Quebec has always placed a high emphasis on funding for the arts; but are we in the process of bankrolling a Greek tragedy? Greece is in the grip of what most see as a self-inflicted national bankruptcy and is essentially being bought out by the IMF and bailed out by the EU. Portugal, Italy, and other such nations are beginning to take measures to ensure that they don’t end up in the same boat. If alarm bells are sounding across Europe, there ought to be air raid sirens here in Quebec.
Drunk Driving and Cocaine Charges Dropped Against Former Tory MP
The hypocrisy of the Canadian political class may have reached an all time high this week in regard to the case of former Conservative Member of Parliament Rahim Jaffer. Charged with cocaine possession, impaired driving and speeding at 93km/h in a 50 km/h zone, Jaffer had the impaired driving and drug charges conveniently dropped and was given only a $500 fine.
Canada: Proud Sponsor of Tim Hortons
When Stephen Harper snubbed Gaddafi by avoiding a UN meeting to preside over the return of Tim Horton’s from American to Canadian hands, he shone a spotlight on two significant national problems: one resolved, and one exacerbated. Resolved was the foreign ownership of a company so strongly linked to Canadian identity. Exacerbated was the fact that the link existed in the first place.
Not long ago, the Olympic committee produced a series of commercials entitled “The Best of Us”. One such commercial displays giant sized Olympic athletes, each standing on their home continent, holding an enormous rope. Bracing their mighty feet against buildings which mark the crowning achievements in architecture and engineering of their respective civilizations (the rest of us), they proceed to pull on their ropes, thus bringing the continents of the world together and restoring Pangaea.
If you listen carefully, you can hear it. There is a quiet buzz across this country, from coast to coast to coast, almost, but not quite muted by the trumpets of manufactured Canadian pride and Olympic spirit being blown right next to our ears. The opening ceremonies were just last night, but the real games began a long time ago.
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