olp1fan

Canadians aren't complaining about getting too close to the ordinary American...we complain about getting too close to the U.S government

It says that Siberia makes up 77 % of Russia's territory but only 28 % of Russia's population which is 40 million but still that means 72 % live in the warmer part of Russia

yep, pretty much share the same lifestyle, there are differences of course like the ones you mentioned and the gun culture, the politics being an entertainment in its own right...they're definitely more religious down there but other than those I think we're the same people

I don't think this is a big deal in Canada. Canadians probably just go "eh that is awful, reminds me of the catholic church" and then we start talking about how much we hate Harper or about the hockey game we saw last night

if the U.S were in Canada's spot no one would want to move there either most immigrants come from warmer countries so why the hell would they decide to move to an arctic country where its so frickin' cold and mostly inhabitable for most of the year that almost the whole population hugs the southern border come on man, they don't just move to the U.S cause of your "free speech"

U.S ain't all its cracked up to be... sure, its probably a better place to live than Mexico or an African country but living in Canada is just as good as living in the U.S When people from across the world think of Canada they think of cold and snow but when people think of America they think The American Dream You know which one sounds more appealing Its based on that and that alone

we don't deserve to have the record we have...tied for 1st in the east? our D is terrible and our offense has dried up..teams below us must suck

Do you mean the thread that's supposed to be about the Leafs but where half the posts are about other teams?

Scrivens was awesome footnote: I've never seen a team in the last 5 years that slash as much as this st louis team damnnn

Whatever, I hope our next PM is like Pierre Trudeau, he didn't take it up the ass from the Americans

I don't quite understand this POV. So any warning on any product can be construed as a violation to free speech? http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/08/u-s-judge-rules-canada-like-tobacco-warnings-may-be-threat-to-free-speech/ It turns out that American smokers won’t have to put up with the graphic images on their cigarette packs that a generation of Canadians have learned to ignore. A U.S. judged blocked implementation of a new U.S. rule requiring the tobacco companies to fill the top half of cigarette packages with moderately gruesome images. The tobacco companies are suing the government on the basis that the requirement is an ingringement of free speech. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon concluded that they are likely to win their case, so he blocked implementation in the interim. From a Canadian perspective, the ruling seems at once both telling and meaningless. Meaningless because Canadian cigarette packages (as with other countries) have carried increasingly alarming images and warnings, yet the industry thrives, proving that people who want to smoke will smoke no matter how many times you tell them they’re going to die. Cigarettes costs a small fortune, are banned pretty much everywhere except open fields and sidewalks, and attract a level of social disapproval just short of that reserved for pedophiles. Yet sidewalks outside office entrances remain littered with butts. The U.S. images weren’t even that gory. A dead guy with a big chest scar. Some rotten-looking lungs. You can see far worse in any episode of CSI:Wherever. You want ugly, check out this gallery on CBS.com. Those Australians really know how to get their point across, eh? But the judge decided that the government’s demand went beyond the pure and simple dissemination of information. Written warnings are one thing, but ugly pictures go too far. Leon found the nine graphic images approved by the FDA in June go beyond conveying the facts about smoking’s health risks and veer into advocacy – a critical distinction in free speech cases. … “It is abundantly clear from viewing these images that the emotional response they were crafted to induce is calculated to provoke the viewer to quit, or never to start smoking – an objective wholly apart from disseminating purely factual and uncontroversial information,” Leon wrote in his 29-page opinion. Leon pointed out some photos used in the labels were altered to evoke emotion. He also said the FDA requirement that labels were to cover the entire top half of cigarette packs, front and back and include a number for a stop-smoking hotline, may be unconstitutional. Leon said the labels would amount to a “mini-billboard” for the agency’s “obvious anti-smoking agenda.” Evidently a restriction that is viewed as perfectly acceptable, even desirable, in Canada is a violation of free speech in the U.S. As if the existing Canadian packages weren’t horrific enough, the tobacco companies have been ordered to adopt even more tougher images by March 2012, including two that feature anti-smoking activist Barb Tarbox taken while she was dying of cancer. Canada’s Health Minister applauded the change when it was announced: “The new Tobacco Act regulations will put new, updated health warnings and information into the hands of millions of smokers,” said Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq.”I applaud the courage and commitment of those who are sharing their experience with tobacco use through these messages,” she said, adding Tarbox’s “unforgettable image has become a symbol of the hazards of smoking.” In Canada it’s “updated health warnings.” In the U.S. it’s an assault on free speech. Either way, the cancer is the same.

I heard Scrivens is going to start...I think that is the wrong choice...Gustavasson should be starting since he is our back up Will this be another blow out?

Canadians flee to the U.S because its cheaper to live down there and they weren't capable of hacking it up here as for NAFTA Canada always seems to get the short end of the stick The only country to really benefit from NAFTA is the U.S

yes canadians are totally fleeing canada because we have a drug war going on and its not safe to live here anymore oh look another body hanging on a traffic light! do you honestly believe the shit you say?

Its only a matter of time until Israel bombs Iran and Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz We'll be seeing the U.S turning about face on this issue

The protesters are either stupid or are hypocrites Look at all of the oil pipelines already in Nebraska http://energy.nationaljournal.com/McCown_map.php

funny coming from you

I consider ctv a better source

if it werent for mexicans you'd hardly be near the top of the list

but we have good reason to be paranoid of you...not so much for you to be paranoid about us

Aren't our two countries supposed to be getting closer? This just makes us further apart I like I like

Why is the US all of a sudden concerned about their environment A lot of things that are made are made using oil I know its a bad habit but we need oil to survive in this world You just lost an amazing opportunity Have fun with the Saudis btw does anyone even live in the central plain states? hardly

we're not waiting for 18 months while the US sorts itself out who's to say what Romney would have done in Obamas shoes

oh now we're changing the rules to go by per capita? Thats what losers do

in reality it matters little who the next U.S President will be. whoever it may be will go down with the ship