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In Canada, I now can marry the guy of my dreams (should he ever decide to rear his lying bastard head!) and at our wedding reception serve Pot Brownies if I so choose!
Strong arguements in favor of our northern cousins!
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Or the glass half empty approach, you can get involved in extended divorce litigation with the man of your nightmares while in a sugar freaked buzzed out haze.
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I'm sure there's a nice Canadian tourism website you can find on Google... The only thing I can think of is that space needle thing in Toronto though I don't know what it's called. There's also that huge mall (the biggest in the world?). I only remember it from reading "Alpha Flight"
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quote:Originally posted by LARDLAD: I can't name any Canadian landmarks! I need to come up with at least one for "The Super Jailhouse of Space"!!! HELP!!!!
Terry Fox Mountain and monument. They chose a beautiful mountain to name after him.
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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Some eastern Canada monuments: the Bluenose schooner - docked close by. The captain sailed her over a reef in Halifax harbour, so she isn't going too far from home.
Montreal's Olympic Stadium - we're still paying for it, 17 years later.
Peggy's Cove, a moonscape of a tourist trap with a lighthouse and site of the memorial for the Swissair crash.
Still and all, I think Canada has been generally more tolerant, liberal, certainly socialistic in the classic sense and multicultural vis-a-vis the USA. There was not a melting pot philosophy and the presence of a populous and powerful Quebec has done a great deal to influence Canadian politics and culture overall. Francophones put a lot more emphasis on group rights over the rights of the individual, in my opinion. The rural areas of the country tend to be more closed, conservative, etc. etc. If you're a gay person in my little community, you sure don't advertise it. Our premier just announced today, no gay marriage here until the federal government says so/forces the issue. Pot-growing is supposed to be rampant, on the other hand; however, I stick to tomatoes.
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Vancouver is one of the most beautiful, livable cities I've ever visited. In fact, just about everywhere I've been in Canada -- Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City, the Maritimes -- has been wonderful.
I also love poutine and wish we had it in our fast food restaurants here...
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Yes, and an MP in New Brunswick was attacked and beaten in his office for supporting gay marriage. Then there was the Alliance Party MP who called for recriminalization of homosexuality (he did make a belated, half-hearted apology when ordered to) - so it's two steps forward and one-and-half steps back on "progressive" issues.
Last week, nurses at a hospital in Halifax were complaining about second-hand medical marijuana smoke. I'm not sure if they wanted to block it or have it circulated...
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