mrmarconi

Having moved to ON from AB a year ago,here's what I have seen. So far I have seen much better selection and prices in AB, although both can widely vary, but if I compare one of my favourite larger liquor stores in Calgary to a similar size LCBO in Kitchner or GTA, Calgary wins out. Just my personal observation though.

This is a question car companies are looking at, and one way of addressing this is mesh networking and data sharing between vehicles. So far though, from what I've read this is in a congested traffic sort of situation. No idea of range etc.

This thread has been interesting, all this bravado and big talk and everything. Makes me wonder how much some people have travelled or not. Having crossed borders in quite a few countries, it's obvious, You should expect to be searched coming or going and act accordingly. Know the laws, content on your computer that is legal here, may not be there, and anything that is sensitive simply should be left at home and accessed remotely. Now that I'm not crossing the border 20+ times a year, and its been a few years, maybe things have changed, but I doubt it. Like any cop, If you're a dick, they throw the book at you. Not that I agree, but in these situations, they hold the upper hand, and no matter how big you think your junk is, that's the case. I kind of wonder what this guy's behaviour was like. This is the sort of charge that gets trumped up when you piss off the cops. What *WILL* be interesting though, is this may test if you can be compelled to share a password. I'm sure some of you have been through the back room interview and search a few times, and you are told to unlock your bags if they are (or hand over the number if it's numerical). ----- Excerpt from the Customs act: (1) An officer may search (a) any person who has arrived in Canada, within a reasonable time after his arrival in Canada, (b) any person who is about to leave Canada, at any time prior to his departure, or (c) any person who has had access to an area designated for use by persons about to leave Canada and who leaves the area but does not leave Canada, within a reasonable time after he leaves the area,

You raise a good point about the religious beliefs. This is always a very touchy one, especially for me. I had a good friend in highschool who was gay. His family's religious beliefs were such that was not really compatible with is sexual orientation. Once his parents got a 'whiff' of his orientation, they and their church community made his live very difficult. He killed himself before graduating 12th grade. You reach a point where religious beliefs may not be greater than a person's basic human rights. Some religious groups have for sure started to become more accommodating and changing with the times. BUT! You also reach a point where religious beliefs need to be acknowledged... Not a simple thing. Re teachers playing psychologist: My wife was a teacher. I can't speak for all, but she was trained in psych and especially in identifying possible behavioural and developmental issues with her kids. The idea behind this is that sometimes you can catch a child while they are young and get them referred. Almost without failure, some parent who "knew better" would ignore or override her recommendations, and almost without failure that child would struggle going on in the grades. It's not the old days like when my uncle started in the 60s, they took him and were pleased because he had a degree! Teachers are well trained. Parent's don't like to hear that their child has a problem, and the rants I've had from parent friends are almost all the same "Oh those teachers don't know anything!". No, not at all, they did a bachelor's degree and then a further couple years in teachers' college.

Did you read the curriculum? Because, from what I can tell 6-9 year olds are not going to be learning that. I may be incorrect, if I am, please let me know. But that's not the point I'd like to make. "It's like this. My child that I brought into this world. My child that I'm rasing and paying for. So ill decide when it would be best to teach them life lessons. Not some overpaid constantly whining teacher or government agent or politician." Your child is going to operate in the world with other people, if you do not take the time to teach your child about body autonomy, consent, safe sex, safe sex in the context of a relationship etc, Someone could get hurt. Not all parents do a poor job in the sex ed department, but many do a poor job, and we see the results. Rape, teen pregnancies, disease, etc. Consent and harassment is a huge issue, especially in the late high school/university age. Many people really don't understand consent, and don't understand harassment. This stuff needs to be taught and taught early. From my own experience, as a kid whose parents were very open and available about sex, I was actually pretty surprised at how my friend's parents dealt with the subject. It was by and large, ignored, or it turned into an embarrassing elephant in the room sort of thing, and most dangerously it lead to teen pregnancy, disease, and one run in with the police. In my case, not so much. Condoms were purchased, sex was had or not, and I had some very helpful and open conversations with my mother when something got a little uncomfortable for me . No judgement. I was made to understand at a reasonably early age that some boys like boys, and some girls like girls, and that's ok, you like what you like, you may even like both. I was very lucky to have been in a sex positive environment, where it wasn't considered "wrong" or "dirty" or whatever. I see these curriculum changes as a step forward.