Happy 148th Birthday, Canada!

Ahh. Peggy's Cove. About the only place left in NS the socialists haven't destroyed. Maybe because of the local folks, who are true workers, being fishermen and all. Witness Swissair 111. Heroes all.

Hope all you had a nice Dominion Day. We here in Ontario spent our time washing, cleaning and other chores that require electricity. As today's hydro rates are off-peak we took advantage of the day to do chores that require electricity. As seniors on a fixed income, we must take advantage of the lower rates. Thank you Dalton McGuinty, Kathleen Wynne and the rest of you Green Freaks for screwing up what should have been a celebratory day.

Have a good one, y'all! Big salute.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqmXyWbrD0I

Beautiful country. No wonder the Indians want it all back, and with the help of our supreme court and other apologists they have made great progress in racing back to the mythical past. Canada day is a celebration of the white privilege that built this country, so it too will come under attack in the near future from the far left. We will let it happen, because we are known to be so polite. Far too polite. The 150th in '17 will be the big one. The activists will be busy and the natives won't be celebrating. Pride has taken on a entirelly different meaning. This is no longer your fathers Canada. Hopefully I'm wrong. Until then,...Happy Canada day.

Ô Canada!
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!
Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

The newest 'Order of Canada' recipients was also released today.
I don't recognize many of the names.
Don Cherry was not on the list.

But Bob Rae had his status elevated. He is now a Companion of the Order, or something like that.
I think the people selected are vetted by a committee similar to the one that JT wants to set up for Senate 'appointees'. Yeah, like that will work better than having the people of the province elect them.

Anyways, the CBC has an article up on it.
Check out the picture of Rae. His comb-over has slipped a wee bit. He almost makes Donald Trump look sexy.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/order-of-canada-honourees-include-bob-rae-graham-greene-lawrence-hill-1.3134398?__vfz=profile_comment%3D4557400000049#vf-2164500001563

Never trust a man with a comb-over, he is lying to himself, he will lie to you.

Where is that spot with the horses running on the beach ?How beautiful is that? wow ! this country is so big and so beautiful. What a blessing. I thank Godeveryday for all of the blessings he has poured out on me my family and my country. i will most certainly happily take up arms to defend it from threat both foreign and domestic!!

HAPPY CANADA DAY EVERYONE!!! GOD BLESS CANADA!!

So much water

I suppose with the longest coastline in the world that would be a focus

Great little movie. I consider myself a tough old bird, but it choked me up in a few places. WRT electricity cost in Ontario, the sticker price ranges from 7.7 cents to 16 cents per kWh. My last monthly bill for a country home was $33.88 for the power. Pretty cheap. However,there was a $62.49 charge to deliver it, a $2.45 Regulatory charge, another $2.45 Debt Retirement Charge and of course, $13.16 HST. From that total I received a "Clean Energy Benefit" of 10%, leaving me with a bill of $102.99. Cheers, Eric

Just in passing. I got an error message saying the above offering was not successful. Well, being a suspicious old dog, I opened SDA in another window and there was my comment, big as life. All this to explain why I submitted the same comment six times a month or two ago. Old but not senile, Eric

I have a curious question about Canadian Practices. In one of the latest Trudeau policy statements he made the announcement that all development would have Scientists & FN at the table

Why would anyone have a seat of privilege. Who represents the REST of Canada. The Civil service is NOT a valid representative of OTHERS not at the table. It just seems undemocratic to have "special interests" involved in decision making without FULL public disclosure & the opportunity to provide a conflicting opinion...

Scientific opinion is only (likely) valid if it has been properly presented & vetted by the scientific community...

Anyone know the location of the horses runnin on tha beach? very beautiful.

Amount of your last bill $158.83
Amount we received on June 22, 2015 - thank you $158.83 CR
Balance forward $0.00
Your service type is Residential - Low Density
Electricity used this billing period
We read your meter J2948223 on June 24, 2015 044540.2362
We read your meter on May 26, 2015 - 043931.4990
Difference in meter readings 000608.7372
Metered usage in kilowatt-hours (608.7372 x 1) = 608.7372 kWh
Electricity: On-Peak: 97.3734 kWh @ 16.1000 ¢ $15.68
Electricity: Mid-Peak: 125.7930 kWh @ 12.2000 ¢ $15.35
Electricity: Off-Peak: 385.5708 kWh @ 8.0000 ¢ $30.85
Delivery $81.83
Regulatory Charges $4.08
Debt Retirement Charge $4.26
HST (87086-5821-RT0001) $19.77
Total of your electricity charges $171.82
Ontario Clean Energy Benefit: 10% off applicable electricity charges and taxes*** $17.18 CR

This is my June bill. Total is 154.64 or .254 cents per Kwh. A long way from the .043 cents we were paying in 2003 before the Liberals took over. Thank you again for this Ontario teachers union, Ontario nurses union and all the other unions who have to have the Liberals in power.

Tired of doing my laundry and ironing after seven o'clock at night especially in winter. There is a surplus of electricity in Ontario so this is completely fraudulent. We jump through hoops in Ontario for no reason. And since women still do most of the housework, this is a war on women! Happy Dominion Day.

All the people in ontario keep complaining but the only way to rebuke liberal or ndp in ontario is to move to alberta. make sure the wild rose get's in next election plain and simple

Yeah, they jack up hydro rates and try to ban woodstoves. Currently you may heat with wood but only as a backup..... Then the insurance does it's bit.

A while back an American produced, what I think is the best overview of Canada...for Americans...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrA4V6YF6SA

Just back from our local Canada Day celebrations. They exhibited so many things that make Canada great. Young and old. Lots of different ethnic groups, all working hard at being 'Canadian' rather than clinging to where ever they originally came from. A real celebration of what makes Canada the greatest place in which to live.

Except for those who attended as an opportunity to express their 'hate for Harper'. The Council of Canadians had a booth telling people that our coast line is doomed due to Harper. Another guy had signs saying, "Canada or Harper: You can't have both". An older couple wore big 'Stop Harper', signs shaped of course,like a stop sign.

I told them they should be ashamed of themselves for using an event expressly designed to bring Canadians together in order to spread divisiveness and rancor. They didn't see it that way - in their minds they are doing their duty as loyal Canadians to rid their country of an illegitimate pestilence.

I reckon this is an example of why the left appears to be winning. Never miss an opportunity, be relentless and don't give a fig about social niceties. Winning is everything.

Canada is the best country on Earth even if the Liberals don't think so.

'Stop Harper'

You see a lot of this nonsense around although a lot less now than a few months ago. I've always wondered .... stop Harper from doing what? Lowering taxes? Balancing the budget? Protecting Canadians from criminals and terrorists?

I would bet that, if asked exactly what is meant by "stop Harper", those putting forth this proposal would be completely stuck for an answer.

Where were these stop Harper people when Pierre Elliot Turdeau was busy doing his best to remake this country into a clone of France and other european socialist countries. Why didn t they object when he decimated our military and borrowed us into debt. Why do they think that a drama teacher who has never held a real job and has absolutely zero experience at any thing that required him to earn money to pay his bills is qualified to run our country? Maybe they think that the angry socialist Mulcair and his band of political misfits from Quebec could do a better job than Harper,they have to be kidding.

Wally, where are you getting that "steeped in faith" business? The line is "deux fois trempe", usually rendered "twice tempered", as in the tempering of steel for swords. It's a reference to the two occasions on which the French Canadians took up arms in their own national interest and against their ostensible loyalties: the War of 1812, in which they repudiated their ties to France by fighting against France's ally, the USA, and the rebellion of 1838 when they repudiated their ties to Britain by taking up arms against the Crown. Bear in mind it was written to be the French-Canadian national anthem, and that's why the lyric was not translated but entirely replaced when the tune was taken over by Canada.