Canada 145

[bduke]

What a wonderful summer day for our country's annual anniversary.

Seems to me the economic woes of the old world countries and the US are
are bringing Canada's conservative, respectful and polite culture some
long overdue credit.

We are finally receiving attention that had long been ignored or, if noticed,
ridiculed as too reserved and boring.

This country is coming of age in the eyes of other countries, outside
academia, and foreign investors.

Hopefully we will become an even more responsible and accountable culture.

Happy 145 birthday Canada.

Proudly Canadian..... Bill

[tstep]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANADA !!!!!!

[crusher]

Sit back, relax and enjoy the freedom we have in this vast beautiful country.

[cottonpicken]

God bless our freedom!


TORONTO - With the arrival of Canada Day comes the
introduction of some new taxes, laws, and regulations
in certain provinces.

In Ontario, anyone earning more than $500,000 a
year now faces a two per cent surtax on their income.

Tougher impaired driving laws in Alberta mean
anyone who blows over .08 will now have their licence
immediately suspended for an indefinite period.

In Quebec, professional drivers — including taxi and
bus drivers — face a licence suspension of 24 hours if
caught consuming any alcohol on the job.

In Toronto, the five-cent charge for plastic shopping
bags disappears.

In Manitoba daycare fees rise by $1 a day, and in
British Columbia motorcyclists are now banned from
wearing so called "beanie" or "skullcap" helmets.
Violators will risk a $138 ticket.

[crusher]

cotton,

I don't think any of the new laws will effect me, even if I lived in Ontario.