Tory senator want to change the nationnal symbol.
That news is not important, but it make me wonder if the tory are living on Uranus.
We better change to the polar bear quick before the ice melt makes them extinct.
In many ways a species whose habitat and thus existence are endangered by climate change is a great symbol for a petroleum based country.
The senator demonstrates another reason for New Democrats to more urgently call for the abolishment of an outdated institution.
The senator demonstrates another reason for New Democrats to more urgently call for the abolishment of an outdated institution.
The Conservative Party?
Actually, if we used asinine stupid atrocious statements as our criterion, we'd have to also abolish the other House.
Polar bears? They're homeless, too. Maybe fat-cat senators could all chip in for some shelters. They could demand that the feds deduct so much of their excessive pay and generous benefits for fat cats to be spent immediately on Polar bear shelters, some ice makers, national energy policy written for Canadians and Polar bears by actual Canadians etc.
I like what someone suggested on P&P - the blackfly should be our national symbol. We have a huge supply here every summer if anyone wants some. 
We could take the Senator up on her offer and make the Polar Bear the national animal - and then we'd have to discuss what global climate change is doing to it.
I like what someone suggested on P&P - the blackfly should be our national symbol. We have a huge supply here every summer if anyone wants some.
good one
I saw a bald eagle in a tree in my backyard two weeks ago. And I think it was chowing down on some beaver carcass.
Well it is all over the radio and papers. Given the timing, coming in sync with a lightning round of invoking closure, I think this no different than changing the lyrics of the anthem or renaming the navy and air force.
It's a distraction, folks.
Though if they were serious, I could think of an advantage. The only reason why the gopher has not been named the provincial animal of Saskatchewan, even though it is the obvious choice, is because then it would be afforded protected status, and people would have to stop shooting and poisoning them for being the grain-stealing pest they are.
True story.
Of course the beaver's status has not prevented conservation officers across Canada from spending much of their time blowing up beaver dams, but it would be a different story if Canada let its national animal go extinct - exactly where the polar bear is headed if things don't change. Though perhaps the senator hasn't thought that part through.
here the french version.
http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDUQtwIwAg&url=http%3...
Well it is all over the radio and papers. Given the timing, coming in sync with a lightning round of invoking closure, I think this no different than changing the lyrics of the anthem or renaming the navy and air force.
It's a distraction, folks.
Though if they were serious, I could think of an advantage. The only reason why the gopher has not been named the provincial animal of Saskatchewan, even though it is the obvious choice, is because then it would be afforded protected status, and people would have to stop shooting and poisoning them for being the grain-stealing pest they are.
True story.
Of course the beaver's status has not prevented conservation officers across Canada from spending much of their time blowing up beaver dams, but it would be a different story if Canada let its national animal go extinct - exactly where the polar bear is headed if things don't change. Though perhaps the senator hasn't thought that part through.
Of course it a distraction, that won't stop me from being vigilant, at the same time i can mock the tories and show to every body how dump they are.
For Maysie: Blackfly
This animated film about the pesky blackfly is based on the song of the same title, written and sung by Canadian folk singer Wade Hemsworth, with back-up vocals by the McGarrigle sisters. It recounts Hemsworth's battles with this quintessential "critter" during a summer of surveying in Northern Ontario.