La Presse, the popular Montreal broadsheet, weighs in on what is happening in La Belle and, more specifically, up the street from La Presse in Outremont.
Andre Pratt postulates that the next Prime Minister of Canada may have hit a road bump in the last few days, one that will only serve to boost the Bloc Quebecois. He makes the point that in the last five years or so the two parties that can and will govern this country for the foreseeable future, the Liberals and Conservatives, have not done a great job at attracting the vote of Quebecers.
Mr. Pratt's take on this current situation is that history shows that federal party leaders, even when they come from Quebec, need a strong Quebec lieutenant. A boss. An Ernest Lapointe or a Marc Lalonde type.
My take on the situation is similar; like it or not, Quebec is Quebec and it is important to realize that. I just think that it is a bit early to do like media have been doing for the last few days, attacking Michael Ignatieff.
The only party that truly understands the dynamics of Canada from Sea to Shining Sea is the Liberal Party and the only leader that gets that is ours.
This is merely a speedbump.
WFDS
Showing posts with label Quebec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quebec. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
929...Representation By Population
Lorne Gunter, Edmonton Journal writes a big piece this morning praising the powers that be in Ottawa for shuffling the deck and making votes in his province more valuable. The headline
shows a regional bias but he does make some good points. For example, even though we kind of assume that Parliament is equally weighted, Prince Edward Island is the province that gets the most value for their votes. A riding in PEI has about 34,000 voters; one in urban Alberta 130,000. "It takes two Alberta votes to have as much influence as one from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, and five from Alberta to have as much impact as four from Quebec."
Mr. Gunter goes into great detail about the mechanizations that govern how seats are assigned federally, suffice to say if we were to have true representation by population they would have to move the House of Commons down the street to the 2,300 seat National Arts Centre's Opera House.
This is a step though.
WFDS
Rep by pop finally coming to Commons
Alberta, B. C., Ontario shortchanged too long merely to placate Quebec
Alberta, B. C., Ontario shortchanged too long merely to placate Quebec
shows a regional bias but he does make some good points. For example, even though we kind of assume that Parliament is equally weighted, Prince Edward Island is the province that gets the most value for their votes. A riding in PEI has about 34,000 voters; one in urban Alberta 130,000. "It takes two Alberta votes to have as much influence as one from Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia, and five from Alberta to have as much impact as four from Quebec."
Mr. Gunter goes into great detail about the mechanizations that govern how seats are assigned federally, suffice to say if we were to have true representation by population they would have to move the House of Commons down the street to the 2,300 seat National Arts Centre's Opera House.
This is a step though.
WFDS
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
906...I Love The Conservative Gov Of Canada
I really, really, really do.
Everyday they bring joy into my life.
If it ain't one t'ing it's another.
Today, according to the Canadian Press, a reputable group that, the help line introduced today by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea, a number that was developed to help Maritime lobster fishers in need of help about a short-term assistance program, turns out to be manned by "...a sultry-sounding woman [who] offers callers 'some tantalizing fun' from a bevy of 'nasty girls.'"
Sadly for lobstermen and lobsterlesbians in Newfoundland, Quebec and the Gulf, their toll free number is not manned by sultry women, 'tis merely a help line.
Ah, the Tories. Anything for a laugh and bit of slap and tickle.
WFDS
Everyday they bring joy into my life.
If it ain't one t'ing it's another.
Today, according to the Canadian Press, a reputable group that, the help line introduced today by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea, a number that was developed to help Maritime lobster fishers in need of help about a short-term assistance program, turns out to be manned by "...a sultry-sounding woman [who] offers callers 'some tantalizing fun' from a bevy of 'nasty girls.'"
Sadly for lobstermen and lobsterlesbians in Newfoundland, Quebec and the Gulf, their toll free number is not manned by sultry women, 'tis merely a help line.
Ah, the Tories. Anything for a laugh and bit of slap and tickle.
WFDS
Saturday, September 19, 2009
883...In Conversation: Francois Gourd
I had the opportunity to talk with Francois Gourd, the leader of the Neo Rhino Party, a renaissance as it were of the old Rhino Party. The Rhinos were and the Neo Rhinos are parties that take the piss out of the Canadian political process for sure.
But, try as he may to not be serious, Mr. Gourd, who has run unsuccessfully for a seat in Ottawa on two occasions, once getting almost fifteen hundred votes, the second time achieving less than ten per cent of those votes, made a couple of pretty interesting points in our convo yesterday.
First off, in addressing the situation of Quebec, separation and Canadian unity, Mr. Gourd suggested that all provinces separate and we run our country like the European Economic Community. Food for thought.
Secondly he wants Quebec to, upon the demise of Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba, to absorb, annex, whatever, Cuba. It's not Florida, but it is sunny and Quebeckers would adapt especially if Cuba was Quebec Sud. More food for thought.
Sometimes the wisest man is the one playing the fool, eh?
WFDS
But, try as he may to not be serious, Mr. Gourd, who has run unsuccessfully for a seat in Ottawa on two occasions, once getting almost fifteen hundred votes, the second time achieving less than ten per cent of those votes, made a couple of pretty interesting points in our convo yesterday.
First off, in addressing the situation of Quebec, separation and Canadian unity, Mr. Gourd suggested that all provinces separate and we run our country like the European Economic Community. Food for thought.
Secondly he wants Quebec to, upon the demise of Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba, to absorb, annex, whatever, Cuba. It's not Florida, but it is sunny and Quebeckers would adapt especially if Cuba was Quebec Sud. More food for thought.
Sometimes the wisest man is the one playing the fool, eh?
WFDS
Sunday, September 13, 2009
841...No One Reads Comments Sooooooo
I am printing this one.
Even though the person that wrote it was not proud or secure enough to sign it he/she/ts/q/etc [see I am politically correct!] he/she/etc makes some valid points:
Even though the person that wrote it was not proud or secure enough to sign it he/she/ts/q/etc [see I am politically correct!] he/she/etc makes some valid points:
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "824...Stephen Harper Makes A Video":
Why would Stephen Harper get warm fuzzies over the Opposition? Layton proudly declares he has voted against the Cons 79 times (didn't have to even read the budget to declare the NDP would vote NO!) That's real cooperation, Jack.
As for Ignatieff, he has met with the P.M. 3 times since his coronation in Jan. (twice at the request of the P.M.) His attitude of "he (Harper) knows where to find me" reeks of arrogance. When Harper was in Opposition, he was in constant communication with the P.M. advocating for Canadian people, a high-salaried job that Ignatieff has no clue about as official leader of the opposition. So... 9 months into the year we have heard blustering remarks from Ignatieff about his desire to take down the government no less than 3 times. We are starting to look like a banana republic internationally. The NDP and Liberals equate Harper's "meaness" with not caving in to their expensive demands, other than the budget which was opposition driven. I think the shoe is on the other foot..the Opposition is not cooperating with Harper. If you doubt this check "How'd They Vote" a website which clearly shows the voting records of all M.P.'s. It's an eye-opener!
As for the justice system --WHAT JUSTICE SYSTEM??? Thankfully Harper has initiated a federal agency to support VICTIMS of crime, since they have largely been forgotten by the NDP/Liberals and Bloc.
And NO, the Bloc should have no positions in the outcomes of what happens to the rest of Canada, since their mandate is to separate from it. They represent Quebec--leave it at that. Canadians don't want a nanny state --although lately the groanings indicate we might have to grow up a little. As Kennedy said (paraphrased) "ask what you can do for your country, not what it can do for you."
Why would Stephen Harper get warm fuzzies over the Opposition? Layton proudly declares he has voted against the Cons 79 times (didn't have to even read the budget to declare the NDP would vote NO!) That's real cooperation, Jack.
As for Ignatieff, he has met with the P.M. 3 times since his coronation in Jan. (twice at the request of the P.M.) His attitude of "he (Harper) knows where to find me" reeks of arrogance. When Harper was in Opposition, he was in constant communication with the P.M. advocating for Canadian people, a high-salaried job that Ignatieff has no clue about as official leader of the opposition. So... 9 months into the year we have heard blustering remarks from Ignatieff about his desire to take down the government no less than 3 times. We are starting to look like a banana republic internationally. The NDP and Liberals equate Harper's "meaness" with not caving in to their expensive demands, other than the budget which was opposition driven. I think the shoe is on the other foot..the Opposition is not cooperating with Harper. If you doubt this check "How'd They Vote" a website which clearly shows the voting records of all M.P.'s. It's an eye-opener!
As for the justice system --WHAT JUSTICE SYSTEM??? Thankfully Harper has initiated a federal agency to support VICTIMS of crime, since they have largely been forgotten by the NDP/Liberals and Bloc.
And NO, the Bloc should have no positions in the outcomes of what happens to the rest of Canada, since their mandate is to separate from it. They represent Quebec--leave it at that. Canadians don't want a nanny state --although lately the groanings indicate we might have to grow up a little. As Kennedy said (paraphrased) "ask what you can do for your country, not what it can do for you."
By the way, about 20 sics in there.
LOL.
WFDS
LOL.
WFDS
Friday, September 4, 2009
783...Straight Talk From Gilles Duceppe
Gilles Duceppe held a press conference in deepest and darkest Quebec
yesterday, in a town called Bois-de-Fillion and,
as reported in the Canadian Press, he said that he is open to voting
with the Liberals to topple the Tories. He is also
open to voting with the Tories to stop a fall election.
Mr. Duceppe's priorities are very consistent:
"If it's good for Quebec, we vote for it."
Tail wagging the dog for certain but if you can pull it off,
and the Bloc Quebecois
has been able to pull it off for years upon years, props to you.
WFDS
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
698...Quebec Cash Grab
It did not meet the smell test in either British Columbia or Ontario but it is a nice way to grab cash so of course Quebec has decided to make their pilot project on the use of photo radar/cash machine a go.
For residents of the National Capital it is a good news/bad news story: The Ottawa Citizen, which serves Gatineau, the third largest market in Quebec, is running a story from CanWest News Service that indicates that the province has 15 of the little buggers but that none of them are in Gatineau.
Six of the Kodak's are on the Island of Montreal and the greatest in terms of potential revenue is on the Decarie Expressway at the Ville Marie Expressway where out of about 5,001 warning letters taken because of snapshots taken during the trial period fully 2,744 were taken on the southbound part of the Decarie, just past Atwater where it merges with the Ville Marie.
The speed limit on the Decarie is 70 km/hr. If you are familiar with the Decarie, driving 70 km/hr is an invitation to die.
WFDS
For residents of the National Capital it is a good news/bad news story: The Ottawa Citizen, which serves Gatineau, the third largest market in Quebec, is running a story from CanWest News Service that indicates that the province has 15 of the little buggers but that none of them are in Gatineau.
Six of the Kodak's are on the Island of Montreal and the greatest in terms of potential revenue is on the Decarie Expressway at the Ville Marie Expressway where out of about 5,001 warning letters taken because of snapshots taken during the trial period fully 2,744 were taken on the southbound part of the Decarie, just past Atwater where it merges with the Ville Marie.
The speed limit on the Decarie is 70 km/hr. If you are familiar with the Decarie, driving 70 km/hr is an invitation to die.
WFDS
Saturday, August 1, 2009
606...Happy Colonel By Day
For those of us living in Ontario, August 1st is a holiday. It used to be called Civic Holiday but, of course, that is way, way, way to simple. Cananot have that, eh? So now each region gives the first Monday in August a local name.
My MPP, Yasir Naqvi, sent me an email informing me that in Ottawa the day is Colonel By Day. He is the guy who, for trade and defense against the Yankees, dug a ditch from Ottawa to Kingston, the Rideau Canal.
Yay.
Bonus points are scored living on the border with Quebec because, as is the way with many things, if Ontario says up, Quebec says down and La Belle doesn't have a holiday on August 1st. Western Quebec does have some rocking sales in the malls including my personal favourite, 24s of beer, quality beer not Wildcat, for well under 20 dollars.
Vive la difference.
My MPP, Yasir Naqvi, sent me an email informing me that in Ottawa the day is Colonel By Day. He is the guy who, for trade and defense against the Yankees, dug a ditch from Ottawa to Kingston, the Rideau Canal.
Yay.
Bonus points are scored living on the border with Quebec because, as is the way with many things, if Ontario says up, Quebec says down and La Belle doesn't have a holiday on August 1st. Western Quebec does have some rocking sales in the malls including my personal favourite, 24s of beer, quality beer not Wildcat, for well under 20 dollars.
Vive la difference.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
564...Denis Coderre
Daniel LeBlanc in this morning's Globe and Mail reports that Denis Coderre, the Quebec Member of Parliament for the Liberals, becomes a cultural icon/target this fall on the Radio-Canada [that is CBC's French TV, I know, why is it not TV Canada? Here's why, it is based in Montreal, where the South Shore is East of the City.] hit show Et Dieu créa … Laflaque. The show is an homage to the British program Spitting Image.
The program runs at 7:30 Sunday nights on RadCan and draws an average of 800,000 viewers.
The title is derived from the 1956 French film And God Created Woman starring Brigitte Bardot, with Mr. Laflaque being a fictional anchorman.
WFDS
The program runs at 7:30 Sunday nights on RadCan and draws an average of 800,000 viewers.
The title is derived from the 1956 French film And God Created Woman starring Brigitte Bardot, with Mr. Laflaque being a fictional anchorman.
WFDS
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
558...Tories And Gays And Montreal
Jennifer Ditchburn, Canadian Press reports that the Montreal Gay Pride thingy, Divers-Cite, has been refused funding, they wanted less than 200 000 shekels, 155 k to be precise, in part one would presume because of the fall out over the federal government, also known as the Conservative Party of Canada, got over giving Pride in Toronto money.
Ironically, in the hoo haw over Toronto Pride, Divers-Cite incurred the wrath of many in the gay community by stating that they had never been treated with anything but respect by the Tories.
Until now that is.
Paul Girard, the marketing director for the event, was told that all his ducks were in order and that the file had been sent to Minister Tony Clement's office for approval. Tuesday he was informed ixnay to the oneymay aulpay.
The event, which happens next month, features Latin American singer India, Marjo from Quebec and from the Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series Champions, Sister Sledge.
But don't expect Stephen Harper, our beloved Prime Minister, to cruise down Ste. Catherine Est for Divers-Cite.
WFDS
Ironically, in the hoo haw over Toronto Pride, Divers-Cite incurred the wrath of many in the gay community by stating that they had never been treated with anything but respect by the Tories.
Until now that is.
Paul Girard, the marketing director for the event, was told that all his ducks were in order and that the file had been sent to Minister Tony Clement's office for approval. Tuesday he was informed ixnay to the oneymay aulpay.
The event, which happens next month, features Latin American singer India, Marjo from Quebec and from the Pittsburgh Pirates 1979 World Series Champions, Sister Sledge.
But don't expect Stephen Harper, our beloved Prime Minister, to cruise down Ste. Catherine Est for Divers-Cite.
WFDS
Thursday, July 16, 2009
522...Elizabeth Payne On Global Warming
In an editorial in today's Ottawa Citizen, an editorial that skillfully uses the near death of Lake Erie 40 years ago as metaphor, Elizabeth Payne thoughtfully asks "What will it take to get some concrete action on global warming?"
The answer is simple yet out of control of science and scientists.
It has to get warm.
As in hot.
Ridiculously hot.
Not that I am being Lowell Greenesque and doubting that global warming is an issue but you did ask the question Miss Payne.
It is just hard to energize the common man, and none are more common than I, behind a cause that one cannot feel and in a summer in Ontario and Quebec where the temperatures have barely touched 20 let alone the 30's and near 40's of years gone by, it is difficult to believe that there is global warming.
Intellectually I know that there is global warming but when I am running my car heater in July in Ottawa it is hard to emotionally buy in.
Lake Erie had dead fish washing up on shore, the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland, great optics for television; global warming doesn't have that.
The issue has to be saleable. And it has to be localized.
The only question is, how?
WFDS
The answer is simple yet out of control of science and scientists.
It has to get warm.
As in hot.
Ridiculously hot.
Not that I am being Lowell Greenesque and doubting that global warming is an issue but you did ask the question Miss Payne.
It is just hard to energize the common man, and none are more common than I, behind a cause that one cannot feel and in a summer in Ontario and Quebec where the temperatures have barely touched 20 let alone the 30's and near 40's of years gone by, it is difficult to believe that there is global warming.
Intellectually I know that there is global warming but when I am running my car heater in July in Ottawa it is hard to emotionally buy in.
Lake Erie had dead fish washing up on shore, the Cuyahoga River catching fire in Cleveland, great optics for television; global warming doesn't have that.
The issue has to be saleable. And it has to be localized.
The only question is, how?
WFDS
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
474...Today On Capitol Hill
CBS's Washington bureau tells us that a Congressional panel will hear today that no one really knows if bottled water is better for you than tap water. Or worser for you. Fact is, bottle l'eau isn't regulated in The Land of the Free.
Meme chose here in the Great White North.
And La Belle.
Americans, and those of us in Canada, drink an enormous amount of bottled water. While there is strict federal regulation of the water that comes out of your tap on all three sides of the border, you generally can't find out where the water in those plastic bottles comes from or what's in it.
Several disturbing reports will be released at the Congressional hearing, focusing on whether tougher regulation of bottled water is needed.
Like, is stuff leaking from those plastic bottles?
Stay tuned.
WFDS
Meme chose here in the Great White North.
And La Belle.
Americans, and those of us in Canada, drink an enormous amount of bottled water. While there is strict federal regulation of the water that comes out of your tap on all three sides of the border, you generally can't find out where the water in those plastic bottles comes from or what's in it.
Several disturbing reports will be released at the Congressional hearing, focusing on whether tougher regulation of bottled water is needed.
Like, is stuff leaking from those plastic bottles?
Stay tuned.
WFDS
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
362...Tomorrow Is A Big Day In La Belle
Fete Nationale.
St. Jean Baptiste Day.
An excuse to party.
I love living on the Ontario/Quebec border.
Extra summer holiday.
Keep on rocking in the free world.
WFDS
St. Jean Baptiste Day.
An excuse to party.
I love living on the Ontario/Quebec border.
Extra summer holiday.
Keep on rocking in the free world.
WFDS
Thursday, June 11, 2009
260...Liberals Surging Nationally
New EKOS poll commissioned for the CBC and released today, suggests 35 per cent of Canadians would vote Liberal in an election while 30.3 per cent would vote Conservative.
In the key battlegrounds of Ontario and Quebec the Liberals have leads in the neighbourhood of 11 and 20 points respectively.
Good Lord willing, creeks don't rise, the Tories will continue to shoot themselves in the foot and then we get a Prime Minister and a government that will represent all Canadians.
WFDS
In the key battlegrounds of Ontario and Quebec the Liberals have leads in the neighbourhood of 11 and 20 points respectively.
Good Lord willing, creeks don't rise, the Tories will continue to shoot themselves in the foot and then we get a Prime Minister and a government that will represent all Canadians.
WFDS
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
193...Does Jack Layton Pull The Plug, V.2
On Parliament?
On Jack Layton's career as leader of the Dippers?
Chantal Hebert writes in this morning's New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that there were more waiters than delegates at the NDP's general meeting in Montreal last month.
Jack has been talking breakthrough since he took over the leadership of the perennial also rans in 2003; winning Outremont does not, to moi, strike me as such.
Fish.
Cut bait.
Jack, it is time to, fish or cut bait.
WFDS
On Jack Layton's career as leader of the Dippers?
Chantal Hebert writes in this morning's New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that there were more waiters than delegates at the NDP's general meeting in Montreal last month.
Jack has been talking breakthrough since he took over the leadership of the perennial also rans in 2003; winning Outremont does not, to moi, strike me as such.
Fish.
Cut bait.
Jack, it is time to, fish or cut bait.
WFDS
Monday, June 1, 2009
183...Peter Van Loan, Please, Snap Them On
Your testicles that is.
Story from www.CBC.ca this morning stating that Canadian border guards abandoned their posts early Monday at a U.S. border crossing at Cornwall, Ont., after talks broke down with Mohawk officials over the arming of border guards.
First off, why is the Conservative government so afraid of 400/200 angry non Canadians? Mohawk leaders from the Akwesasne Mohawk territory, which straddles the borders of Quebec, Ontario and New York, say they don't want the guards to be armed because it would violate their sovereignty and increase the likelihood of violent confrontations. If they, the Mohawks are a sovereign nation, and I will give them that, why are they dictating what our [bigger by the way, we have an army and everything] sovereign nation can do to protect our borders?
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
Whoah, repeat that.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
One more time.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
It is not your problem PVL, well, if it is not your problem, who's problem is it?
Ask your legislative assistant where he keeps your testicles Petey, snap them on and get to work.
WFDS
Story from www.CBC.ca this morning stating that Canadian border guards abandoned their posts early Monday at a U.S. border crossing at Cornwall, Ont., after talks broke down with Mohawk officials over the arming of border guards.
First off, why is the Conservative government so afraid of 400/200 angry non Canadians? Mohawk leaders from the Akwesasne Mohawk territory, which straddles the borders of Quebec, Ontario and New York, say they don't want the guards to be armed because it would violate their sovereignty and increase the likelihood of violent confrontations. If they, the Mohawks are a sovereign nation, and I will give them that, why are they dictating what our [bigger by the way, we have an army and everything] sovereign nation can do to protect our borders?
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
Whoah, repeat that.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
One more time.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
It is not your problem PVL, well, if it is not your problem, who's problem is it?
Ask your legislative assistant where he keeps your testicles Petey, snap them on and get to work.
WFDS
Sunday, May 31, 2009
180...Either It Is A Country, Or It Is Not
I love the Mohawks and the Akwesasne Nation, I really do. They have stones. Big ones, really, really big ones.
In today's Ottawa Citizen they, the Mohawk Warrior component of Akwesasne, are talking about shutting down the border with Canada if the Canadian border guards starting carrying guns, as planned, at midnight tonight.
Fair enough.
Except for a couple of things.
First off, the Yankee guards have been carrying since 1789; how come the Mohawk Warriors are not and have not shut down that border? Could it be that the United States government scares the f'k out of them and we, well, don't? If we don't, shouldn't we? You know, Teddy Roosevelt, "Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
Secondly, well, either they are a country, nation, state or not. Geez, isn't time for the Canadian government, that's you Prime Minister Steve, to man up here?
This nation within a nation thing, both for Quebec and Akwesasne is getting a bit tired. And, when you consider Akwesasne is partially inside Quebec, well, now you have a nation inside a nation inside a nation.
Confused?
I am.
Stay tuned, the s't is supposed to hit the fan at midnight tonight.
WFDS
In today's Ottawa Citizen they, the Mohawk Warrior component of Akwesasne, are talking about shutting down the border with Canada if the Canadian border guards starting carrying guns, as planned, at midnight tonight.
Fair enough.
Except for a couple of things.
First off, the Yankee guards have been carrying since 1789; how come the Mohawk Warriors are not and have not shut down that border? Could it be that the United States government scares the f'k out of them and we, well, don't? If we don't, shouldn't we? You know, Teddy Roosevelt, "Walk softly, but carry a big stick."
Secondly, well, either they are a country, nation, state or not. Geez, isn't time for the Canadian government, that's you Prime Minister Steve, to man up here?
This nation within a nation thing, both for Quebec and Akwesasne is getting a bit tired. And, when you consider Akwesasne is partially inside Quebec, well, now you have a nation inside a nation inside a nation.
Confused?
I am.
Stay tuned, the s't is supposed to hit the fan at midnight tonight.
WFDS
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
146...Send In The Clowns, Part Two
Sorry, Bill 101...Part Deux...this is the biggest blog ever, s i x comments.
Wow, that is like, for me, s i x comments more than I usually get.
As much as I like you reading my blog, and yes, I am talking to YOU, do a modicum of home work before you hate on me. Being Progressive doesn't mean being ignorant. And, since I am certain that you will perceive the word "ignorant" as a pejorative, Princeton University, the alma mater of Brooke Shields, says it means YOU were unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge.
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ignorant
Y'all should may be go to the Globe and Mail and read the article
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec- sending-in-the-clowns/art icle1145603/
But, to save those of you who are post literate [yes, I am writing about YOU] here is a quick edit:
Wow, that is like, for me, s i x comments more than I usually get.
As much as I like you reading my blog, and yes, I am talking to YOU, do a modicum of home work before you hate on me. Being Progressive doesn't mean being ignorant. And, since I am certain that you will perceive the word "ignorant" as a pejorative, Princeton University, the alma mater of Brooke Shields, says it means YOU were unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge.
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ignorant
Y'all should may be go to the Globe and Mail and read the article
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/quebec- sending-in-the-clowns/art icle1145603/
But, to save those of you who are post literate [yes, I am writing about YOU] here is a quick edit:
...“Since...consultations on the living conditions of the elderly [in 2007], our government has injected $2.3-billion to improve their living conditions,”...most of the money has gone to maintaining salaries...Hundreds of private nursing homes as well as homes for the elderly are without properly trained staff, according to patients' rights groups who contend that the elderly can go days without being washed...they receive inadequate care for some of their most basic needs.Lisette Lapointe, Parti Québécois critic for the elderly, noted...the vast majority of...residences that care for more than 100,000 patients operate without proper certification... “What are you going to do to make sure our elderly get proper care...” Ms. Lapointe asked Ms. Blais...the problem, the minister argued, was that too many people are negligent and forget to visit their aging parents or family members who live in nursing homes. “We all have a responsibility in overseeing the living conditions of the elderly,” Ms. Blais said in explaining the usefulness of hiring clowns.The solution does not lie in having clowns as part of therapy to break the loneliness, said Paul Brunet who heads the Council for the Protection of Patients. There's nothing wrong in wanting to entertain people, he said, but that certainly isn't the priority..."If anybody thinks this is a priority, then they must be living on Mars,” Mr. Brunet said... “There are some elderly residents that stink. They aren't bathed because there isn't enough staff to do the work. They lose their dignity and, when that happens, they lose the desire to live. Their basic needs aren't being met. And that's what they need more than clowns.”
Feed 'em, bathe 'em then clown 'em.
WFDS
Sunday, May 24, 2009
140...Send In The Clowns/Only In Quebec
Beautiful story from the Globe and Mail Thursday last. In a place where the unthinkable happens on a regular basis the geniuses who run La Belle are signing a four-year, $293,000 agreement on Monday with Dr Clown, a provincial non-profit organization that sends clowns to visit residents in nursing homes.
As for important stuff, such as ordering staff in cotton head centres to feed, clean and care for the golden agers, that will have to wait.
WFDS
As for important stuff, such as ordering staff in cotton head centres to feed, clean and care for the golden agers, that will have to wait.
WFDS
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
91...Happy Cinquo de Mayo
Boy, it seems like only yesterday that Corona was on sale at the SuperC.
Cinquo de Mayo is the Mexican National Holiday for Mexicans living in the United States, i.e., it is not a huge day in Mexico, really only big in the state of Puebla [think of St. Jean Baptiste Day; a huge holiday in Quebec, rien in the ROC] but bigger, huger, massiver in Southern California and other environs that have large Mexican populations.
Cut up some lime and have one for me.
WFDS
Cinquo de Mayo is the Mexican National Holiday for Mexicans living in the United States, i.e., it is not a huge day in Mexico, really only big in the state of Puebla [think of St. Jean Baptiste Day; a huge holiday in Quebec, rien in the ROC] but bigger, huger, massiver in Southern California and other environs that have large Mexican populations.
Cut up some lime and have one for me.
WFDS
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