's always some sort of deforestation protest going on.
5. Weed.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ALBERTA
1. Big rock barrier between you and B.C.
2. Ottawa who?
3. Tax is 5% instead of the approximately 200% it is for the rest of the country.
4. You can exploit almost any natural resource you can think of.
5. You live in the only province that could actually afford to be its own country.
6. The Americans below you are all in anti-government militia groups.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN SASKATCHEWAN
1. You never run out of wheat.
2. Your province is really easy to draw.
3. You can watch the dog run away from home for hours.
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5. Daylight savings time? Who the hell needs that!

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN MANITOBA
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2. Hundreds of huge, horribly frigid lakes.
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5. You can pass the time watching trucks and barns float by during the spring floods.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN ONTARIO
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2. Your $400,000 Toronto home is actually a dump.
3. You and you alone decide who will win the federal election.
4. The only province with hard-core American-style crime.

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
1. Racism is socially acceptable.
2. You can take bets with your friends on which English neighbour will move out next.
3. Other provinces basically bribe you to stay in Canada .
4. You can blame all your problems on the "Anglo A*#!%!"

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN NEW BRUNSWICK
1. One way or another, the government gets 98% of your income.
2. You're poor, but not as poor as the Newfies.
3. No one ever blames anything on New Brunswick .
4.. Everybody has a grandfather who runs a lighthouse.

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1. Everyone can play the fiddle. The ones who can't, think they can.
2. You can pretend to have Scottish heritage as an excuse to get drunk and wear a kilt.
3. You are the only reason Anne Murray makes money.

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1. Even though more people live on Vancouver Island , you still got the big, new bridge.
2. You can walk across the province in half an hour.
3. You can drive across the province in two minutes.
4. Everyone has been an extra on "Road to Avonlea."
5. This is where all those tiny, red potatoes come from.
6. You can confuse ships by turning your porch lights on and off at night.

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1. If Quebec separates, you will float off to sea.
2. If you do something stupid, you have a built-in excuse.
3. The workday is about two hours long..
4. It is socially acceptable to wear your hip waders to your wedding.

[Freedom Canadian]

TOP REASONS TO LIVE IN QUEBEC
1. Racism is socially acceptable.


Actually, it is religious and linguistic intolerance that is socially acceptable, not racism. :)

The racism reputation is a insidious rumor spread by anglo assholes.

[Pigs in Space]

Actually, it is religious and linguistic intolerance that is socially acceptable, not racism. :)

The racism reputation is a insidious rumor spread by anglo assholes.

Avec!

[Snatch]

Avec!

Ici!

[bunny]

Midas commercial, but really it sums it all up.

http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/commercials/Canadian_Police_Chase/?hs444=pv_embed_205551#205551