"Oh Canada, we stand on guard, for,...old boomycrats sellin our land & resources to stalin's 3 billion kids while collectin triple rent from their ownnnnnn." is that better. more...up to date. less offensive to our new oap collectin home buyers and their burka broods
mod, CUT, 2012-07-28 20:03:44

Bahahahahahaha!

Good Luck with that one.

Think Mrs. Brigand, please think.

Daryl King, 2012-07-21 18:31:56

The Crusher, 2012-07-23 10:20:29

Mrs Brigand:

Meet the people who participate in sports, any sports, rodeo, equestrian, horseracing, and you will find people who care about animals, all animals, far more than you do. I know this because I know they put their money where their mouth is, to the tune of thousands of dollars a year. When you spend that amount and give a similar amount of time to animals in your care, you will then have my leave to criticize.

By the way, if rodeo and horseracing were to end tomorrow, as seems to be the goal of those uniformed of the economies of these sports, if they were to end tomorrow, most of these animals would have no reason to live and would be slaughtered within weeks. Most of these animals live long, productive and healthy lives, lives they truly enjoy.

But if we follow your measure, and we stop doing something because there are deaths to innocents occasionally, then we must revisit, automobile transportation, fight sports, and of course, abortion on demand.

Think Mrs. Brigand, please think.
Daryl King, 2012-07-21 18:31:56

"The Calgary Stampede has nothing to do with french, and never has."

Maybe. But the Stampede has a lot to do with cruelty to animals. Something right wingers approve of
Mrs-Brigand, 2012-07-17 08:10:34

I have to weigh in. Most Canadians are probably not bilingual, at least with regard to the official languages.

I know that I would not be offended if I was at an aboriginal cultural event and heard the anthem in, say, Cree.

When visiting the heritage village at Vegreville, I would not be offended to hear the familar strains of music with Ukrainian lyrics, just as I would not be offended to hear the classic English Hymn "Amazing Grace" sung in some other language.

I am personally offended by those who use miniscule issues to manufacture offense.
Daryl King, 2012-07-17 00:46:55

No, but Quebec should learn what the word "conquered" means.

They lost, we won.

So why is it we always get the crappy end of the stick, and Quebec always gets paid off?
Dave, 2012-07-15 08:53:54

Double standard!!

More catering to a minority.

Go to Quebec and you will not hear english in the anthem if they sing it at all. Sad actually.

If in Rome do as the romans do. in english Canada it cna be in english in french Canada then in french and in bilingual areas or gov't centers then in bilingual format. where is the problem?

peiguy, 2012-07-15 08:41:29

Sure and look who pops up right away: RMB!

posted:

Question like this on this site always certain to bring out the right wing haters and racists.

Mrs-Brigand, 2012-07-12 07:58:07

The Crusher, 2012-07-13 08:40:45

Calgary is historically and traditionally English speaking, just like the rest of Canada, including Quebec. The Calgary Stampede has nothing to do with french, and never has. 50 years of tribal bigotry and racist legislation in Quebec has ethnically cleansed that Province of it's English speaking history and traditions and some redneck bigots in the Province of Quebec would like that to happen all over Canada. The imposition of "bilingualism" by a Quebecer (Pierre Turdo) on an English speaking nation was a deliberate act of vandalism, cunning manipulation, historical revisionism and racist to the core. Bilingualism, or the imposition of the OLA was and is a poisonous imposition laid upon the majority of Canadians that unfairly favours the francophone talking minority. The OLA is poisonous and divisive and that is exactly why it was imposed. According to the Association of Canadian studies 1.3 trillion dollars have been coerced from the Canadian taxpayer in order to keep up the imposition of forced french...1.3 trillion and counting. Bilingualism is inherently racist and it is only imposed upon the English speaking majority. Quebec has the french language charter that declares that Province unilingual french, while banning and outlawing English as an "official language" of that Province, wiping out hundreds of years of English history. The imposition of the OLA is strictly enforced only in English speaking parts of Canada and upon historically English speaking institutions like Parliament and the public service. This tribal imposition has cost 100's of billions of dollars and counting and has laid waste to our history and traditions. All of this to pacify bigoted, tribal french speakers. Canadians have been robbed and duped by this colossal failure of institutionalized racism, and should demand an end to this criminal waste of money and favouritism to one language group. French talkers are forever demanding that french be imposed on English speaking Canadians, whether English speakers want it or not, but french talkers do not demand that the Province of Quebec respect the English history of that Province. It is completely and utterly one sided, racist, and exclusionary to one minority group. Of all the ugly hateful pieces of legislation that Trudeau imposed on this country, without a doubt bilingualism was the ugliest and most poisonous of all. The time to end this legislated racism is long over do!
Sean, 2012-07-13 00:15:37

According to my doppelganger Neil McClung, the people of Quebec are better than the rest of us. We should be grateful apparently they are a part of this country.
Neil McNugget, 2012-07-12 15:08:31