My first reaction to this story about a Terrorist who was caught in a plot in London, Ontario was: “Huh? I didn’t know there was a Canadian Idol, eh?”
Actually, there is. It’s been on for six seasons. Shows you how much I care about this genre. I would hope their judges aren’t as flamboyant as ours are. Perhaps our good Canadian readers can fill me in, eh.

That’s $1 Billion in Canadian Dollars, mind you. It’s hard to tell whether Toronto has been overrun by zombies…but the near-total desertion of the city’s downtown area is due to the efforts of the Canadian Government (and of course, the Canadian Taxpayer) to provide for the security of the G20 leaders, including Президент Оба́ма, eh:

Конгресс may need this when they have their Lame Duck session after the November Elections, eh.

Guess we’ll have to save up all our Looneys and Twoneys, eh:

Here’s where things stand after nine days of competition, eh:

This, in spite of the state of our economy, eh.

You know, for the life of me I cannot remember the last time I actually sat down and watched the Olympics on TV. It was kinda nice to be able to do that with my wife. I got a big kick out of seeing The Great One, who is without a doubt the best Hockey player in history but sucked as a coach, light the cauldron. Twice, eh.
Let it also be known that, after the USA, I root for Canada during events such as these, eh.
Here are some stories which are already emerging from Vancouver:

18-0? IS THAT ALL? Here’s another spewing of Political Correctness regarding running up the score, but it ain’t coming from Canada, eh.

ANARCHISTS MAR OLYMPIC PROTESTS: Leave it to these guys to frak up peaceful demonstrations against the Games. I hope the Cops bust some more heads, eh.

DONOVAN BAILEY TORCH SNUB: He still can’t figure out why, and neither can I, eh.

Glory Hallelujah! Parliament Hill and the RCMP must be breathing a big sigh of relief, now that they don’t have to strain their Olympic Security budget even more than they already have; at last count, it’s already four times the original estimate. Now I wonder if that original estimate was from seven years ago, when they were awarded the 2010 Winter Games, eh.
Besides, Президент Оба́ма has more important things to do, like telling fellow Demo☭rats to turn off CNN and Fox and march like lemmings to their friendly newspaper (which Dan Rather says are in Mortal Danger…HA!). He can’t be bothered while Entourage is on. That, and cover his Chief of Staff’s a** while the Special Olympics are still pissed at him, eh.

Now here’s a story which is all too common: Canadians coming to the United States for healthcare treatment which, if they waited in Canada, would be waiting for a very long time. Only this Canadian…is the Premier of Newfoundland, eh:

ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams will undergo heart surgery later this week in the United States.
Deputy premier Kathy Dunderdale confirmed the treatment at a news conference Tuesday, but would not reveal the location of the operation or how it would be paid for.
“He has gone to a renowned expert in the procedure that he needs to have done,” said Ms. Dunderdale, who will become acting premier while Mr. Williams is away for three to 12 weeks.
“In consultation with his own doctors, he’s decided to go that route.”
Mr. Williams’ decision to leave Canada for the surgery has raised eyebrows over his apparent shunning of Canada’s health-care system.

You don’t say. And yet Президент Оба́ма and the Demo☭rats still insist on taking over healthcare here? Where would this guy go then, eh?

I’m told elsewhere that Semaj Ovured was invited to the celebrations yesterday at the Canadian Consulate in Los Angeles. James, if you read this, please leave a comment as to your experiences there.
LyndonB…since you’re a recently-transplanted Canadian, coming from the UK, I hope you can share your experiences on this day as well.
What I miss from living back East is the International Freedom Festival, held every year in Detroit and Windsor, Ontario (right across the river). That, and the shopping in Windsor was fabulous! Two words: milk bags.
And to all my Canadian Friends: Happy Canada Day!

The team which was formerly known as “The Former Winnipeg Jets”...aka the Phoenix Coyotes…filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy today. The NHL subsequently removed team owner Jerry Moyes from all positions of authority, as the league figures out what to do with the franchise, eh.
This kinda sucks. I wanted to go see these guys but, due to other circumstances, I wasn’t able to. No matter. I still have my beloved Detroit Red Wings. And as far as where this franchise should go, I believe they should be moved back to Canada, and unlike Arizona sports fans, the Canadians are hungry for another team. I wish this franchise well, eh.

So many countries around the world, Canada included, welcomed The One™‘s election. Now, the Canadians are feeling the cold shoulder of Президент Оба́ма as he advocates “Buy American” legislation, eh:

The reality is that Canada and the United States are engaging in skirmishes that threaten to erupt into an all-out trade war.
John Hayward runs an industrial equipment company, Hayward Gordon, in Halton Hills, Ont., but is in the process of transferring some of his company’s manufacturing capacity to the United States from Canada, with the loss of Canadian jobs, because he is being shut out of the American market by President Obama’s stimulus bill.
“It boils down to the fact a very large number of Canadian companies, who have been competing in the U. S. for decades, have been told overnight that they can’t sell to the U. S.,” he said.

Perhaps there’s more than just a bit of Buyer’s Remorse coming from Canadians. I don’t blame them. I’d much rather be trading with Canada than just about any other country right about now, eh.

HAT TIP: Small Dead Animals

And now, a message from the Government of Canada, eh:

Here in the US of A, we have yet another massive day of traffic at the malls, stores, etc., with people returning various gifts, items, blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda. In Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and many other Commonwealth countries. It’s Wrestling Boxing Day, which is generally held on the Feast of St. Stephen, and people give gifts to the less fortunate members of society, eh.
Turns out they, too, have yet another massive day of traffic at the malls, stores, etc., with people returning various gifts, items, blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda. Sounds familiar, eh.

Less than two months after their election which sent the Tories back to Parliament Hill with a stronger minority government, the Liberals, NDP, and the separatist Bloc Québécois parties have made clear their intention to bring down Prime Minister Harper with a Vote of No Confidence next Monday and ally themselves into a ruling coalition which could last up to 18 months. The Governor General of Canada is cutting short an overseas trip and rushing back to Ottawa to figure out what is going on, eh.
There are three choices available: the Governor General can OK the result and allow the coalition to form a government; she can dissolve Parliament and call elections immediately; or, she can allow the Prime Minister to suspend Parliament without dissolving it. Mesdames et messieurs, this is what you get in parliamentary systems of government. Is it any wonder why there have, for example, been more governments in Italy than the number of years since the formation of its post-WWII republic, eh.
And I’ll bet the Canadian Voters will be pissed off at having to go back to the polls again, eh.

One of my friends e-mailed me this movie poster graphic last night; when I opened it, my jaw dropped. I thought “He’s gotta be kidding me, eh.”
Turns out he wasn’t. There really was a Republic Serial titled Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders. One would think with this title it’d be science fiction (and schlock sci-fi at that!), but it actually had a Cold War setting, so it’s easy to figure out who the Bad Guys are. Now I’m gonna look for this on the web, eh.

Well my friends, tonight was Canada’s Election for the House of Commons in Ottawa. Let’s see how things turned out, but keep in mind, you never know how these numbers will change, eh:
Conservatives: 141 Elected, 2 Leading. Total: 143
Liberals: 74 Elected, 3 Leading. Total: 77
Bloc Québécois: 48 Elected, 1 Leading. Total: 49
New Democratic Party: 35 Elected, 2 Leading. Total: 37
Independent: 2 Elected, 0 Leading. Total: 2
That means Stephen Harper will remain as Prime Minister, this time with a stronger minority government at the expense of the Liberals. And it looks as though the Greens got shut out. I will make an educated guess that if this government works out, next time an election rolls around, the Tories get a majority. May this be a good sign of things to come in the United States, eh.