You guys would love the Canadian Alliance. It is without a doubt, the most right-wing party I have ever seen. Yes, even more so than the US Republicans. I think this is true in Australia too, but Canada has no constitutional separation of Church and state. Well, part of the CA's last campaign was "Vote us because we're good Christians, and We'll get God back into Canada.
Do you elect your Senators? They're appointed here by the House of Commons. Six(IIRC) from each province.
Is that the redneck state in Australia? Saskatchewan is considered to be a redneck province in Canada.
I guess one difference is that in Queensland (qld?) they'd be pissed to the gills on Foster's or some other Ozzie beer. Here it'd be Molson. Or Labatt, or maybe Mike's Hard Lemonaid.
July 1st. It celebrates the confederation of Canada into one single Dominion (The Dominion of Canada) into on single entity consisting of 5 provinces instead of 5 separate colonies. Canada was established by the British North America Act (BNA Act), passed by the British Parliament on July first, 1867. The BNA act served as our constitution until 1982, 50 years after we were finally granted full autonomy and the ability to set our own constitution and foreign policy (Statute of Westminister, 1932). Canada now consists of 10 provinces and three territories: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island were the originals, British Colombia joined in 1870 (IIRC), Manitoba (1872, IIRC), Alberta and Saskatchewan were 1905, and Newfoundland was in 1949. It used to be called "Dominion Day" until the 60s when we stopped being officaly named "The Dominion of Canada", which IMHO is far more cool than simply "Canada":) The Government as it stands today was established as a constitutional monarchy with a democratically elected Parliament (House of Commons), and appointed senate actually running the country on behalf of the reining monarch. A person entitles the Governor General is our head of State, the Queen's representative in Canada, she has more or less the same powers as the President of the US but she is appointed by OUR Parliament.
Not a bad guess though. Much better than the man on "The Weakest Link" who thought Canada used to be part of Spain, and declared independance in 1812:)
Well it is Ireland. Saskatchewan should declare independance and have huge pissups in its name too, it is said that the last thing people say in every other province before a motor accident is "SHIT!" or something similar
In Saskatchewan it's more like "Hold my beer and watch this!"/P?
It's the Irish national holiday. It's celebrated on March 17 of each year. People wear green and teenagers drink lots of green beer that's sold at pubs, at least here in Canada. Not in the US however because in the land of liberty, adults can't drink until they're 21. Odd how you can vote but not drink.
They are actually city police. The mounties use them sometimes too though. Their sole purpose in existance is to catch people speeding on the freeway. The limit on our freeway is ludicrous though, it's 80 KM/h (50mph) where as in most other cities I've visited it's 100, so people usually go 110:) It's not uncommon to see a line of 10-15 cars getting speeding tickets on Circle Drive.
A ghost car is an unmarked Saskatoon Police Service or Royal Canadian Mounted Police car. They have a cop driving, and consist of all makes and models. They are fairly commonplace.. I've seen everything from a 76 Chevy Nova to a Volkswagen Beatle to a Camero. I think "ghost car" is a perfect example of regionalism.
Didn't the Alliance just shoot down a federal pay hike for MPs? I don't follow Ontario politics that closly, all I know right now is the premier is some dink named Harris. I'm not to fond of Lorne Calvert right now either though.
The freedom isn't fucked with that often. Really the only times they aren't allowed to publish a name or anything else is when it concerns a young offender (Perfectly Valid imho) and elections. I don't know what you're talking about.
But on the other hand, like Ontario, they cut the hell of spendings on universities. Good
professors are leaving to US, as they are not well paid at all in Canada. I don't think internet
access can replace the existence of good professors in Canada.
BUT universities are a provincial concern. This is everyone, and I'm sure the feds will pull most of the bill.
The reason behind Canada's objections are twofold: The first and most imporatant is that
peerages and knighthoods and other titles are archaic leftovers from an oppressive class-system
that Canada wants no part in perpetuating and has objected to since the Nickel Resolution of
1919.
I find it funny that knighthood and other titles are archaic leftovers, while the QUEEN is our Head of State. If that isn't first class horseshit, I don't know what is. The Canadian government is not getting rid of the monarchy any time soon, so why can't we have titles related to the monarchy in Canada?
So what? FBI's Carnivore is already sniffing all your email, and your ISP is checking to make
sure you aren't running any servers. What's the difference? At least if the government-run ISP
pulls your access, you have legal recourse. If @Home terminates you, you're outta luck unless
you have DSL available (haha).
If @Home terminates me I could just hook up with Sympatico (A pretty much Canada-wide DSL service). I could also hook up with various other ISPs around Saskatoon, there are lots, thoses two are just the big ones. The beauty of Canada is that, while there are monopolies, the government regulates them to keep them fair for consumers. Sasktel, our local Telco is a Crown corp, and a regulated monopoly. Its service is quite good.
IIRC, it's so high, the government is running a high surplus. And because it's a Liberal government in power right now, we're seeing things like MP pay raises and other shit.
I'll confirm that, actually. I've know two people who have gotten some funny ones though. One girl got a ticket for going 54 in a 50 after she cut off a ghost car, then lipped the cop off:)
Interesting how it varies by state down there. In Saskatchewan at least, the Mounties have their own formula which is, IIRC 14 KPH over. Within city limits it varies by police service.
And the speed limit here is typically 100kph on freeways and 50kph on normal streets, except it will sometimes be 60 or 70.
There is also a Paris in Ontario, I'm sure there is one somewhere in the states (or is it les États-Uni?)
IIRC in Ontario, there is a city named for every capital city in Europe, except Berlin. (Berlin, Ontario, became Kitchner in 1915 due to the hatred for Germans in the First World War)
It is illegal under Canadian law for traffic from a Canadian node, destined for another Canadian node to travel through another country. Therefore, even if you have an American ISP, this should work, because if they operate in Canada, they MUST use Canadian networks.
No. It is perfectly legal for me to borrow a friend's CD, copy it, and return it. I cannont, however, copy it for another friend. I can only copy it for personal use.
Oddly enough, I'm on the side of the huge company. Saskatchewan's economy relies heavily on agriculture, and this man KNOWINGLY took a genetically modified plant and used it without paying. It's like software piracy. It is very hard not to know that you have a pirated copy of Windows 95 on your computer.
He sprayed his crop with round-up and what didn't die he kept for his next crop. HMM... it doesn't take a very intellegent person to see that he did know it existed, therefore he is at fault, and should pay royalties to Monsanto.
OTOH, he may have isolated it naturally by selective breeding. IE Taking his crop, and spraying it, then with the survivors breed the next generation, then spraying them with roundup. Eventually you'd get to the point where they were resistant to round-up.
But as this was a civil case, it doesn't need to be proven beyond a resonable doubt like it does in a criminal case.
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Nobody in Canada. The legal age for consent here is 14.
Do you elect your Senators? They're appointed here by the House of Commons. Six(IIRC) from each province.
I guess one difference is that in Queensland (qld?) they'd be pissed to the gills on Foster's or some other Ozzie beer. Here it'd be Molson. Or Labatt, or maybe Mike's Hard Lemonaid.
It probably comes from BC too :) One of Canada's many exports :)
Not a bad guess though. Much better than the man on "The Weakest Link" who thought Canada used to be part of Spain, and declared independance in 1812 :)
Do you know when Canada Day is? Do you know WHAT it is celebrating?
In Saskatchewan it's more like "Hold my beer and watch this!"/P?
It's the Irish national holiday. It's celebrated on March 17 of each year. People wear green and teenagers drink lots of green beer that's sold at pubs, at least here in Canada. Not in the US however because in the land of liberty, adults can't drink until they're 21. Odd how you can vote but not drink.
It is interesting how all of the top places to live, according to the UN are constitutional monarchies.. Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, etc.
They are actually city police. The mounties use them sometimes too though. Their sole purpose in existance is to catch people speeding on the freeway. The limit on our freeway is ludicrous though, it's 80 KM/h (50mph) where as in most other cities I've visited it's 100, so people usually go 110 :) It's not uncommon to see a line of 10-15 cars getting speeding tickets on Circle Drive.
A ghost car is an unmarked Saskatoon Police Service or Royal Canadian Mounted Police car. They have a cop driving, and consist of all makes and models. They are fairly commonplace.. I've seen everything from a 76 Chevy Nova to a Volkswagen Beatle to a Camero. I think "ghost car" is a perfect example of regionalism.
Didn't the Alliance just shoot down a federal pay hike for MPs? I don't follow Ontario politics that closly, all I know right now is the premier is some dink named Harris. I'm not to fond of Lorne Calvert right now either though.
The freedom isn't fucked with that often. Really the only times they aren't allowed to publish a name or anything else is when it concerns a young offender (Perfectly Valid imho) and elections. I don't know what you're talking about.
BUT universities are a provincial concern. This is everyone, and I'm sure the feds will pull most of the bill.
I find it funny that knighthood and other titles are archaic leftovers, while the QUEEN is our Head of State. If that isn't first class horseshit, I don't know what is. The Canadian government is not getting rid of the monarchy any time soon, so why can't we have titles related to the monarchy in Canada?
If @Home terminates me I could just hook up with Sympatico (A pretty much Canada-wide DSL service). I could also hook up with various other ISPs around Saskatoon, there are lots, thoses two are just the big ones. The beauty of Canada is that, while there are monopolies, the government regulates them to keep them fair for consumers. Sasktel, our local Telco is a Crown corp, and a regulated monopoly. Its service is quite good.
IIRC, it's so high, the government is running a high surplus. And because it's a Liberal government in power right now, we're seeing things like MP pay raises and other shit.
I'll confirm that, actually. I've know two people who have gotten some funny ones though. One girl got a ticket for going 54 in a 50 after she cut off a ghost car, then lipped the cop off :)
And the speed limit here is typically 100kph on freeways and 50kph on normal streets, except it will sometimes be 60 or 70.
Not quite, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark can also talk.
IIRC in Ontario, there is a city named for every capital city in Europe, except Berlin. (Berlin, Ontario, became Kitchner in 1915 due to the hatred for Germans in the First World War)
It is illegal under Canadian law for traffic from a Canadian node, destined for another Canadian node to travel through another country. Therefore, even if you have an American ISP, this should work, because if they operate in Canada, they MUST use Canadian networks.
No. It is perfectly legal for me to borrow a friend's CD, copy it, and return it. I cannont, however, copy it for another friend. I can only copy it for personal use.
Ditto for CTV and the CBC.
He sprayed his crop with round-up and what didn't die he kept for his next crop. HMM... it doesn't take a very intellegent person to see that he did know it existed, therefore he is at fault, and should pay royalties to Monsanto.
OTOH, he may have isolated it naturally by selective breeding. IE Taking his crop, and spraying it, then with the survivors breed the next generation, then spraying them with roundup. Eventually you'd get to the point where they were resistant to round-up.
But as this was a civil case, it doesn't need to be proven beyond a resonable doubt like it does in a criminal case.