Americans like to make money; Canadians like to audit it. I know no other country where accountants have a higher social and moral status.
Northrop FryeTags: money american accountant canadian
For [Stephen] Harper, a national daycare plan bordered on being a socialist scheme, a phrase he had once used to describe the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. For [Paul] Martin, whose plan would have transferred to the provinces $5 billion over five years, the national program was what Canadianism was all about. "Think about it this way," [Martin] said. "What if, decades ago, Tommy Douglas and my father and Lester Pearson had considered the idea of medicare and then said, 'Forget it! Let's just give people twenty-five dollars a week.' You want a fundamental difference between Mr. Harper and myself? Well, this is it.
Lawrence MartinTags: canada health-care healthcare canadian canadian-politics stephen-harper canadian-history jean-chretien kyoto lester-pearson medicare paul-martin tommy-douglas
As opposition leader, [Stephen Harper] wrote in the Montreal Gazette in the year before he came to power: 'Information is the lifeblood of a democracy. Without adequate access to key information about government policies and programs, citizens and parliamentarians cannot make informed decisions and incompetent or corrupt governments can be hidden under a cloak of secrecy.'
When he became prime minister, his attitude appeared to undergo a shift of considerable proportions. It often took the Conservatives twice as long as previous governments to handle access requests. Sometimes it took six months to a year.
Tags: democracy canada censorship secrecy government canadian canadian-politics stephen-harper access-to-information canadian-government freedom-of-information montreal-gazette
Bill C-9 was supposed to be a budget bill, but it came with innumerable measures that had little or nothing to do with the nation's finances. It was, as critics put it, the advance of the Harper agenda by stealth, yet another abuse of the democratic process. The bill was a behemoth. It was 904 pages, with 23 separate sections and 2,208 individual clauses....
As a Reform MP, [Stephen Harper] .... said of one piece of legislation that 'the subject matter of the bill is so diverse that a single vote on the content would put members in conflict with their own principles.' The bill he referred to was 21 page long -- or 883 pages shorter than the one he was now putting before Parliament.
Tags: democracy canada governance legislation canadian canadian-politics stephen-harper canadian-government
Can I see some ID?"
"WE DON'T HAVE ID," said Jay, loudly. "'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN. WE DON'T USE ID...THERE. AND THAT'S WHY WE LOOK SO YOUNG. 'CAUSE WE'RE CANADIAN."
Doug stiffened. Jay sounded crazy. Doug tried looking extra sane to even things out.
Tags: canada funny crazy sane canadian
Novels and gardens," she says. "I like to move from plot to plot.
Bill RichardsonTags: humor reading gardening canadian
Don't tell me you're not beautiful. You're the kind of beautiful the blind would see if we could figure out some way to give them three seconds of sight.
Shane L. KoyczanTags: poetry canadian stop-signs
All children should be taught to unconditionally accept, approve, admire, appreciate, forgive, trust, and ultimately, love their own person.
Asa Don BrownTags: love acceptance women psychology admiration forgiveness human-rights american therapy females canadian counseling trusting encouraging-and-empowering-girls
Heaven is freakin' not ready for me!" - seven-time cancer survivor Dionne Warner in Never Leave Your Wingman
Deana J. DriverTags: inspirational hope cancer non-fiction love-story canadian cancer-survivors
As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship." - John Hanlon, the sailor
Deana J. DriverTags: inspirational heroes children-s-books non-fiction canadian non-fiction-books-inspirational
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