The fire chief replied to my letter and warned darkly about the dangers of “firing burning things up into the sky.” But no, he said, there isn’t any local bylaw preventing a non-politically-correct guy from lighting the night on July the first.
So I will. From the roof of the wee bank which, thankfully, is built out of limestone with a copper lid. Perfect for the zombie apocalypse. Or, in this case, taking a last stand against the social justice warriors, history erasers, culture cancellers and others who are choosing to dump on the nation. They can turn out, watch the fireworks and share a can of Bluenose Beer. Or they can blame me (and you) for the actions of people long since dead.
I’m ready. And Dorothy is patiently waiting to get her laundry room back…
Did you hear that Victoria (of all places) just canceled Canada Day? Councillors voted unanimously to scrap a planned event after a native dance group pulled out. In fact the Indigenous protest movement “Idle No More” has been flooding social media lately trying to get the country’s 154th birthday nixed (#cancelCanadaDay). This has also led to the toppling of statues like that of 19th Century educator Egerton Ryerson in Toronto a few days ago. His decapitated head now sits atop a pike on a ridge on disputed land in Caledonia. It is an arresting and brutal sight.
Idle No More is planning anti-Canada Day rallies in several cities because, “Canada was built on 500 years of genocide and that genocide continues to this day as cited in the report by the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people.”
Without question, we all regret residential schools existed. That’s why there was a commission formed and reparations paid. The apologies have been legion. We also regret the killing of the London family last weekend. Humans can often, inexplicably, do what animals never contemplate – be evil, hurtful, hateful and murderous without reason or threat. The last residential school closed decades ago. The Muslim folks perished days ago. We’re unable to change the past. We can certainly improve the here and now. Maybe that should be the focus.
Why celebrate a nation state?
Well, this one works. Big, roomy, gorgeous, normally peaceful, usually tolerant, diverse and, by global standards, rich. Most people own no guns, are educated, productive and decent. Yes, real estate costs too much, politicians spend irresponsibly and the weather can suck, but there’s a reason so many want to come here. Canada is better than most everywhere else. Not perfect. Just an upgrade.
My patriotism (different from nationalism) amped the day I set foot on the green carpet of the House of Commons. Our system of government has serous flaws (detailing them got me kicked out, actually) but I wish everybody could wander around Centre Block for a while, touch the stone walls, look up at the library ceiling, walk the Hall of Honour or see the depictions of WW1 above the Senate chamber. As an MP and minister I tried to faithfully represent voters, gaining the chance to traverse Canada and comprehend it. As a political person, I failed. Not a party guy. But my awe for this place swelled.
Since then, more. I spent a decade doing lecture gigs in hotel ballrooms and church halls everywhere. Now my colleagues and I try to help folks from all over the country get some financial peace and stability. Each day reminds what gifts we have in common – searching for the best life in a place where the horizon is endless. You can be angry and self-marginalized in Canada, or not. It’s a choice. Hard to imagine anyplace else where opportunities are greater.
Well, enough gushiness. Let’s just blow some stuff up.
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#116 tbone on 06.11.21 at 9:11 am
Getting my second jab June 22 .
Bumped it up from my August 2 date .
About 10 weeks between jabs .
I think Ontario is doing a good job getting people vaxed.
I am optimistic for the future.
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Same here in BC.
Saved lots of cash money during the last year.
Making plans for trips to China and Europe.
“2SLGBTQQIA”
Starting to sound like a genetic sequence.
Let see what wild Consp. theories the CEOs are peddling today. Listen to this local CEO. He gets it.
“If you had a bunch of really smart people sitting in a room trying to think up ways to kill retail, you couldn’t have done a better job than the Ford government,” said a furious David Bensadoun, CEO of Aldo Shoes.
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On the Economic Lockdowns. Oh you thought things would be going back to normal did you?
Oh and nobody must see any smiling faces for the year. No fun allowed Comrade.
.Ontario begins to reopen on Friday, furious retailers wonder why malls must stay closed (thestar.com)
.Retail, movie theatre execs slam Ontario’s ‘insane’ reopening plans (cp24.com)
.As the pandemic wears on, Halton has decided to keep its mandatory mask bylaw in effect for the rest of the year. (thestar.com)
.Border security workers to hold strike votes next week, jeopardizing border reopening (ctvnews.ca)
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— Kanada: get ready for rolling Wintertime lockdowns? The Boogeyman Variant is coming. If only they stopped the testing of healthy people (1st time in history) …….but I’m not a scientist.
.Mass vaccination has failed to stop Covid in Chile, capital city forced to lock down (bbc.com)
.Los Angeles teachers union pact mandates masks and coronavirus tests for all this fall (latimes.com)
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— Go ahead and vote. I allege all these leaders will never give up on their power until all goals are met. We are an occupied nation.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2021/06/09/doug-ford-to-invoke-constitutions-notwithstanding-clause-after-judge-rejects-election-finance-reforms.html
Doug Ford to invoke Constitution’s ‘notwithstanding’ clause after judge rejects election finance reforms
Victoria
Home of the newly wed and nearly dead, and NOW the woke warriors , Led by a Mayor who is Special in a delusional kinda way.
#124 Shawn Deborge on 06.11.21 at 10:50 am
Chris Serran you are so right. It is common sense which seems there is not much common sense anymore. The way I see it, is all about selling as much product as possible and make everyone too interdependent on each other with more centralized authority. This is the way globalism works. Trade is a great benefit for everyone but to what extent do you give up your local, regional, national control. This is the crux of the real problem we have today. People don’t want to believe this.
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Agree.
It’s a fine balancing act. As we have found out, it’s a good idea to produce vital medications and medical equipment in-house, rather than outsourcing it to other countries.
It costs more, but the pace of mind is worth it, in my opinion.
#2 Damifino on 06.11.21 at 10:59 am
“2SLGBTQQIA”
Starting to sound like a genetic sequence.
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Yes, almost time for an acronym for that acronym.
I can’t wait for this cancel culture phase to pass….
I hope.
#6 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 11:28 am
#2 Damifino on 06.11.21 at 10:59 am
“2SLGBTQQIA”
Starting to sound like a genetic sequence.
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Yes, almost time for an acronym for that acronym.
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Or title for a new Tom MacDonald song.
The cancel culture twits best review their positions before there’s real pushback from average people. Saturation point getting too close. It’d be nice if they took the do gooders, tree huggers and the rest of the pinkos with em and paid their own way to? Forgot this country is the best one to whine in. Perhaps JT can apologize? Disgraceful
Yeah, Victoria is pretty shocking these days. Took an elderly relative downtown yesterday for an eye appointment, could barely recognize the place. On the one hand generic overpriced condos, nicely juxtaposed with the masses of garbage heaped in shopping carts. Bizarrely complicated useless bike lane system, hopefully some addict won’t wander into your path coming down from their latest injection. Vans driving around the million-dollar properties with people looking for overdoses, narcan pens at the ready.
Meanwhile I hear they’re going to have to do something about the homeless housed in the arena because with things opening up they actually want to y’know, hold events and such. But they’re building a gazillion dollar new rec centre downtown because apparently, providing free food, shelter, and injection sites isn’t enabling enough. Good thing the city council has so much extra money I guess.
Put on the local Q100 and it’s still playing Loverboy from the 80’s. News is about the cancelling of Canada Day and celebration of the 100th anniversary of BC Liquor stores. Shades of the former U.S.S.R.
How can a city be beautiful, bland and a freak show all at the same time? Ugh.
Oh well, just passing through and couldn’t really get too fussed. Played ball hockey in the back yard with a nephew and niece, 10 & 5. Little beauties laughing with joy in the sunshine. Just got a $160,000 raise (admittedly my starting salary floor was low, $0) to do something I love with my science and expertise. Life is good even as the weather droops back to the usual dreary overcast and rain.
Well Oxford cancelled the queen…………. Churchill was encased in a box……T2 has declared we are a post-national utopia of pink sock lovers
Dorothy does your laundry!… a celebration of non-wokeness!
#1 Ponzius Pilatus on 06.11.21 at 10:56 am
Saved lots of cash money during the last year.
Making plans for trips to China and Europe.
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Good boy. Get on those planes and get going. They run on renewables, promise.
The fireworks are made in china…………… yeesh
They invented them. – Garth
#6 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 11:28 am
#2 Damifino on 06.11.21 at 10:59 am
“2SLGBTQQIA”
Starting to sound like a genetic sequence.
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Yes, almost time for an acronym for that acronym.
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How many genders would DNA sequencing reveal?
UM YEAH – I live in Victoria and just ask locals about our city council and Mayor – its embarrassing beyond belief. Lets just cancel EVERYTHING since we are heading that way eventually – and while we’re at it lets just burn the flag, hand back the land and see where we end up – what could possibly go wrong
oh and LIGHT EM UP GARTH – KABOOOM
Volunteering to help native youth would probably be a more effective way to change things for the better. Attempting to erase the past is just a superficial change that looks good on social media.
Anyways, I always admire your optimism Garth. Its contagious.
Oh baby! Judgement Day – be careful what you wish for…
I suppose it boils down to what “Canada Day” means to the person, and how they view it… I am grateful my parents immigrated here in the 80s to give us a better life. I am proud to serve her, and defend the values that allowed our family to work hard and prosper.
I’ll be celebrating that at my apartment in Victoria with the miss and toddler.
#17 Bguy1 on 06.11.21 at 12:41 pm
Oh baby! Judgement Day – be careful what you wish for…
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The planet smackdown ones.. were packed with covid…..spread the joy
Yup – we are not perfect, but no country is. However, I’m happy to be here every day and proud to be Canadian. Anyone who isn’t is free to leave – nobody is forcing you to stay. I’ll try to make what can be improved better, but do so wearing a Maple Leaf and humming a Hip tune.
#8 Ponzius Pilatus on 06.11.21 at 11:46 am
#6 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 11:28 am
#2 Damifino on 06.11.21 at 10:59 am
“2SLGBTQQIA”
Starting to sound like a genetic sequence.
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Yes, almost time for an acronym for that acronym.
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Or title for a new Tom MacDonald song.
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Maybe, if he can somehow pronounce it – twoslogbitqwa? Well, if anyone can get a 4 syllable fake word to work in a rap piece it’d be TM.
Here’s another BC rapper making a bit of a name for himself. He might be more up your alley too Ponzie, BBNO$:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcQRJflRstw
All the rappers from BC apparently have a filthy mouth, so language warning. There’s a pretty good hook starting around 1:40. All the ladies seem to think this guy’s Johnny Depp reborn :)
The diversity Marxists won’t be satisfied until they’ve renamed everything and erased our history.
Our founding fathers like Sir John A, and educators like Ryerson, had the best intentions, did not commit genocide, and tried to assimilate, educate and raise the standard of living of the natives. Native tribes often tried to genocide other native tribes. Bringing law and order, peace and good governance, education, infrastructure, agriculture, medicine, trade, commerce, universal health care, universal education of course are noble achievments, but today, all of those achievements are being slandered as “colonialism” and “genocide”.
Hey, if crimes were commited at the residential school in Kamploops and elsewhere and if abuse, rapes and murders happened, then by all means, let the police and justice system do their jobs. Let’s wait for the autopsies of the Kamloops graves to reveal the cause of death. Smallpox typically claimed 80% of children of all races. Other diseases ran rampant including the Spanish flu.
PM Harper already stood in the House of Commons and apologized for the abuses of the residential school system, tens of billions of compensation were paid, but it’s never enough.
Cancelling Canada Day, tearing down statues of our founding fathers, renaming schools and slandering our founders as genociders, calling every achievement of the modern world as “colonialism” and “racism” will not achieve anything but alienate a large number of patriotic, proud Canadians.
Canada is experiencing a slow-motion version of the Marxist Cultural Revolution that tore apart China in the middle of the 20 century. We’re going down that same path in this country and there will be a backlash if rational adults and politicians let Marxist bullies pull tantrums over each and every aspect of Canadian history.
2 passengers test positive for COVID on first North American cruise since pandemic started
https://www.yahoo.com/now/2-passengers-test-positive-covid-031000922.html
“All passengers were required to be fully vaccinated.”
HAHAHA!
Let the clown show begin.
#14 Doug t on 06.11.21 at 12:35 pm
-and while we’re at it lets just burn the flag, hand back the land and see where we end up – what could possibly go wrong.………………
Hand it back to who? There are hundreds of tribes with overlapping claims who all say that they were here first even tho they are all immigrants same as the rest of us.
More debt makes you richer apparently.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/soaring-canadian-real-estate-helps-add-more-than-1-t-to-national-net-worth-165313319.html
while the consumption based economy declines in real terms.
Who knew?
Adam Smith, Milton Friedman and Marx evidently knew nothing. Poor incompetents.
Very much hoping you have hired a trained, experienced, licenced and INSURED pyrotechnician for your festivities. Having spent 40 years as a liability claims specialist, I can assure you …. “merde happens” …. even to good guys.
Anyone who thinks “cancel culture” is going away is terribly naive.
Canadian culture IS cancel culture. Look at every business in the country: fully on board the progressivism and ‘cancel culture’ worldview. Look at our politicians, local, provincial and national. Nearby 100% supportive of progressivism and ‘cancel culture’. Look at our media and news; 100% supportive of progressivism and ‘cancel culture’.
I’m sorry to say it but if you don’t support progressivism and cancel culture you do not belong in Canada. This is not a country for you, there are dozens of countries with standards of living just as good as ours that you could migrate to. There may be a backlash to cancel culture in the US, as their politicians are starting to feel the heat from it (Biden’s struggles and Kamala’s visit to Central America for example) but here?
No way. Trudeau is the cancel culture prime minister, and he will rule this country for the next 20 years if he choses, because he reflects Canadian culture.
#24 Yukon Elvis on 06.11.21 at 1:08 pm
#14 Doug t on 06.11.21 at 12:35 pm
-and while we’re at it lets just burn the flag, hand back the land and see where we end up – what could possibly go wrong.………………
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Hand it back to who?
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The Vikings of course.
I’d be cool with that :)
It seems like this weblog is articulating. Kanada is an occupied post national State. It’s kaput
Many Kanadians love this New System of control. Yes some sport lawn signs “The virus does not discriminate”. Gee thanks, as if any virus does.
I don’t know how I’d survive without their drive-by admonishment and medical advice.
Thanks for making this wretched Failed State seem visibly more like an open air medical-internment camp.
Rules rules rules. We are wards of the State. The government owns you, your body:
Here’s what you can and can’t do, starting Friday
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-phase-one-reopening-rules-limitations-travel-1.6060263
— CTV earlier reported it’s about $35 per dose. That’s $4 BILLION. But Guys we locked down due to Hospital Capacity!!
.Canada to donate 100M COVID-19 vaccines to world: source (www.msn.com)
— 2 more weeks.
COVID-19: Malaysia’s total lockdown extended for two weeks until Jun 28 (channelnewsasia.com)
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— The goal is FEAR ongoing. Barriers do that. And promotes isolation and a prison-feel. Which leads to Armed interprovincial check points, and biometric Papers Please. Check. Everything old is new again.
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/small-
business/plexiglass-everywhere-no-proof-its-keeping-covid-bay
June 08, 2021 01:53 PM UPDATED 10 HOURS AGO
Plexiglass is everywhere, with no proof it’s keeping Covid at bay – Bloomberg
https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontarios-digital-id-plan
In late 2021 we will begin introducing digital ID (digital identity) – a new, electronic government-issued ID that lets people and businesses prove who they are online.
For the first 21 years of my life, I lived under one of the communists regimes behind the iron curtain.
The freedom of speech was officially inexistent, but very much alive in closer circles. We were openly despising the regime, and craving for the western freedom of the late 80’s. Being public about your opinion and thoughts was difficult, and could lead to drastic consequences.
I never thought I would come to Canada and have to revive my self-preservation mode, where anything I say or do has to be controlled in order to prevent framing and categorization. One tweet or discussion that is not aligned with the official line can get one categorized or even “cancelled”. Diversity of opinions is not tolerated, and questioning the official line comes with ad hominem results. The great debates and contradicting yet productive ideas that had a great contribution to the advancement of the western civilization are discouraged, and everyone who is not “with them, is against them”.
It is disconcerting to live this again.
Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
I love Canada too, but fireworks isn’t needed to express that.
Dogs are great
beers good
people are happy Friday crazy
Hi Garth,
Well said today, and well articulated.
That’s all, enjoy your weekend!
@#28 IHCTD9
“The Vikings of course.
I’d be cool with that :)”
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Genetically speaking.
We are all…every last person on the planet…..from “Out of Africa” and it would save us all in “Sorry-land” a lot of time and even more apologie$$$$…….
If we gave everything to Namibia.
#27 Aftred on 06.11.21 at 1:12 pm
Anyone who thinks “cancel culture” is going away is terribly naive.
Canadian culture IS cancel culture. Look at every business in the country: fully on board the progressivism and ‘cancel culture’ worldview. Look at our politicians, local, provincial and national. Nearby 100% supportive of progressivism and ‘cancel culture’. Look at our media and news; 100% supportive of progressivism and ‘cancel culture’.
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This sounds approximately correct. Which means Canada will be going broke eventually. Unless we can get enough Indian/Chinese/Middle East folks (who don’t give a rip about lefty SJW battles and are hard to attack…) in here before the SHTF.
It’ll be a good show for those who built themselves a moat and can still afford popcorn!
But you never know. Look at the feminists struggling against the transgender activists. They never saw it coming. After a couple decades of trying to cancel Men in general (well, 3rd wavers anyway), now they themselves are being cancelled (TERF’s). Same thing with the Lesbian activists vs Trans activists (Lesbian erasure).
For all we know, the whole SJW circus might end up fighting amongst themselves until the silent majority has had enough, and finally lays the smack down.
No matter how it goes, I’ll be ready with popcorn and beer to watch the show, with the drawbridge fully pulled up…
#28 IHCTD9
History is a long list of less advanced cultures being taken over (usually violently) by more advanced cultures…
The natives of the land that would become Canada were stone aged people and mostly nomadic… we can cry now about how it all went down when people of the iron age showed up, but it went much better for them than it did for other cultures through history… just ask the Britons how things went when the Romans showed up. Or how things were when the Saxons came after that… Now its just part of history and no one is crying about how hard it was for people long dead.
Totally agree with you Garth.
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Every immigrant coming to Canada was taught in English (French) and had to learn to speak English (French) and not their native language. New immigrants attending public school are also not taught in their native tongue. Out of the big city in small towns there where tiny one room schools and one teacher teaching all 8 grades. I myself remember getting the strap for acting up, which in todays times is unthinkable.
We need to learn from history and not forget about it. Todays standard are different from years ago and in the future they will be different again. I wonder what people will say in 50 years about todays cancel culture.
Enough is enough with the handouts for the indigenous. When does it end? Maybe the government should just give them all a $100k / year salary in perpetutity … but that would likely only appease them for a few years. Then they’d want more and would be back out there protesting something we cannot change.
Will there be a live stream of the fireworks show?
#31 Shakabra
If you ever get the chance to go up in a small plane and see the fireworks from above, I highly recommend it!
It sounds counterintuitive because you might be thinking you risk getting hit by the fireworks. But you fly around 4500 ft depending on your local elevation.
Well above the fireworks.
As for the birds… is there some high flying night birds that ignore the sounds of fireworks? I don’t understand how fireworks would be terrible for them.
I assume that Victoria has removed Canada Day as an official paid statutory holiday and all municipal workers will be nose to the grindstone on the 1st??
Light em Garth!
#97 VicPaul on 06.10.21 at 9:13 pm
#49 Ustabe on 06.10.21 at 4:28 pm
There is one thing you can say for today’s sturdy conservative men and women.
Some of them sure play the victim card well.
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Careful, your ideological slip is showing.
Identity politics is built on victimhood…no one does/is doing it better than democrats.
Trolling is your style though…
M57BC
VicPaul, I’m in my mid 70’s and have been a paid up, card carrying Progressive Conservative member since I was eligible and until they went away. While I volunteered on many election campaigns I also was a paid staff member on two provincial ones which punched my ticket to a national one which led to me being invited to Ottawa. I’ve truly seen how the sausage is made.
Vic, old buddy, the conservative party in Canada no matter what you call it now, used to be what is called a “big tent” party. Open, inclusive, policies that made sense for Canadians.
It no longer is that as exemplified by your petty little post questioning my purity and inferring that I am trolling. And it is no longer electable in its current guise especially when it has gatekeepers like you turning folks away.
Look at it, across the nation. Kenny is on the run from his own caucus with the NDP and WildRose polling ever higher. Moe is failing, Ford is flailing and you are busy turning folks away with your infantile slotting of people on some sort of purity chart.
Last year I donated a bit over $10,000 to various individual conservative candidates and causes across Western Canada. While not friends I know Preston Manning well enough that he recalls my name whenever we pass by one another. I am current in true conservative circles in western Canada, I am consulted via meetings, email and etc from time to time.
While I am not vital to the re-imagining of true political conservatism in Canada I like to think that I am there, participating, helping where and when I can. People return my emails, my phone calls. They call me!
What have you done Vic?
You know, VicPaul, a good lawyer never asks a question in court that she doesn’t already know the answer to. You would be wise to modify that truism to your postings on here.
#31 Shakabra on 06.11.21 at 1:24 pm
Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
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How about thunderstorms? Equally terrible?
We experienced the most intense 6 hour thunderstorm last year in the Chilcotin tipi our party has ever seen. Wouldn’t even have noticed a full fireworks display in the middle of that. We gave up trying to sleep and watched a few movies with subtitles on due to the noise.
Garth,
The based department called. They said they’re looking for a “Garth Turner”. I think you should take the call
Inability to erase history, and the carrying of the baggage is the reason why games have to be reset.
And so will this SIMULATION!
Looks like a good stack of $20s with Queen on it will go up in flames here Garth.
May I place a bet? I bet $1 that LUCKY LOONIE will set fire to something in the neighbourhood. :-)
I immigrated to Canada over 20 years ago at a young age. Spent most of my early adulthood battling depression and overly negative and angry thoughts. But one thing I’ve always been grateful for is living in this country. Yeah, it has changed a lot in past 2 decades but my heart belongs to Canada from the day I landed here.
Finally starting to feel better from decade long depression and decided to work hard to change my physique from skinny little guy to healthy looking strong muscular dude. Plus weight lifting keeps depression away like Mr. Turner keeps anti-vaxxers away from this blog.
My goal is to get a tattoo of Canadian flag in couple of years to celebrate being in this great country for 25 years. Combination of Canadian flag and number 25 on my big bulging right bicep. Open to ideas for a tattoo if anyone wants to share images.
#38 Jack on 06.11.21 at 1:50 pm
Enough is enough with the handouts for the indigenous. When does it end? Maybe the government should just give them all a $100k / year salary in perpetutity … but that would likely only appease them for a few years. Then they’d want more and would be back out there protesting something we cannot change.
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Yep. I got nothing against the natives. Neither do I draw parallels between regular aboriginal folks and their brain dead activist groups. I’m sure they’re working just as hard as I am trying to keep up with the latest PC term on how they are to be addressed.
But at some point, it has to be understood that smashing a statue of some historical figure’s head off, and sticking it on a pike, is not endearing you to anyone.
Having lived in Europe now going on 6 years, many pluralistic, well off countries here too Garth (recall 4 of the G7 are in Europe) but the one thing that you said gave me pause, pride:
“…searching for the best life in a place where the horizon is endless.”
THAT IS CANADA.
Urbi et orbi Garth Turner*.
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*Try not to immolate yourself on Canada Day.
#11 BillyBob on 06.11.21 at 12:14 pm
#1 Ponzius Pilatus on 06.11.21 at 10:56 am
Saved lots of cash money during the last year.
Making plans for trips to China and Europe.
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Good boy. Get on those planes and get going. They run on renewables, promise.
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My conscience is clean.
I do not own a car.
I hear some planes in France run on vegetable oil.
Or I will sail, like Sailo
#34 crowdedelevatorfartz on 06.11.21 at 1:38 pm
@#28 IHCTD9
“The Vikings of course.
I’d be cool with that :)”
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Genetically speaking.
We are all…every last person on the planet…..from “Out of Africa” and it would save us all in “Sorry-land” a lot of time and even more apologie$$$$…….
If we gave everything to Namibia.
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Namibia?
**** that! I want a horned helmet!
Thanks for the post Garth and happy Canada Day all when it comes.
Suggestion: maybe move the fireworks out of your abode for safety’s sake. that is a lot of black powder!
#10 BillyBob on 06.11.21 at 12:08 pm
Wow, Victoria sounds awful these days. It must be quite bad given that you are otherwise pretty upbeat about life. I guess a certain pest who shall not be named doesn’t help. I haven’t been in years myself, but was considering a trip this fall. Should I skip it?
Congrats on the “new” job! Enjoy your wings!
Yeah, rotten things happen because there are rotten people and lets not forget self interest. It is a question for me because it only part of the problem. The thing I note from history (5,000 years of written history) is people’s behavior has not changed. Power is intoxicating.
Only a few wield it well but for what purpose? I have the book called “48 Laws of Power” – Justin fails and most of our “leaders”. IMO, T2 is a gameshow host ready to shed a tear on cue. It is a book full of stories of people that have been forgotten and the things they did though not kind but necessary for the times.
I will never forget T2 naming the provinces that made Canada but “forgetting” to mention Alberta while he was in Calgary. Apparently, stinging Alberta plays well back east – you will reap what you sow.
Three of my aunts became nuns and 2 volunteered to be Mother Superiors at residential schools. Apparently my father side grand mother was a fanatic RC. He had stories. The nuns were tough disciplinarians according to my father but not mean. One died in Africa from treating diseases. Even I got strapped at a public school. It was like a public execution. Chinese proverb – “kill a chicken to scare the monkeys”.
Then there was the third daughter who became an airline stewardess and married a mail man. Back in the day (70’s) if you were union you were golden. To this day I wonder how they got so much for so little. Still seems to exist (public servants) and “elites”.
I have got slapped and kicked in the ass. Things happen for a reason. Justified – okay. Intimidation – not. My decision.
The woke revolution will continue until Conservatives show up for school board elections.
If you think the woke activists are ridiculous, wait until you get a load of the woke MBAs out-doing each other on LinkedIn…
#41 Sail Away That was good. Really good. Thanks eh
Last time I was near sky rocket fireworks, was a couple of New Years eves ago. They tipped over, being lamely pushed into frozen ground, but were very impressive horizontally shooting perfectly aligned under a long row of parked cars.
Twice the guy did it!
Correction, Aunt Margarite was the 4th daughter of 12 kids growing up on a farm in SK near Prince Albert in the late 30’s.
Fully vaccinated.
But I will continue wearing the mask.
Especially, in the coming flue season.
Also, my allergy is nowhere near what it as before wearing the mask when outside.
Also keeps the dust out of my lungs, when I change the cat litter.
Oops, sorry dog blog.
Can’t we just get back to setting trains on fire again?
57 westcdn on 06.11.21 at 2:47 pm
Correction, Aunt Margarite was the 4th daughter of 12 kids growing up on a farm in SK near Prince Albert in the late 30’s.
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I love hearing these stories from old timers.
…but I wish everybody could wander around Centre Block for a while, touch the stone walls, look up at the library ceiling, walk the Hall of Honour or see the depictions of WW1 above the Senate chamber. As an MP and minister I tried to faithfully represent voters, gaining the chance to traverse Canada and comprehend it.-GT
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May be man on the street that are allowed do anything online, will also be allowed to vote for every single thing if they wish to , about the future of the country ( I think we do have infrastructure to perform this ), in addition to house of commons and parliament …
Is it scary? Is it what might be called real democracy?
After all this is the ‘great reset’ right , what they meant? Too many useless people will be jobless and out of power :)!
#55 Habitt on 06.11.21 at 2:47 pm
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They will take a bonus instead and penalize all of us that had nothing to do with it.
#50 Ponzius Pilatus on 06.11.21 at 2:30 pm
My conscience is clean.
I do not own a car.
I hear some planes in France run on vegetable oil.
Or I will sail, like Sailo
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It takes gumption to sail across oceans.
Also, a month ago you owned a 2017 Audi Q5. Sold? Crashed? Repossessed?
I love the gush Garth. Thanks.
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Adam Vaughan got roasted for failing Canadians:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c3hPutf0HA
Let those fireworks rip Garth
Do it for those Canadian gopher shooters that landed on Juno Beach 1944
Just get rid of 87% of the people in office and the country will balance itself.
Garth for PM.
I know. Will never happen. Too smart to take the necessary pounding.
I am not a patriotic person, but I am glad you chose to run for office Garth, and represent Canadians. From what I can gather from your blog, you are a caring and decent man, not afraid to call a spade a spade, and are more loyal to your own morals than the leaders of the parties you were a part of.
I hope you have a blast with your fireworks and an awesome day on July 1.
““Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism. Both words are normally used in so vague a way that any definition is liable to be challenged, but one must draw a distinction between them, since two different and even opposing ideas are involved. By ‘patriotism’ I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseparable from the desire for power. The abiding purpose of every nationalist is to secure more power and more prestige, not for himself but for the nation or other unit in which he has chosen to sink his own individuality.”
– George Orwell
@#56 wrk.dvr
“They tipped over, being lamely pushed into frozen ground, but were very impressive horizontally shooting perfectly aligned under a long row of parked cars.”
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Calgary Stampede 1980.
Fireworks in the center of the rodeo circle..
Several were lit at the same time.
3 went up.
1 went horizontal about 3 feet off the ground straight at the crowd.
Hit the wall below the seats and ricocheted straight up in a crazy spiral. Made it just above the crowd and exploded …showering everyone in the bleachers with sparks.
Biggest cheer of the night.
#63 Nope That was really good as well. Great chuckle thanks
@#64 Sail Away
“Also, a month ago you owned a 2017 Audi Q5. Sold? Crashed? Repossessed?”
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He woke up.
If the human race is to get over the xenophobia thingy it would stand to reason for interracial relationships to move us into an era when the offspring are basically Heinz 57 offshoots.
Wishful thinking I suppose, but it would create a whole new landscape for understanding.
Enjoy the display, but be mindful of the potential health effects and clean up the debris:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-fireworks-environment-wildlife-human-health-concerns-1.5218006
https://dogdiscoveries.com/health/fireworks-are-toxic-to-dogs
Woke is no joke. The next decade will be a challenge if we continue to capitulate to the irrational.
Residential schools were an abomination, created by a progressivist elite who thought they knew what was best for those they forcibly took on as wards. Yes, they were also racist, but the racism alone wouldn’t have caused nearly as much damage as the progressivism did. Keep government small, and never allow it to have the power to take anyone’s kids.
What happens today depends on what happened yesterday, down through the ages. So if Columbus’ fleet of 3 had been sunk Oct 11, 1492 before reaching today’s Cuba, that means all of the events that have occurred on these 2 continents since then never happen. Other things would’ve that we can’t predict, meaning none of us is born. Including the woke.
Most people don’t know what we’re up against. What I’ll call the dialectic left (neo-marxist, critical theorists, woke) use philisophical methods that are specifically designed to succeed in an operational sense. Most of us, people of goodwill and decency, are totally unequipped to deal with a philosophy that intends to take advantage of our society’s need for criticsm to progress and to weaponize it. Our elites are capitulating. Most people instinctively understand the bad faith at work here, but have no way to articulate that. Those who want to know more and are bookishly inclined should read Hicks’ work on postmodernism, and there is excellent work by James Lindsay online to understand this more. Because we’ll continue to have our rear ends handed to us by these creeps until we understand why they think what they think, and prepare ourselves to say no.
And here I thought Quincy was apologizing for being a hard drinking pup!:) ‘Hello, my name is Quincy & I’m a dogaholic’.
The boxes of fireworks have some interesting labels. ‘Multicolor Peonies’ sounds like something gardening types would be interested in planting, not something that can go ‘Boom’! As for the Idle No More crowd, while I support their efforts to ensure the injustices of the past do not continue in future I do not support the cancellation of Canada Day et al. Two wrongs do not make a right.
Especially, in the coming flue season
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Ponzi fireplaces are for winter.
Masks are for chickens.(soon)
I will burn enough gasoline to cover your share. Thanks.
Judgment Day! How not to love this!
I can’t help but continue to point out there is something more nefarious at play here than just “an out of control minority” group looking for reparations. I am dismayed that our political machine actively advocates on behalf of these destructive forces. It is freedom gone too far.
I hope to see a video of your fireworks show Garth. There are things we fundamentally disagree on but, I am glad to live in a country (for now) where no one is persecuted for their opinion (for now).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc2d652_2hE
More guns than you think
Estimate of civilian firearms per 100 persons –
1)United States 120.3
2)Falkland Islands 62.1
3)Yemen 52.8
4)New Caledonia 42.5
5)Montenegro 39.1
6)Serbia 39.1
—>7) Canada 34.7
8) Uruguay 34
9)Cyprus 34.0
10) Finland 32.4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country
I grew up in Ontario, as proud as a Canadian that could be. But once I went through the NEP, my love and affection is Western Canada based, and not all of Canada.
I respect you day coming up and enjoy it. But I will not celebrate it.
Had to ask Mr. Google what the heck 2SLGBTQQIA means.
“https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Pride-Month-ENG.pdf”
I think the REAL problem…everywhere…is that people have wayyyyyy too much time on their hands.
The majority of us are up on that roof with you Mr. T. for the big event.
But then again, I think only the minority rules Canada.
Well Said Garth.
I Shall celebrate with you (from Calgary) :)
R.
Refusing to acknowledge why a portion of the population isn’t so keen to celebrate Canada, especially this year, is wilful ignorance. Victoria made a hard choice which will more than likely be forgotten by next year, and will have no affect on the history, but it might reassure a marginalized population that they are valued, and that seems to me to be a very Canadian action. All the tiles of the mosaic need the same attention if the picture is going to look its best.
Being ‘not so keen’ to celebrate Canada Day is a far cry from the Indigenous protest group’s plans to actively demonstrate against it, and attempt to disrupt others marking a national anniversary. I think less of people who act that way. Don’t you? – Garth
I told you this would happen…
Thank you Garth for this glimpse of sanity in this mad, mad, sad world!
Amen brother!
I understand life at at the Residential Schools was not great. My issue is people judge a situation without considering the alternatives. What would life have been like for the children if the schools did not exist? Are you sure it would have been better? It is impossible to rewind time and watch both alternatives unfold simutaniously, but if you could, this is how things should be compared/evaluated.It could be, the lives of the children were better off in balance compared to being isolated. The same with past leaders accomplishments or failures. What would have happened had they not lead the way? People will say Sir Winston Churchill was a cold ruthless leader, but that was what was required . What would life be like in Briton now had Churchill not existed ? There are opportunity costs with every decision/path taken, the alternative benifet/harm of not going another way. These potential opportunity costs are not wighed in as they should be. IMHO
“Idle No More is planning anti-Canada Day rallies in several cities…”
Really? I thought protesting was not allowed. Freedom rallies have been shut down (sometimes by the courts as in Nova Scotia), and protestors fined or arrested (as in Quebec) because they would be breaking public health orders of no gatherings, etc.
Protesting lockdowns = not allowed. Protesting against history = allowed.
fireworks are so much fun … but …
Along with lead, titanium, strontium, and copper are commonly found in fireworks. “Although people are only exposed to these substances for a short time each year, they are much more toxic than the pollutants we breathe every day,” says Dr. Gordon
Fireworks create highly toxic gases and pollutants that poison the air, the water and the soil, making them toxic to birds, wildlife, pets, livestock — and people
Fireworks create a toxic fog of fine particulates, poisonous aerosols and heavy metals
sudden loud noises, such as those created by fireworks explosions, are a health hazard too. Not only are these sounds inescapable, but fireworks can damage hearing (ref), trigger mental health episodes in those who suffer from PTSD (ref), and can lead to life-threatening injuries to pets, livestock, wildlife and birds
#32 Shakabra on 06.11.21 at 1:24 pm
Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
Dare I dare to eat a peach? – Garth
Well, enough gushiness. -Garth
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I think you captured what will happen on Canada Day Garth.
Watching Euro 2020 match between Italia and Turkey (2-0 so far 76′) and Italia is now, including me, going:
NUTS.
Game in Roma, Stadio Olimpico 16,000 spectators (2800 Turks) and the fans going crazy.
You’d think there were 70,000 of them Stadio Olimpico’s capacity.
Zona Bianca Italia celebrates the DEATH THROW’S of Covid.
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Canada will too on its day.
(except for FAR LEFTY 2 bricks short of a full load, not all the oars are in the water, 40 card deck, sack of hammers, box or rocks VICTORIA).
#34 crowdedelevatorfartz on 06.11.21 at 1:38 pm
@#28 IHCTD9
“The Vikings of course.
I’d be cool with that :)”
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Genetically speaking.
We are all…every last person on the planet…..from “Out of Africa” and it would save us all in “Sorry-land” a lot of time and even more apologie$$$$…….
If we gave everything to Namibia.
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You mean my Great….Grandmother. We’re all kissing cousins. I expect the retroactive rent cheques in the mail by July 1st.
DNA is an eye opener and will bring light to past educated assumptions.
In other news, Peru’s central bank holds interest rates steady but shifts policy. Some Central banks slowly diverging from the G7 ones.
Garth
Will you be broadcasting the fireworks….ours has been cancelled.
#32 Shakabra on 06.11.21 at 1:24 pm
Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
I love Canada too, but fireworks isn’t needed to express that.
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You went on about this a few weeks ago. Give your foolishness a rest.
Light it up Garth!!!
Happy Feline Friday!
Did you know:
Cats have 4 rows of whiskers. They can move the top 2 rows independently of the bottom 2 rows.
When a cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would shave their eyebrows in mourning.
The most popular pedigreed cat breeds in the USA are 1. Persian, 2. Maine Coon, and 3. Exotic Shorthair.
Cats today live about twice as long as they did 50 years ago.
Cats have between 30 and 50 million hairs on their bodies.
Many things could have been done better a century ago. Many things could be done better today. But anyone who believes Canada was built on “500 years of genocide” against aboriginal people should research the Battle of Belly River, which took place near Lethbridge in 1870.
Yet again – Another example and standard we are setting, as a country, to future generations on how to act when you don’t know how to act. In this respect, Garth, leadership is indeed lacking more than anyone even knows.
Best thing would could be doing right now is coming together as a country instead of dividing it.
Canada Day will be celebrated in my household, as well as thoughts on our past.
Great weekend!
Og
Enjoy your fireworks and parties, settlers!
“Threepers” morphing ideas causes
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#74 Hurtin’ Albertan on 06.11.21 at 3:30 pm
Enjoy the display, but be mindful of the potential health effects and clean up the debris
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Boy,you would be fun to party with! Lol
#32 Shakabra: Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
I didn’t realize fireworks were bad for birds, but it makes sense. I’m a bird lover too, but I do like to see fireworks on Canada Day. So let ‘er rip for this one day.
Hope there’ll be no damage to your roof.
And don’t let anyone smoke in the laundry room before then.
#95 Felix on 06.11.21 at 4:45 pm
Happy Feline Friday!
Did you know:
Cats have 4 rows of whiskers. They can move the top 2 rows independently of the bottom 2 rows.
When a cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would shave their eyebrows in mourning.
The most popular pedigreed cat breeds in the USA are 1. Persian, 2. Maine Coon, and 3. Exotic Shorthair.
Cats today live about twice as long as they did 50 years ago.
Cats have between 30 and 50 million hairs on their bodies.
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Hairy little buggers! That’s why you should get a dog.
@#92 DON
“We’re all kissing cousins.”
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As much as it curls Sara’s upper lip…. yes.
She and I …share mutual DNA……
“Residential schools were an abomination, created by a progressivist elite who thought they knew what was best for those they forcibly took on as wards. ”
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No. They were established by the Catholic Church. They believe that without teaching about Jesus Christ and the Bible, an individual cannot become a moral person, e.g. savages.
Read on Bishop Vital-Justin Grandin:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vital-Justin_Grandin
Who are the progressives that want to force Jesus Christ on our country?
@#90 wallflower
“….. create a toxic fog of fine particulates, poisonous aerosols and heavy metals
sudden loud noises, such as those created by fireworks explosions, are a health hazard too…..”
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Damn!
It reads like my curriculum vitae
The announcement that TC Energy is cancelling the problem-plagued Keystone XL pipeline project wasn’t a big surprise.
It seemed unlikely the Calgary-based company could dig its way out of U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision last January to yank its cross-border permit.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/keystone-xl-cancelled-1.6060621
This is END Alberta oil industry!
Canada the retaliatory move must be next:
Release immediately Huawei CEO Meng Wanzhou.
We don’t need for that more court hearing – just release!
Biden didn’t go in court – we will do same. We are not USA slave.
Biden ignored in rude manner Canada economical interest about Keystone XL pipeline project. We should ignored in polite manner USA opinion about Huawei CEO Meng Wanzhou.
@#64 Sail Away
“Also, a month ago you owned a 2017 Audi Q5. Sold? Crashed? Repossessed?”
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@#72 crowdedelevatorfartz
He woke up.
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Nope. Can’t read the instructions manual in Cantonese, would prefer Mandarin.
By all accounts, the steerage section has fared quite well, at least financially, over the last 18 months as the current pandemic has played out.
Now that it appears to be slowing, perhaps a second one is in order. This would give everyone a second kick at the can.
Let’s call it COVID-21 to be original!
#13 Steerage on 06.11.21 at 12:15 pm
The fireworks are made in china…………… yeesh
They invented them. – Garth
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Garth, it will be difficult to write your blog without a full set of fingers … or hands!
Though as long as you have one finger, you can still delete my comments!
#100 Paul
He probably never got sparklers on his birthday cake.
“The fire chief replied to my letter and warned darkly about the dangers of “firing burning things up into the sky.” ”
Just keep a box of Baking Soda handy – should be good to go.
“Hard to imagine anyplace else where opportunities are greater.”
Lets not toot our horn too loud. We don’t want the Queen getting offers from BlackRock.
#95 Felix on 06.11.21 at 4:45 pm
Happy Feline Friday!
Did you know:
Cats have 4 rows of whiskers. They can move the top 2 rows independently of the bottom 2 rows.
When a cat died in ancient Egypt, family members would shave their eyebrows in mourning.
The most popular pedigreed cat breeds in the USA are 1. Persian, 2. Maine Coon, and 3. Exotic Shorthair.
Cats today live about twice as long as they did 50 years ago.
Cats have between 30 and 50 million hairs on their bodies.
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Remind me why I would care?
#64 Sail Away on 06.11.21 at 3:04 pm
#50 Ponzius Pilatus on 06.11.21 at 2:30 pm
My conscience is clean.
I do not own a car.
I hear some planes in France run on vegetable oil.
Or I will sail, like Sailo
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It takes gumption to sail across oceans.
Also, a month ago you owned a 2017 Audi Q5. Sold? Crashed? Repossessed?
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Oops, stalker.
And you are an engineer?
Not your business.
Because I am woke to the greatness of our country, I will celebrate Canada on Canada Day.
Because I am woke to how the 2SLGBTQQIA people keep adding a letter to be inclusive of every possibility, I suggest we add another “S” to the end for Straight….then we will be one big happy family.
Garth,
I’m personally, is categorically opposed to canceling the holiday and turning it into a commemoration.
My vote is not that important because I realize that my contribution to the Canadian economy is not as great as from another Canadians . I’m the first generation expatriate. My contribution to history of Canada is nil, if you do not take into account my work at the polls in the last three elections.
BUT!!!!!!
My 3 grandchildren’s were born in Canada and I will not let anyone take away this wonderful summer holiday from them. I want them to be proud of their country and its history. On this day, they will meet with friends, celebrate with everyone and start up fireworks.
Just read what they write. What an idiot should be it takes to think so:
There’s a rule on Remembrance Day that you can’t clap, you can’t make noise. It’s a day of remembrance, of mourning, of paying tribute and respect to people who died. To me, the only way to move forward is if we turn Canada Day into a day of remembrance.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/06/11/should-canada-day-be-cancelled-london-attack-kamloops-discovery-stir-debate-over-how-to-mark-july-1.html
OK.
Want a day of remembrance – do it another day.
Don’t spoil the holiday for all Canadians.
A farmer is talking with his friend about his cow that won’t breed. “When I bring the bull in from the left, she moves to the right,” he says. “If I bring him in from the right, she moves to the left. And if I bring him in from the rear, she moves forward.”
“Tell me,” says his friend, “is your cow by any chance from Camrose?”
“Yes, she is!” says the farmer. “How did you know that?”
The friend sighs and says, “My wife is from Camrose.”
The libraries are open again.
I’ll go and get me a copy of “Bury my heart at Wounded Knee”.
I read it before.
Keeps me grounded.
Anyone have a good bannock recipe?
oh, imagine that…
https://twitter.com/edmunds/status/1403419683005468674
Tesla is now 0 for 7 when it comes to its EPA range.
Meanwhile, all three Mach-Es we’ve tested have exceeded their EPA estimates by at least 34 miles.
I’m a traditional NDP voter but I am getting so sick of all this woke-ist bull*$&! that I would vote Conservative in the next election.
These people would make the Maoist Red Guards of 1967 proud.
They are all about destruction- blowing up statues, cancelling public figures, forcing self-criticism, historical erasure.
And just like in China, there will be no end to it, until good, everyday Canadians say “enough”.
Well I for one have had it up to here.
Had a friendly chat today with the realtor I used 5 years ago to find my current rental, haven’t heard a peep from her in those 5 years.
Apparently things have “slowed down a little due to the third wave” so some properties that are a little out-dated have been sitting on the market so there might be a “deal”.
This might be a good sign of things starting to melt a little, but I’m not overextending myself and I’m currently comfy in my rental.
The realtor will keep an eye out for anything in my very low price range with very specific requirements, so I doubt she’ll find anything. But let’s see how the market reacts to reopening.
On this particular Friday I regret that the PM PM (Mr. Justin Trudeau) is abroad. It sounds like there is some angst out there; the country needs the PM PM to soothe Canadians. He is very good at that.
BB
#107 YVR 60% Crash on 06.11.21 at 5:36 pm
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“Nope. Can’t read the instructions manual in Cantonese, would prefer Mandarin.”
Not that I want to spoil your little game of spite, but Cantonese and Mandarin are spoken languages.
The written Chinese is the same (some regional variation, such as Taiwan).
Silly dogs.
there are so many movements today that reject the past and wish to create a perfect world. Our country/world today is the result of people striving to prosper and improve their lot in life. That is our natural inclination. To renounce our past will end badly. There is no end to faults that can be found which will only lead to accusations against all demographics. This is destructive. Reason has to prevail. What counties are more diverse than Canada and the United States. The people claiming discrimination, can they prove there is a perfect Country. Can they list all of the worlds countries and show the level of acceptance of people of other races, tribes, demographics as a percentage of their total population. Can they then show a little appreciation for the people who did their best to make Canada and the United States what they are today.
I used to rent a house to a hillbilly out in the country. He told me he celebrated Canada Day with fireworks every year. So one Canada Day I decided to take a drive out and celebrate with him. When I got there cars were backed up along a major highway for over a quarter of a mile waiting for the show to begin. I’m glad I’m not a landlord anymore.
#103 crowdedelevatorfartz on 06.11.21 at 5:15 pm
@#92 DON
“We’re all kissing cousins.”
+++
As much as it curls Sara’s upper lip…. yes.
She and I …share mutual DNA……
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Gross!
#107 YVR 60% Crash on 06.11.21 at 5:36 pm
@#64 Sail Away
“Also, a month ago you owned a 2017 Audi Q5. Sold? Crashed? Repossessed?”
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@#72 crowdedelevatorfartz
He woke up.
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Nope. Can’t read the instructions manual in Cantonese, would prefer Mandarin.
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Sigh,
Here we go again.
Written Cantonese and written Mandarin are pretty much the same, just the pronunciation may be different.
Even your buddy CEF knows that.
#52 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 2:32 pm
#34 crowdedelevatorfartz on 06.11.21 at 1:38 pm
@#28 IHCTD9
“The Vikings of course.
I’d be cool with that :)”
++++
Genetically speaking.
We are all…every last person on the planet…..from “Out of Africa” and it would save us all in “Sorry-land” a lot of time and even more apologie$$$$…….
If we gave everything to Namibia.
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Namibia?
**** that! I want a horned helmet!
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Unbelievable you’ve said that! I’ve kept this quiet till now but, on January 6th, when that great horned warrior appeared on our TV screen , I said “Holy crap honey, it’s that testosterone bulldozer guy from Garth’s blog!!!”
Aside from that Friday night laugh, can you identify a song for me, from back in the 90’s with the chorus “I will drug you and —- you, on the permafrost”? I have it on a worn, very poorly recorded from radio-CFNY cassette, it sounds a lot like Duran Duran, but obviously is far from that. The guitar/keyboard is full on glue sniffing sound effects (guessing) with oscillating volume. From the words, obviously CDN punk supreme. I’d love to know what it is to get a better copy. And all of the material from the same band.
I sure hope you can help.
I know this would never happen. I would like to see question period, turn into suggestion period. Have all parties working together on what is best for Canada.
Applauding those that are doing good would be much more productive than tearing things down that you disapprove of.
My kids are good people. I ask them to explain social niceties all the time. They are 8 and 11. They are kind and accepting. They must get if from their mom.
They think the hate is silly. Why not celebrate your successes as well as correct your mistakes? Why can’t residential schools be bad and Canada Day fun?
Maybe the current tantrum politics will be short lived.
U rock, Garth!
As I have stated before, the irony is, most of the WOKEST SJWs, will be horrendous monsters by 2121 standards. Sadly, logic & perspective are slowly dying in this world…..
Will there be a livestream of the fireworks-by-the-sea?
wallflower on 06.11.21 at 4:33 pm
fireworks are so much fun … but …
Along with lead, titanium, strontium, and copper are commonly found in fireworks. “Although people are only exposed to these substances for a short time each year, they are much more toxic than the pollutants we breathe every day,” says Dr. Gordon
Fireworks create highly toxic gases and pollutants that poison the air, the water and the soil, making them toxic to birds, wildlife, pets, livestock — and people. Fireworks create a toxic fog of fine particulates, poisonous aerosols and heavy metals….
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…In the “Pre-Politically Correct Period” known as the Fifties and Sixties, when I was teen-aged farm kid, I always assumed that when bottles, cans and especially rats, at the local Township dump came in contact with lit cannon-crackers, it was the explosive force of the gunpowder contained there-in that caused the destruction….
Now I’m SO glad to find out, as Dr Gordon pointed out, that it was a combination of “fine particulates, poisonous aerosols and heavy metals” that were to blame!
WHEW! My soul can rest easier now!
Light ’em up Garth, and celebrate this fine country!
Garth,
Maybe you could dedicate one box to celebrate the successful roll out of the Vaccine through all of Canada.
We’re now numero Uno. Best ist show.
Congrats to all who lined up and got japped.
I truly love Canada. I know there are really bad places in this world because I was born and grew up in one. Canada is a light for people without hope in this planet. I am very grateful to be part of this land and I will celebrate it always.
Well..it sold. The AZ seasonal home is gone. Listed May 11, sold May 14 for 30k over asking…8 offers all over asking…no conditions…no inspections. Escrow closed today. TI account to be funded with extra 1/3 mil usd.
Garth, would love to see the fworks live but maybe instead you could do your part to stimulate the economy and hire these guys to record it for posterity.
https://www.halifaxvideoproduction.ca/
Thanks for the blog Garth
Are Canadians racist?
After the leader of NDP says all Canadians are racists, I have been thinking about this comment and i believe it’s time to stand up and express my view. Your comment Mr. Singh truly offends me to the core. Canadians are not racist. I am not a racist.
My First thought Mr. Singh was born in Canada so I guess he includes himself in his comment?
My second thought why do you make these comments as a responsible member of Parliament?
Thirdly, Do all the people you represent in Burnaby south agree with your comment?
My final thought Canada is not a racist country. We are a very tolerant nation.
Canada has changed allot in the past 50 years, there have been many wrongs but Lets focus on the many good things!
I agree we cannot change the past I believe we must learn from the past and make it better. Are we going to burn all the books and destroy all the statues? Are we going to change history? I am curious what do you call yourself by changing the world to represent your views?
Does it make me a racist that I am against these Canada day boycotters?
I will hang my flag and be a proud Canadian and I am going to buy fireworks! and remember No matter what the past or what people say we are a better country now and we will continue to get better.
Respectfully submitted
Yeah, past injustice is just that, certain people are judging a system and a complete different society which built this country, how ironic! Erase the past only for it to repeat itself!!! Be careful what you ask for..
What happened last week where a family was run down “FOR WHAT”???? That poor family who escaped hate only to me mowed down by it. Fortunately most of us in this country are not like that fricken lunatic!!!!
Light those puppies up Garth, we are celebrating “Canada Day”, no matter what the naysayers say.
Any chance of a live stream?? I would love to log into it and watch this….
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Typical half baked Tesla FUD, because in the end , that’s all there is. Tesla is still waiting for the competition . I mean the serious competion, something that can actually be sold in volume and profit without canabalizing existing products.
Criminals should not be allowed to investigate themselves. Therefore a foreign independent enquiry must be made for the truth to come out. Shame on those who say bribe shut up money is compensation enough for these heinous acts. There are mass graves across Canada where the death rates were up to 50% in these schools.
#6 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 11:28 am
#2 Damifino on 06.11.21 at 10:59 am
“2SLGBTQQIA”
Starting to sound like a genetic sequence.
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Yes, almost time for an acronym for that acronym.
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AP……
Alphabet People
“2SLGBTQQIA people”
Come again?
That’s a lot of fire-crackers.
Around here fire-crackers go with the fire bans. No fire bans, fireworks allowed. Fire ban, no. I think we’ll be back to a fire ban by July 1st, there hasn’t been much rain. The lawn isn’t even fully green yet.
In the city fireworks are never allowed. Too many asphalt roofs too close together.
Well said, Garth.
In this chaotic world, you’re a beacon of decency and common sense. It ain’t perfect, but but we built a nation that’s the envy of many. Let’s continue to build, not destroy.
Have an awesome Canada Day celebration, Mr. Turner.
But please don’t share your beer with the whacos. As long as they can expect beer, or any friendly gesture, they will keep growing more and more radical. They need to face a hard rejection, then they will begin coming back to their senses.
Let’s remember all local council members who voted against Canada Day, and boot them from the office at the next election time.
Get rid of the border. Get rid of the crown. All those useless lieutenant governors & governor general. Open competition by ending the 6 bank reign.
#36 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 1:39 pm
Unless we can get enough Indian/Chinese/Middle East folks (who don’t give a rip about lefty SJW battles and are hard to attack…) in here before the SHTF.
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Yes. They keep coming in, quite a few are already here, and that’s great. They are not very visible politically yet. The system works well for them, and most of them feel no urge to run for an office. Those who do, join the established parties.
Once the woke orthodoxy begins interfering with their everyday lives – and it will – the immigrants will self-organize. New concepts and new parties will emerge, and things will change.
126 Wrk.dovr – copied and pasted into google and I got this
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xakpiq
Title – permafrost
Band – magazine
#74 Hurtin’ Albertan on 06.11.21 at 3:30 pm
Enjoy the display, but be mindful of the potential health effects and clean up the debris:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-fireworks-environment-wildlife-human-health-concerns-1.5218006
https://dogdiscoveries.com/health/fireworks-are-toxic-to-dogs
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Who feeds their dogs fireworks?
#80 FriedEggs on 06.11.21 at 3:57 pm
“More guns than you think”
Hmm I would have thought Switzerland would be near the top of the list. Isn’t it the law that all men must own one for national defense?
Most of the guns Canadians own are hunting rifles or shotguns. Still, for home defense those will do.
Canadians do not by and large have an aversion to guns. It is the idea of carrying a hand gun around downtown that Canadians aren’t keen on like they are in the US. But with so much area and so much hunting the tools of that trade are quite popular. Even among the indigenous people. They don’t hate all of our culture.
When Trudeau instituted his most recent gun ban, he banned a bunch of guns most people don’t have. Maybe gang members. But he certainly didn’t ban hunting rifles. That wouldn’t have worked.
Farmers also like their guns because every now and then there is a bobcat that won’t leave the chickens alone.
But if you live downtown and don’t hunt a gun is an unnecessary tool. More of a liability than an asset.
#90 wallflower on 06.11.21 at 4:33 pm
fireworks are so much fun … but …
Along with lead, titanium, strontium, and copper are commonly found in fireworks. “Although people are only exposed to these substances for a short time each year, they are much more toxic than the pollutants we breathe every day,” says Dr. Gordon
Fireworks create highly toxic gases and pollutants that poison the air, the water and the soil, making them toxic to birds, wildlife, pets, livestock — and people
Fireworks create a toxic fog of fine particulates, poisonous aerosols and heavy metals
sudden loud noises, such as those created by fireworks explosions, are a health hazard too. Not only are these sounds inescapable, but fireworks can damage hearing (ref), trigger mental health episodes in those who suffer from PTSD (ref), and can lead to life-threatening injuries to pets, livestock, wildlife and birds
#32 Shakabra on 06.11.21 at 1:24 pm
Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
Dare I dare to eat a peach? – Garth
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We are half way through a global pandemic we thought was going to kill us all, there are nuclear bombs pointed everywhere, Chernobyl, Fukashima, global warming, global cooling, all the plutonium floating around from the nuclear tests, nuclear wastes, battery chemicals filling up the landfills, plastics in the ocean, Round Up, cancer, droughts, over-population, Ponzi schemes, run away house prices, and Adele plaguing the nations. And we are supposed to get bent over a few fireworks?
Light ’em up Garth.
#92 DON on 06.11.21 at 4:40 pm
“You mean my Great….Grandmother. We’re all kissing cousins. I expect the retroactive rent cheques in the mail by July 1st.”
Headline in the Babylon Bee the other day: “Half white half black man ordered to pay himself restitutions”.
90 wallflower on 06.11.21 at 4:33 pm
fireworks are so much fun … but …
Along with lead, titanium, strontium, and copper are commonly found in fireworks. “Although people are only exposed to these substances for a short time each year, they are much more toxic than the pollutants we breathe every day,”
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If you want to see some real fireworks watch Carnival in Mazatlán. This is from 2019. Who knew they were attacked by the French in 1864. The fireworks represent the naval battle. Cover your gringo dogs and baby’s ears. Mexican pets and children don’t flinch.
Ándale pues!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaqoSomBH90
It’s easy for those on the left to hate the country that gives them so much when the money is flowing freely and the party is on.
It gets more serious when the pendulum swings and the bills come due.
How many of those (incl. natives) who complain about the country, it’s history, legal and political systems, and so much else, derive some or all of their sustenance from the government, incl. heavily subsidized Universities?
Interesting that for the most part, it’s the half (or a bit less these days) who work in the private sector that appreciate what they have.
In particular, seniors who believe that they are owed free health care and pensions in retirement, might find themselves speaking to an empty room if one day the cuts come and they can’t find enough people who believe that we need to sacrifice for them for the country they built, because too many people hate the country they built?
Tearing apart the social fabric of a country will have just as devastating a result as printing the currency into the ground!
So to raise the entertainment level, someone needs to go on facebook and start a rumor that Garth is having a fireworks show from the top of the bank. This will bring out all the protestors.
Then he has something to fire at.
Very entertaining. :)
The narrative of the “genocide” of Canadian natives, peddled by the SJWs, is a sad joke.
The Holocaust, Cambodian genocide, Nazi genocide of ethnic Poles, Rwanda, etc… these are actual genocides. What happened here, while tragic and wrong, was not genocide.
It is odd in the Western World how different “movements’ seem to run in parallel.
In Canada it is a woke group espousing the nonsense that the county’s foundation is a “genocide” of a stone age people.
In the USA it is the 1619 project another woke group espousing that their country’s foundation is slavery.
Seems to be a deliberate perhaps coordinated campaign to tear down and replace the story of two of the most prosperous and successful country’s in the world.
It also seems that the establishment of both counties are buying into the garbage. Are our elites now so weak and guilt ridden that they would be willing to destroy the vehicle that got them their privilege, or are they so diabolical and think that these movements can distract from their growing wealth and be harnessed for greater control and power.
Did Trump, western populism, Occupy Wall Street, scare them that much?
As an afghan living in Canada this is the only home I have and I’m darn proud of it!
Why does everyone keep calling it “Cancel Culture”?
The correct terminology is “Crybaby Culture”. If you continue to call it by the incorrect name, I’ll chain myself to a Starbucks and use the free wifi to write made-up sob stories on the internet until I get my way!
Canada administered 510,000 vaccines on Friday, a new record. About 66% of them for second dose. Good news.
5.3 Million vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) will arrive next week, another record.
We will get about 78% of population over 11 years old fully vaccinated by August. Easily # 1 in the G-20
Let’s hope the vax works long term. It was so nice to ride my bicycle down the Danforth today past miles of people in patio bars watching the Euro Cup.
@#126 Wrk.dover on 06.11.21 at 7:42 pm
https://genius.com/Magazine-permafrost-lyrics
Any time you need to know the name of a song, just type the lyrics into duckduckgo or google. If you put the word “lyrics” into the search it will work even better
#126 Wrk.dover on 06.11.21 at 7:42 pm
Aside from that Friday night laugh, can you identify a song for me, from back in the 90’s with the chorus “I will drug you and —- you, on the permafrost”? I have it on a worn, very poorly recorded from radio-CFNY cassette, it sounds a lot like Duran Duran, but obviously is far from that. The guitar/keyboard is full on glue sniffing sound effects (guessing) with oscillating volume. From the words, obviously CDN punk supreme. I’d love to know what it is to get a better copy. And all of the material from the same band.
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Song is “Permafrost” by Magazine. Not Canadian, British. Not active in the 90’s.
IHCTD9 isn’t the only one with eclectic musical tastes.
#126 Wrk.dover on 06.11.21 at 7:42 pm
#52 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 2:32 pm
Namibia?
**** that! I want a horned helmet!
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Unbelievable you’ve said that! I’ve kept this quiet till now but, on January 6th, when that great horned warrior appeared on our TV screen , I said “Holy crap honey, it’s that testosterone bulldozer guy from Garth’s blog!!!”
Aside from that Friday night laugh, can you identify a song for me, from back in the 90’s with the chorus “I will drug you and —- you, on the permafrost”? I have it on a worn, very poorly recorded from radio-CFNY cassette, it sounds a lot like Duran Duran, but obviously is far from that. The guitar/keyboard is full on glue sniffing sound effects (guessing) with oscillating volume. From the words, obviously CDN punk supreme. I’d love to know what it is to get a better copy. And all of the material from the same band.
I sure hope you can help.
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That wasn’t real Viking swag – too much raccoon…
Magazine – Permafrost:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ2pDwbyxTc
Trippy!
Being ‘not so keen’ to celebrate Canada Day is a far cry from the Indigenous protest group’s plans to actively demonstrate against it, and attempt to disrupt others marking a national anniversary. I think less of people who act that way. Don’t you? – Garth
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You think less of people who exercise their freedom of speech and assembly in an attempt to improve the nation? Exercising ones democratic rights is a great way to celebrate this great country.
Thanks for this Garth. Imperfect we are no doubt, but where else in the world do you have such an opportunity to make your country just a little bit better, every single day.
#156 NSNG on 06.12.21 at 1:20 am
@#126 Wrk.dover on 06.11.21 at 7:42 pm
Any time you need to know the name of a song, just type the lyrics into duckduckgo or google. If you put the word “lyrics” into the search it will work even better
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If one is busy homesteading and cruising the interwebz with a homebuilt crank-powered Commodore 64, it is far more efficient to delegate the task to tech-y whiz kids.
Well played, WO, well played.
Even Bill Maher agrees with me!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB9KVYAdYwg
@#141 Grunt
“Get rid of the border. Get rid of the crown. All those useless lieutenant governors & governor general. ”
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Cant we just start with the Senate?
“Most people own no guns, are educated, productive and decent. ” – Garth
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Well, I guess 2 outta 2 ain’t bad, eh?
I’m up to 5 guns, and my productivity level is in the toilet.
But I’m an educated decent guy.
#32 Shakabra
Please rethink the fireworks, Garth. It’s terrible for the environment, especially birds.
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Them birds is gonna blow up REAL good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkvD7-u7y8
Garth, I hope your celebration extravaganza will be spectacular and visible for many miles.
Your thoughtful comments about ‘cancel culture’ demonstrate the clear thinking and courage our leaders lack when confronted with irrational demands, and actions, of the ‘cancel culture’ gang. Conrad Black’s piece in this morning’s Post continues the theme. Wake up Canadians; we’re being duped.
#131 Ponzius Pilatus
Congrats to all who lined up and got japped.
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Ummmm….isn’t that politically incorrect?
Ponzi….you might get cancelled!
Fried egg #80
Firearms in Canada… I own a firearm… I inherited it from my father.
Back in the day he raised five kids, and we often ate venison, moose meat, etc
I have no intention of disposing of this firearm because it reminds me of my father, but I promise… no intention of turning into some loony tune whack job running around threatening anybody
Residential schools, can’t help but add to the subject, busy as I am.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egerton_Ryerson
Ryerson’s profile is worth a read. Before Canada became a nation… yep, that long ago, Ryerson was put in a position of studying the western world’s educational systems throughout the advanced nations that had existed then to design a hybrid system of education for what we knew of Canada way back when. The system Ryerson came up with is largely the same system of education we use today.
Some of us may complain of a “compulsory” education where education is mandatory for all up to the age of 12 (now 16), or standardized text books, compulsory school libraries, standardized teachers, a defined chain of command with public boards of education, district superintendents and free public schools. Ryerson was in essence, the architect of Canada’s version of universal education. what could be more socialist than this? Raising taxes to spend on giving children their letters and numbers…
The rich man complains, “nearly 70% of my tax dollars is going to compulsory education and health. What a waste, everyone else should pay for it themselves” and campaigns voraciously to elect politicians who argue for conservative budgets for social programs or do away with them outright.
The illiterate man complains, “why are letters and numbers forced on my children, I can raise my children better than any government, my kids don’t need foreign ways.”
There’s a name for it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
Now, to be fair concerning criticisms, Ryerson did not support the education of women in general beyond the elementary level, due to a belief that their duty was to be wives and mothers. His form of misogyny (as it was not known then) did, in fact, spill over into the system of education Ryerson designed. In Ryerson’s defense, most men and a good number of women would have agreed with him. These were different times.
Universal education was new back then. Compulsory school for children up to the age of 12 was new to everyone and some folks of all brands didn’t like it from the folks who had to pay for it to the parental child slavers who missed their free labor at home to those from cultures who saw no benefit in it, while for others who saw the positive results of universal education had new hope for the future.
One brand who despised universal education was Canadian Indians who to this day, argue that residential schools created out of the native lack of participation to compulsory education i.e., universal education, led to cultural genocide. But didn’t everyone’s culture die just a little back then with the advent of universal education and even now, for the general greater good? Who here in this age can still claim that knowing letters and numbers is a bad thing save those suffering from Dunning Kruger? For ignorance is bliss but its still ignorance.
This is an age of complaint. We have no clue! We take it all for granted. 150 years ago there was no birth control, no cures for STD’s, no vaccines, just farming with horses and one bottom plows. Illiteracy is standardized and along with it low life expectancy is baked in. Forefathers were lucky to have cotton shirts on their backs back then and today we complain looking for compensation, its Dunning Kruger! (give it a half a minute):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD2WlFLIMlE
This is a circus that needs cancelling, most of all.
Meanwhile, I’ve got my liquor cabinet double-stocked, ready for these doltish SJWs to obliterate themselves!
On a side note, it is so peaceful on this blog, without the back-and-forth bickering of, “I know you are, but what am I”-inspired posts. I can actually hear the birds chirping again. :)
Every year naboughrs puts great fireworks for Canada day. It feels like they are in some kind of compiting mode.
#1
https://imgur.com/a/FSpPHMP
#2
https://imgur.com/a/PYbT6gt
#171 Prince Polo on 06.12.21 at 10:08 am
#36 IHCTD9 on 06.11.21 at 1:39 pm
No matter how it goes, I’ll be ready with popcorn and beer to watch the show, with the drawbridge fully pulled up…
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This is a circus that needs cancelling, most of all.
Meanwhile, I’ve got my liquor cabinet double-stocked, ready for these doltish SJWs to obliterate themselves!
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Even if they don’t, and the song remains the same decades into the future, 99% of this SJW stuff can’t really affect me outside my level of taxation. The fix is always government action or monetary reparation. I don’t live where I have to see it or hear it, the TV clicks off with a push of a button, and my tax remittances are kept as low as possible.
For every so-called “victim” group as designated by some goofy activist mob, the majority thereof are regular folks who just want to live their lives. As the activists get more violent, extreme, and visible – the deeper into the closet these majority folks go. They just don’t want to be associated with the garbage their peers and colleagues are treated to on TV.
IMHO, it’s important to separate “activists” from the “group” they claim to represent. Said “group” does not get to vote on the actions of “their” mob. The mob is empowered by the media, government, and employers – and they act almost purely out of anger these days.
Lots of hard working, God fearing Black families in the USA aren’t on board with BLM anymore. Lots of older, small town gays who’d rather not see another rainbow cross walk downtown. Lots of trans folks who really just want to live their preference quietly without a spotlight on their back. If I were a visible part of a “victim group” as designated by others, and the next thing I know there’s mass destruction taking place in the streets “on my behalf”, I’d be horrified too.
The activists, media, government, and corporations are whipping this stuff up. At the same time, I don’t have to listen, watch, read, or financially support any of it. The ultimate cost ends up being social…
…hence the bunker, moat and drawbridge!
#169 Islanddave on 06.12.21 at 9:54 am
Fried egg #80
Firearms in Canada… I own a firearm… I inherited it from my father.
Back in the day he raised five kids, and we often ate venison, moose meat, etc
I have no intention of disposing of this firearm because it reminds me of my father, but I promise… no intention of turning into some loony tune whack job running around threatening anybody
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I bet you can go thru some process of having it made inoperable and keep it legally as a family heirloom.
When my grandparents passed, both had a closet full of long guns from their farming days, all of them unregistered. No one in the family wanted them, so they all got turned into the Police. Kind of a shame.
My Dad did keep his own .22 though, he bought it as a kid and I got to hear a lot of stories of his exploits with it while growing up. It’s a bolt action single shot rifle, so a thief would probably just leave it – I don’t believe it works anyway. IIRC, my uncle sent it to my Dad in the mail (lol!) years before his parents passed. I’m amazed it made it to him!
Lots of wild grouse and rabbit ended up on the kitchen table thanks to young Dad and his .22 :)
About 8 years ago I rode my bike in to work on a -30 windy day and was sitting in my office drinking tea and the janitor lady came in to empty the trash can and I asked her if she ever has second thoughts about moving to Canada on days like this. She said ‘ I am from Eritrea. I was born into war and lived all my life in war. We didn’t want that for our children. We had a choice to come to Saskatchewan or California, We chose Saskatchewan because we thought that there would never be a war here’
Everyone should just be happy for what we have, all the freedom to do what we want, lots of food, healthcare and as much education as everyone wants or needs. There were a LOT of bad people in the “good old days”. There aren’t very many bad people in Canada any more, it just seems like it because every incident is reported on in detail on social media and the news.
Good luck with your fireworks display. Wish I could be there. Everything is bad for the environment, birds, animals, etc. At some point it gets to be too absurd to even think about.
10 to 50+ mg. of THC per person will take your fireworks to a whole new level of entertainment.
Ya well whatever…Im sure you will take into consideration the lovely boats in the harbour and the dogs in the neighborhood from your perch of safety…celebrate away buddy…its only one day after all…