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Bring the convention to Toronto Canada, we don`t even have no fly lists, no Obama and our cops don`t shoot you - just give you a stern talking too.

Um... I hate to be the one to break this to you but... Perhaps there are a few things you don't know about Toronto. Or Canada in general.

You are barred from US airspace, which might complicate flying to Canada. But you are not barred from Canada. Canada explicitly states it does not use the US no fly list.

They're not the only ones... I was working for the Treasury Board of Canada last June when we got a similar message:

"Public Safety Canada has informed departments of vulnerabilities with Mozilla Firefox software. Recent security scans revealed Mozilla Firefox may currently be installed on your workstation...
To mitigate the risks, on Monday, June 30th, access to Mozilla Firefox will be blocked by the Desktop Firewall."

The weirdest thing is that the security publications on the Public Safety website has never listed FireFox, but does list IE a couple times!

Report concerning geomagnetic storms from Public Safety Canada :
http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/em/ccirc/2002/ta02-001-eng.aspx

An extract : "Consequences of geomagnetic storm activity can include widespread power failures, pipeline corrosion, the shutdown of cable systems, an increased drag on satellites, inaccurate navigational sensors and the loss of millions of dollars in revenue."

"I seem to recall that all kinds of completely harmless things can get you convicted as a sex offender." I'm not sure if the same is true in Canada, but I'll certainly ask. We do, however, have a Dangerous Offender status that can be givin to convicts if warranted. "The Dangerous Offender provisions of the Criminal Code are intended to protect all Canadians from the most dangerous violent and sexual predators in the country." [http://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/prg/cor/tls/dod-eng.aspx] As for educating children, absulutely! You are ultimately responsible for the education of your children. Nobody else can instill your value system in them, and they aren't going to do it for you...

The government responded by assenting to the DNA Identification Act on December 10, 1998. This legislation allowed a DNA data bank to be created and amended the Criminal Code to provide a mechanism for a judge to order persons convicted of designated offences to provide blood, buccal or hair samples from which DNA profiles will be derived.

The need for strict guidelines, set forth in legislation, to govern the DNA MPI. Respondents suggested that the guidelines that govern the NDDB can be used as a model, with special consideration given to the issue of consent from family members for collection, use, retention and removal.