Big Yellow Taxi / Joni Mitchell
I rant. Therefore I am.
– Dennis Miller
Mount Edith Cavell: Signs of the times.
Canadians love Socialism. We can’t wait to hand over all our personal responsibilities (Freedoms) to the Government and be taxed to the eyebrows. 3 of the 5 political parties that ran in our last Federal Election were outright Socialist in philosophy: The incompetent and forever stupid Liberals; the insane and laughable NDP; and the complete lunatic Lefties: the Green Party. Absolutely terrifying that this bunch overwhelms any sane Political ideals here.
The damage of Socialism is long, pervasive and impossible to get rid of.
Example: Bilingualism – as Law in Canada. Most signage, packaging, anything! has to be done in both English and French. This has cost us – and continues to do so – untold Millions (zillions?) of Dollars. This single titanic feat of political stupidity alone has cost Canadians an unfathomable fortune in wasted money. Yet almost NOBODY outside of Ontario and Quebec speak French – or need to do so. In my job as a Greeter at Home Depot I believe I’ve only encountered about 2 people in the last 6 years that needed assistance because they only spoke French. (We couldn’t find any interpreters). But this Law persists – to appease the unappeasable Province of Quebec. This was inflicted upon us by that great French Canadian Socialist Pierre Trudeau – who like his son Justin (who now rules Canada) has professed an admiration for Communism. Yeah.
In a country where democracy is corrupted by the reality that 2 Provinces – Ontario and Quebec (out of 10) – can swing any Federal Election vote, we find the need to speak French by any Politician who isn’t bilingual (like from Western Canada) immediately handcuffs him.
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WHY am this bringing this up?
Because the signs at Mount Edith Cavell reflects this mentality.
Apart from the fact that all signage has to be bilingual – in English and French –
there’s a question of whether these signs are need to exist at all?
But apparently, in 2012, there was an “icefall” from the Angel Glacier into
the Tarn (glacier pond) which resulted in some flooding here.
No one was hurt and it was pretty well a freak event,
but now we have signs everywhere.
Signs … signs … everywhere a sign.
Fortunately … nobody was paying attention.
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Mount Edith Cavell: Signs of the times – Part 2
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P.S. I do not endorse socialism either.
BTW: Happy 2020 🙂
Great post 🙂 As usual, the music fits with the pictures 🙂 I also hope that things get better for you Canadians. Politicians of all stripe can be pretty crazy. Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
This is the most mismanaged country in the world. Thanks John.