And the Rest of It

Stealing Greta Thunberg's childhood one day at a time ...




Don Cherry's opinion on the lack of poppy-wearing in one of the largest cities in Canada:

He did not explicitly mention migrants but that is how his blustery opining has been interpreted.

Everyone has been keen to display their vitriolic outrage in the typically Canadian Pharisaical fashion.


I believe that Remembrance Day is a day of solemnity and reflection.

 

I believe that we should be imparting the most important aspects of our history and culture not only to our children but to those who immigrate here.

I believe we should live by example and display this tiniest token of gratitude and comprehension in November and remember always.

What ways can we impress upon children and new immigrants the value we should hold for our veterans?

Trudeau said the government is investing more in programs to help veterans throughout their lives instead of the lump sum payments under the old system. The prime minister explained that program spending must be taken into account.

“Why are we still fighting against certain veterans’ groups in court? Because they are asking for more than we are able to give right now,” ...

The only thing Kenney needs to do is crunch some numbers. Quebec can have its own pension plan and police service. Why shouldn't Alberta?:

At a speech in Red Deer on the weekend, Kenney said the panel would answer questions including whether or not Alberta should pull out of the Canada Pension Plan and form its own plan instead; whether it should create a provincial police force instead of relying on the RCMP for rural policing; and whether it should opt out of some cost-sharing programs with the federal government.

As well, Kenney said the province will seek to retroactively lift the cap on fiscal stabilization back to 2014-15 to receive a $1.75-billion equalization rebate. Alberta has continued to be a net contributor to equalization despite enduring tougher economic times than other provinces over the past five years, but the province has said the cap has left it unable to claim meaningful fiscal stabilization funds.

“We’ve had it with Ottawa’s indifference to this adversity. Albertans have been working for Ottawa for too long, it’s time for Ottawa to start working for us,” Kenney declared in his speech on Saturday to the Alberta Manning Networking Conference. “We Albertans will not lose our heads, we are practical people, we are not unreasonable people. Nothing we are asking for is unreasonable."

Truly Canadian? It should have read "Truly Chinese" (check where everything is made):

Founded 80 years ago by two Quebec entrepreneurs, the home improvement chain RONA has long considered itself a Canadian icon.

The retailer went so far as to paste the words 'Truly Canadian' and 'Proudly Canadian' in large letters on many of its storefronts.

But RONA — which was acquired by American retail giant Lowe's in 2016 — has reluctantly removed those signs after Canada's Ad Standards council found they "conveyed an inaccurate general impression" given the company's new ownership.

Thousands march in Paris over a random act of violence at a mosque:

Thousands marched through Paris on Sunday in an anti-Islamophobia demonstration that has divided France’s political class.

Pastor Manfred Schmidt remembers the "socialism" of East Germany and how great it was:

Schmidt and his family had once lived in East Germany — on the Communist-controlled side of the wall — before fleeing to West Germany in 1961 and eventually settling in Canada. 

"[When the wall came down] I was in front of the TV here in Vancouver," Schmidt told CBC's host of On The Coast Gloria Macarenko. 

"As I watched the news clips, tears ran down my cheeks." ...

"My parents were quite unhappy, they didn't want to live under a regime that put its thumb down."

The final straw came in 1961, when a city councillor warned Schmidt's father that state security was planning to pay the family a visit the following morning. 

The family heeded the warning and fled East Germany that evening on two motorcycles, with Schmidt and his sister — just four and six at the time — clutching one stuffed animal each. 

Secret police arrived the next day and shot their dog. 

(Sidebar: b@$#@rds.)




Have Canadians lost their will to fight?

Yep:

Many Canadians have forgotten how to fight and how to keep their freedoms as a result of the ‘good life’ that took their attention away from the important things in their lives. Those things are being hijacked by unrelenting so-called “progressives”. As Ronald Reagan asserted, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. It cannot be passed to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on to them."

And now, the furriest of our veterans: