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'New' Canada not all it's cracked up to be
The Toronto Sun ^ | Tues., Aug.9,2005 | CONNIE WOODCOCK

Posted on 08/09/2005 8:01:18 AM PDT by fanfan

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1 posted on 08/09/2005 8:01:20 AM PDT by fanfan
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To: GMMAC; Pikamax; Former Proud Canadian; Great Dane; Alberta's Child; headsonpikes; coteblanche; ...

'Old' Canada ping!


2 posted on 08/09/2005 8:02:27 AM PDT by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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To: fanfan

I want my country back! Damn Trudeau!


3 posted on 08/09/2005 8:05:57 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
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To: Alexander Rubin
I want my country back! Damn Trudeau!....and Chretien, and Martin!
4 posted on 08/09/2005 8:09:16 AM PDT by fanfan (" The liberal party is not corrupt " Prime Minister Paul Martin)
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Well, I think we should add Maurice Strong in there. And Desmarais, because he's the granddaddy to all this crap.

And, you know what, pretty much all of francophone Quebec, except for the Action Democratique guys (if I remember their name correctly), who're alright in my books.


5 posted on 08/09/2005 8:11:37 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
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To: fanfan

Dear Canada, Wayne County, Michigan, receives 100% of all trash generated by the city of Toronto. New Canada? You can't even take care of your garbage.


6 posted on 08/09/2005 8:15:16 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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Newsbrief: Canadians Smuggling Marijuana in Garbage Exports to United States

More garbage news. Another smuggling scheme went down the tubes last week when US Customs inspectors in Port Huron, Michigan, found a ton of Canadian weed hidden in a shipment of Toronto garbage destined for a Michigan landfill. The contraband was concealed behind trash, but revealed after a gamma-ray scanner showed anomalies in the cargo, according to Customs spokesperson. The driver, a 37-year-old Indian national, was arrested.

The garbage truck bust has been latched upon by foes of Canadian garbage imports, the Toronto Globe & Mail reported, citing one garbage import opponent, Michigan State Representative Kathleen Law, who pronounced herself shocked that such an amount of pot was found "in just one truck." Law saw a lesson in the discovery. "This just underscores that trash from Canada leaves us open to this kind of illegal activity. We must pass legislation and we must regulate the bridge. It's just out of control. This is scary."


7 posted on 08/09/2005 8:25:51 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: fanfan

The Russian Bolshevik regime lasted for 70 years.

Trudeaupian socialism has reigned for barely half that, yet.

I think we'll have to wait for 'the contradictions to sharpen' before this squalid Canucklehead kleptocracy collapses.


8 posted on 08/09/2005 8:27:31 AM PDT by headsonpikes ("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
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http://www.unitednorthamerica.org

I think OLD canada should join the USA and leave the socialists to rot.


9 posted on 08/09/2005 8:30:33 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: fanfan
The presumed Governor-General designate:


10 posted on 08/09/2005 8:31:22 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Dude, you've got some... Arzt on you..." - Hugo "Hurley" Reyes)
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To: Westlander

"Dear Canada, Wayne County, Michigan, receives 100% of all trash generated by the city of Toronto. New Canada? You can't even take care of your garbage."

That's NAFTA....ummm... free trade...heheheh


11 posted on 08/09/2005 8:33:05 AM PDT by taxed2death (A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
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Officials Seize Nearly One Ton of Illegal Drugs in Canadian Trash Truck

Nearly one ton of marijuana was found buried in a truckload of garbage crossing the Blue Water Bridge, entering Michigan from Toronto on September 24. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found about 1,900 pounds of the drug packed in 59 plastic bags and hockey equipment duffel bags, making this one of the biggest drug busts in recent Michigan history. Law enforcement officials value the drug’s street value at approximately $9 million. This was the second time a truck carrying Canadian trash was caught smuggling a large quantity of drugs across the border.

Local Officials Put Out Trash Truck Fire on Blue Water Bridge
In September, a garbage truck heading from Toronto to Wayne County was on fire when it attempted to cross the Blue Water Bridge. The fire required 8,000 gallons of water and one and a half hours to douse. In addition to the time and materials spent by local, state and federal employees to put out the fire, a large amount of hazardous and toxic waste was expelled, all on the deck of one of the busiest border crossings in the United States. Audaciously, the very same truck returned just five hours later and tried to cross the border again, this time leaking wet garbage all over the bridge, which had to be cleaned up by HAZMAT crews in Port Huron.


Canadian Trash Truck Arrives in Michigan Dripping Blood
Last October, a Canadian trash truck from Toronto was denied entry into Michigan because it contained broken bags of untreated blood and hospital waste. The truck was literally dripping blood and leaking contaminants. This was in direct violation of Michigan and Ontario law, which requires medical waste to remain contained in secure containers and that non-decontaminated medical waste not get mixed with other waste.

Canadian Trash Trucks Carry Radiological and Medical Waste into Michigan
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow authored legislation earlier this year to ensure that the Ambassador and Blue Water bridges be equipped with detection equipment called portals and that staff be trained to use them. These portals search for the presence of radiological and nuclear materials and weapons; trucks found with radioactive cargo are not allowed into Michigan. As a result of these searches, truck loads of trash are regularly sent back to Canada. These portals were installed in June -- we may never know how much radioactive waste was dumped in Michigan before then.


12 posted on 08/09/2005 8:35:05 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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I recently told a Canadian pilot I'd met that Canada once had one of the world's top five air forces and navies, and he reacted in shock and disbelief. I had to find pictures on the net to convince him that Canada had operated aircraft carriers, once upon a time, but in the memory of living men.

This year, the Danes planted their flag on Canadian Hans Island, and Canadian Forces can't even get there to put a flag of their own up, or afford a flag to put there. Two hundred miles of fishing and oil exploration go with the uninhabitable ocean rock. It's probably better off in Danish hands.

The national health and Quebecois graft together have sucked everything out of what was fifty years ago a First World power. It's appropriate that the Governor General should be Haitian, because Haiti is the model to which New Canada seems to aspire.

The Failed State.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F


13 posted on 08/09/2005 8:36:51 AM PDT by Criminal Number 18F
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To: fanfan

One would assume Madame Jean travels with her crystal orb and predicts the future?


14 posted on 08/09/2005 8:37:28 AM PDT by Doc Savage (...because they stand on a wall, and they say nothing is going to hurt you tonight, not on my watch!)
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To: longtermmemmory

United North America? Are you kidding?


15 posted on 08/09/2005 8:38:05 AM PDT by RoyalsFan (Freepmail me if you want on my Kansas City Royals ping list)
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To: fanfan

A bas le nouveau Canada


16 posted on 08/09/2005 8:44:07 AM PDT by jjmcgo
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To: Westlander

I was amazed by the number of landfill "mountains" off I-275 in Wayne County.


17 posted on 08/09/2005 8:44:56 AM PDT by Corporate Law (<>< -- Xavier Basketball - Perennial Slayer of #1 Ranked Teams)
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To: Criminal Number 18F

Bump your excellent post.


18 posted on 08/09/2005 8:47:31 AM PDT by headsonpikes ("The U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form of government.")
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She "embodies the new face of Canada," burbled the Toronto Star

Funny, I thought that Algerian terrorist-turned Canadian welfare cheat who planned to blow up LAX was the "new face of Canada".

19 posted on 08/09/2005 8:51:06 AM PDT by montag813
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Canada's got trouble.


20 posted on 08/09/2005 8:57:34 AM PDT by what's up
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