So you want to move to Canada?

[BlackSnake]

...Can you imagine what a moose hot-dog would taste like? Prolly nothing like a dog I bet. ...

Freakin'...LOL!

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

You guys just reminded me of an article I read last spring by columnist Gwynne Dyer.

I suppose you could call him a Canadian. He was born in Newfoundland and lives in England.

Waiting for the Canadian Hordes
by Gwynne Dyer
15 March 2004

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Burly. He makes Canada even more appealing, esp. to this MexChik.

Perdita

 

[Pure]

Lisa said,

When was the last time any american said "Gee I'm tired of pizza and Italian food and Mexican food, lets go eat at that Canadian resturant." When was the last time you ate Canadian food?

This is quite unfair. First you specified "Italian" and "Mexican", that is, non-American. So we're talking 'foreign' or 'ethnic.'**

The variety of restaurants in Toronto is quite amazing, from Nepalese to Italian, Ethiopian to Morroccan, and several 'fusion' type places. Total in the 100s. This would far dwarf any but the US supercities, like NYC, and Buffalo or Detroit would be no comparison. The Chinese food, for instance, could only be topped in SF or NYC; huge Chinese population.

One *serious* lack, only beginning to be remedied is Mexican Restaurants, for example Cal Mex, and Tex Mex.

----
There are a few, ultra expensive Canadian restaurants with exotics like Arctic Char, wild berries, game, etc.

 

[Lisa Denton]

Lisa said,

When was the last time any american said "Gee I'm tired of pizza and Italian food and Mexican food, lets go eat at that Canadian resturant." When was the last time you ate Canadian food?

This is quite unfair. First you specified "Italian" and "Mexican", that is, non-American. So we're talking 'foreign' or 'ethnic.'**

The variety of restaurants in Toronto is quite amazing, from Nepalese to Italian, Ethiopian to Morroccan, and several 'fusion' type places. Total in the 100s. This would far dwarf any but the US supercities, like NYC, and Buffalo or Detroit would be no comparison. The Chinese food, for instance, could only be topped in SF or NYC; huge Chinese population.

One *serious* lack, only beginning to be remedied is Mexican Restaurants, for example Cal Mex, and Tex Mex.

----
There are a few, ultra expensive Canadian restaurants with exotics like Arctic Char, wild berries, game, etc.

Please wait!!!

I would never try to insult Canada or Canadians or even the Canadian Queen. I made my funnin so bizarre I was hoping everybody would laugh. I really don't know anything about Canadian food, I've never eaten any.

I apologize to all Canadians who take offense to my lil joke, it was just a joke.

If you joke about Texans I will prolly laugh harder than you.

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

Originally posted by Lisa Denton
Please wait!!!

I would never try to insult Canada or Canadians or even the Canadian Queen. I made my funnin so bizarre I was hoping everybody would laugh. I really don't know anything about Canadian food, I've never eaten any.

I apologize to all Canadians who take offense to my lil joke, it was just a joke.

If you joke about Texans I will prolly laugh harder than you.

I got it.

I think you're satirically accurate, though. Canadian cuisine? Never...even...heard of it.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

. . . When was the last time any american said . . . lets go eat at that Canadian resturant . . .

I have been trying to think of “traditional” American cuisine.

Hot dogs, – putting bread around a “Frankfurter?”

Hamburgers also have a suspicious Germanic sound.

Pizza, tacos and egg rolls – nope! We just added the cardboard boxes.



Oh! Oh! I know! Ice Milk and TV Dinners.

 

[Lisa Denton]

I have been trying to think of “traditional” American cuisine.

Hot dogs, – putting bread around a “Frankfurter?”

Hamburgers also have a suspicious Germanic sound.

Pizza, tacos and egg rolls – nope! We just added the cardboard boxes.



Oh! Oh! I know! Ice Milk and TV Dinners.

The baloney sammich--Made in America

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

The baloney sammich--Made in America

Sorry Lisa,

That’s a slice of Bologna, (Italy) sausage in one of the Earl of Sandwich’s inventions.

Maybe a cigarette and a turkey drumstick, but I believe that would be NATIVE American cuisine.

 

[Xelebes]

2) Second, Canadians mostly use the doggy position for sex. This last is so that they can both watch the hockey game.

Australians do that too, the only difference is that the Australians are balancing a Forster's on the ass while the Canadians are balancing a Molson on the ass. Oh and the Australians would be watching ARF or Soccer.

 

[Xelebes]

Some advantages of Canada were not mentioned:

There are actual conservatives here (though some are in the Liberal party).

The number of 'religious right' nut cases is *much* smaller, even in the densest areas. Their influence is *much* less, even in the newly minted "Reform" party. Most people are just not so religious, at least in the sense of being church goers; and there are fewer wacko 'churches' (denominations).

There is no federal law on abortions. I.e., it's between a woman and her dr.

The Canadian 'Charter of Rights' is drafted with more nuance than the American Bill of Rights (benefit of hindsight, in part). There is no 'gun right'.

The Canadian Criminal Code is more free of weird religious and moral offenses than most codes in the states, or in the Federal Codes. There is, as in Europe, no law against prostitution per se
(just 'controlling', pandering, etc.). Nor against sodomy, etc.

The 'gay' issues have not so polarized society.

The Reform Party merged roughly with the Progressive Conservatives (the Tories) to unite against the Liberals (Grits). The party is now known as the Conservative Party.

One of the key things that the Reform party stood for was log-cabin conservatives of British Columbia and religious conservatives of Alberta. The Reform Party has deep roots in the Prairie and was fuelled by the notion of Western Alienation - where the west felt like it was not getting enough weight in the policy making as the Federal Government was putting too much focus on Ontario and Quebec.

The biggest sour note that was struck when merging with the Tories was that the Tories were linked with the 'big corporations' which was something that grew evident in the party leadership race. Barbara Stronach, daughter of the CEO of Magnum Corporation, if elected as party leader would have been the equivalent of George W. Bush, pardoning the Christian rhetoric.

So..... uh... yeah. Canadian politics.

 

[Joe Wordsworth]

Between a woman and her doctor?

A man has no say?

Hmmm. Not sure how I'd feel about that.

 

[neonlyte]

Don't think we don't have our own problems.

Canada got off to a great start with British politics, French culture and American efficiency.

Now what do we have? French politics, American culture and British efficiency!

There's nothing wrong with British epiphany.

 

[SensualCealy]

Okay, first off I am Canadian, so I can make fun of myself and those who live around me. (well I can, cant I? )

Around where I live, the only ethnic Canadian food you will find is the odd Cedar plank salmon, and a Buffalo burger here and there.
Neither are found in our area unless they have a herd of Buffalo I didnt know about.

What is truly Canadian food? Salmon? Anyone in the cold water or lake areas can have salmon. Maple syrup? Anyone with a maple tree can produce that too.
So often we relate things with nations US- Apple Pie, French Canadian pea soup- Canada, who taught them how to make it?

As long as we all have food in our Tummy, what the hell does it matter where it origionates?

Skipping off to get my whale blubber ice lolly!
Cealy

 

[Guest]

 

[SensualCealy]

Could be, but my beaver pie wont make much money on the pelt! lol

 

[Guest]

 

[SensualCealy]

I thought Micky D's was the only place that served 'special sauce'!

Ive ate Elk sticks.
Ive ate Bear roast.
Ive had venison steak.
Ive had beaver stew.
Ive ate Moose burgers.
Ive ate Buffalo roast.
and pretty much every friggin' fish that swims the waters of the great lakes!

What would go in my diner, Moose, bear, Elk, and Venison.
Now to have my LIME with a shot of Tequilla to wash him down- oops I meant wash 'it' down!

 

[BlackSnake]

Sorry Lisa,

That’s a slice of Bologna, (Italy) sausage in one of the Earl of Sandwich’s inventions.

Maybe a cigarette and a turkey drumstick, but I believe that would be NATIVE American cuisine.

That's one of the coolest things about by beloved country, you can dip into just about any culture here. We are more of a Gumbo instead of a melting pot.

 

[Guest]

From today's Wonkette, How to Marry an American - opportunities for the Canadian woman.

You DO have to pronounce the last letter of the alphabet, "Zed."

Which is how a San Francisco DJ, born in Halifax, heard herself saying "That last number was by Zed Zed Top."

 

[Pure]

Joe said,

[About pure's list of Canadian 'plusses']

[Abortion decision is not under the Criminal Code, but] Between a woman and her doctor?

Yes. You heard right.

A man has no say?

The biological father, boyfriend has a say, but no veto.
I'm pretty sure this applies to the husband as well. (I'm quite sure, though, that a husband has no remedy under the Criminal Code; there's no criminal LAW prohibiting a wife getting an abortion when the husband opposes it.)


Hmmm. Not sure how I'd feel about that.

Hmmm. I'm pretty sure of my guess as to your feeling about it.

BTW, this was a lighthearted thread about Canada as a possible refuge to the disaffected liberals and genuine conservatives (antiBush). You might feel better in Karzai's US guarded compound in Afghanistan. (Lotsa good American kwee-zeen available.)

 

[Pure]

Xel said,

The Reform Party merged roughly with the Progressive Conservatives (the Tories) to unite against the Liberals (Grits). The party is now known as the Conservative Party.

That's right. That's why I fuzzed the title issue by saing 'the newly minted Reform party.' Couldn't remember the new friggin name.

It seems you agree though, with my main point, that this new 'right' Conservative party is NOT under control of the religious right. (And the power of the RR was likely *diminished* in the merger you speak of.) I.e., There's likely a big difference between an Alberta "Conservative" *on average* and, say, a Texas Republican. The latter is almost guaranteed--as least in public--to show him/herself as 'evangelical' and/or 'born again.'

 

[McKenna]

I got it.

I think you're satirically accurate, though. Canadian cuisine? Never...even...heard of it.

Um, beer? HP sauce? Maple syrup? I spent a week or so traveling through BC this summer. The food seemed pretty "normal" so far as I was concerned. Just ask for HP sauce instead of A-1.

I could so seriously live in BC.... amazingly beautiful place.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Um, beer? HP sauce? Maple syrup? I spent a week or so traveling through BC this summer. The food seemed pretty "normal" so far as I was concerned. Just ask for HP sauce instead of A-1.

I could so seriously live in BC.... amazingly beautiful place.

You're just trying to get mounted.

 

[McKenna]

You're just trying to get mounted.

Guilty.