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November 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada. Over 100,000 Canadians gave their lives in the wars of the 20th century. Millions stood beside them in personal sacrifice and loss, in the service of Canada, and the world. We owe the freedom we enjoy today to those brave individuals. Please take a moment tomorrow to give [...]
On a recent post of mine I had someone leave a comment that suggested instead of teaching children life skills that the education system should concentrate more on raising the level of literacy. While I agree that something needs to be done about the increasing level of illiteracy in our society there are several reasons [...]
I would like to thank all of you for participating in the last poll. The question was “How long do you think it will be before the Liberal minority government collapses?“ The results show that 70.8% of you think that we will be going back to the polls in less than 2 years.
I have [...]
It’s about time. We all go to school to broaden our minds so that we can either continue on with post secondary education or get a decent job. We all learn things like geometry and trigonometry, the periodic table, Shakespeare, Peter the Great and how to dissect earthworms. The things we learn in school are [...]
Has anyone seen the latest Chrysler commercial? You know the one where they show the family driving to Grandma’s house last year and the kids are fighting in the minivan. And they rewind and show the family driving to Grandma’s house this year in quiet. And the reason for the quiet this year is that [...]
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