Go Danny Go

I'm 100% behind Danny. It's one thing to have the resources (AbitibiBowwater) and use them (process into product) within the confines of the province. But it is something else again to shut down and leave, and expect to keep those resources without further benefit to the province. The Americans tried that with oil in the middle east, and the same thing happened, the resources were expropriated and the refineries were nationalized. I am in favour of doing that through-out Canada. This is, believe it or not, the main stumbling block with NAFTA. The Americans claim we give unfair advantage to Canadian manufactured products because we give away our resources. So I say take them back, take all of them back. Our softwood, our iron ore, our coal, hydro electric water heads, even our diamond and gold fields. Pay the companies for their non-recouped investment and lease hold improvements and turn it over to wholly own Canadian companies. If any of these companies are sold to foreign interests, nationalize them.

You picked a subject I am passionate about. I am tired of seeing our tax money being given to foreign or out of province companies to set up shop, just to have the squirrel it away and then leave. The hog processing plant in PEI, car plants in Ontario, lots of economic incentive ventures in the Atlantic provinces, steel mills in Cape Breton, etc, etc, etc. It has to stop. If the government wants to give $3.4B dollars to the auto makes, then give it to them and tell them to leave after we nationalize the auto industry. Get Frank Stronach to run it, he tried to by Chrysler in 2007 and they wouldn't let him. By the way, Chrysler was sold for $7.4B, now they want $25B US for all three, plus the $3.4B CDN, which Premier Dalton McGuinty acknowledged -- "This is a bit of a lifeline at this point in time to sustain the industry,"

that's enough for one day... B4N

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Thanks for sharing the info on St. Lawrence. Must be sad to see towns dying. Speaking of NFLD, what do you think of the Danny William expropriation of the natural resources of the Abitibi Bowwater ...Hmmmmm Blessings ------Snip for privacy--------

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The population of St. Lawrence was 2,500 when I was there. It was a mining town, but the mine closed, then the fish plant closed. I think the population is about 1,500 now, more than half of whom are women. There are about 550 homes and maybe 5 or 6 clubs/bars. It was a nice place, but very isolated. I can recall two winters in a row that we received mail and groceries by helicopter from St. Johns, because the roads were not open.

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http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=St+Lawrence,+NL&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=25.027097,55.898438&ie=UTF8&ll=46.91916,-55.379961&spn=0.001616,0.003412&t=h&z=18
Copy this URL and you will see all what is left. There used to be three houses to the right of the L-shaped building, mine was the middle one. Now there are none. The town is a lot bigger than it used to be.
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Robert Orben - "Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get."

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What were they thinking?

I have been reading the comments posted on various articles on the CBC web site. These articles have mainly been related to the political scene in Canada.

"A new survey for the Dominion Institute taken in the aftermath of this month's political crisis suggests Canadians are woefully ignorant when it comes to their system of government."
Canadians Lack Basic Understanding of our Country's Parliamentary System
For detailed survey results, visit: http://dominion.ca/polling.htm.

The point is that just those who are willing to take part in the survey are counted. I personally will not take part in a survey if I am not sure I know the answers. Something about this fear of looking stupid. I doubt if I am that much different than most people in that regard. So, this is probably a survey of people who are sure they know the right answer. Scary is it not?

A second survey O Canada: Our Home and Naïve Land is even scarier. It claims we know more about the USA than we do about Canada, all-be-it not that much about either.

But there is a history here:

30 June 1997 - Canadian Youth Score average 34% Correct Answers on Basic Canadian History Quiz
30 June 1998 - Exactly half - 50% - of Canadians surveyed in a new poll failed their 1998 Canada Day Quiz.
29 June 2001 - 5th Annual Canada Day History Quiz - 39% of Canadians passed
01 July 2003 - The 2003 Annual Dominion Institute Canada Day Poll - 50% of Canadians Pass Quiz of Canada's Participation in World Organizations and Events Since World War II
30 June 2005 - The 2005 Annual Canada Day History Quiz - Most Canadians Fail Canada Day History Quiz (40%) (Only 1 of 1,000 Respondents Got all 20 Questions Right)
30 June 2005 - 69% Canadians agree that part of what makes Canada a successful society is that Canadians share common history, heroes and national symbols.
09 Nov 2007 - 82% Canadians age 18 to 24 fail basic Canadian history exam – 1% more than failed in 1997
01 July 2008 - Canadians score better on American questions than on Canadian
questions… Canadians averaged 4.2 correct answers overall on the Canadian questions, and 4.7 correct answers overall on the American questions.

Sad isn't it.
W. C. Fields - "I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food."

VOTE IT OFF!

On Canada Day 2008, The Dominion Institute released the results of a national survey of what Canadians felt were the 101 people, places, symbols, events and accomplishments that most define Canada. I invite you to tell them what you believe does not deserve a place on this list. Vote it Off.

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