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Scriblett It was in the Globe and Mail several days ago. My site only last one day.

I was reading somewhere about our young people being depressed. I wonder if the whole feeling for us is that we are going nowhere, that a depression is on its way and that a lot of young people will not be able to attain the glizzy type jobs because they aren't going to be there. Canada has its share of shooting also but none lately, it sounds bad for the US but we must remember that there are over 300 million there as compared to 32 million here.

Thanks Guyser, we rate our Palliative Care volunteers as the best people in the world

Why is this happening

Good lord help us!!!!!

Yes its like another volunteer service we provide. When you are dying of cancer and want to stay in your own home,we will come in and sit with you, provide you with a cup of tea and let your Wife/husband catch up on some sleep or get out of the house. We will have saved the money it cost to keep you in the hospital and given some time to someone. Of course this does not make money for you either does it and that seems to be the main idea. That is why the country is going down the tubes, people can think of nothing but money. Then there are the retired boomers in our area who run most of these services. Seems they are giving back what this country gave them, but I guess you don't have time, too busy spending all your money. It a good thing for your future that people such as I and Drea do care about others.

Our food bank volunteers operate on the belief that "There by the grace of God go I". Our budget from the local tax payers for our food bank is nil. Our budget for Social Services locally is $40 million.

Most of us land on the right side of lady luck, and yes that is the way the world runs. Listening to the stories from people often makes me cry. Why certain families, ones who try so hard, are singled out for such bad luck is hard to understand. Its easy to be critical when you have never been there. And yes a lot of us lived exacltly like you, my children put themselves through their education. They all have done wll and some extremely well. But we had unexpected deaths and illnesses to deal with and we survived. But that does not explain why some have such a hard time. Yes there is the odd one I would like to shake but then that is the way of the world isn't it.

How our food bank operates, we have a certain amount of money donated, and lately the Ont. government gives us a little. We have been operating for over 10 years and this is a new development. The milk board donates fresh milk every week, we did have an organization called Harvest Share that had mileage money given to them by the government but that has been withdrawn and because the people had to drive an average of 3 to 4 hundred miles once a week, it had to be shut down. It collected food from various locations, mainly breads and dessert types that would otherwise go to the dump. We have a lot of food donated from vaious organizations and from our one grocery store. The food in the grocery store is put in a box by people buying their groceries. We have our location donated to us and we pay hydro because of the fidges and freezers. We share along with other food banks in our area food that is sent from various producers. Eg overrun of frozen soups etd. In the winter we sometimes have fresh meat, moose, deer and bear. These are given my the MNR people from illegal kills and we have to pay for processing and inspection. We also get pork and beef donated by local farmers ocassionaly and in the fall we get fresh fruits and vegetables from local gardeners. Every year our firedeptment, ambulance drivers and other organizations have a donation day when they go around and collect food from local citizens who donate it. We usually serve 70% children and the rest adults.

Boy are you some nasty person, I take it you don't know how to read. I never said I used the food banks, I said I volunteered at ours do you? No I guess not since you can't read properly. Go back and read and you will find I am a retired senior citizen who volunteers at the food bank. You apparently have little knowledge of most of Ontario. Lots of places are many miles from a bakery and from your beloved Walmart

But it didn't say they did not go to New Mexico. They give the reason for not going north that food doesn't grow up there. It appears if there is poverty up there,So What, but boy those casinos in New Mexico were great.

How many children do you have. My husband and I eat for less than that, we love homemade soup but we are retired and live on Government pensions so we don't have much to spend. We do volunteer and help out at the food bank. I do the intake and I have come home it tears, most of the time it is a pretty sad job. Its easy to be judgemental when you don't know what you are talking about. Of course there are people like you here, wouldn't be caught dead supporting the food bank. Thank goodness the other 90% do.

When you have children, have to pay the oil or gas bill for heat and hydr on top of that then maybe you will understand

What a disgusting thing to say, the closest walmart is 35 miles away, did it ever ocure to you that people who don't have food do not have gas. And the closest bakery is 100 miles away. It nice you don't have to be in these peoples positions.

You are right Drea, people in our area are only allowed to use the food bank 4 times a year without just cause, after that they come in to show how they are spending their money and prove they need it.

This certainly was a revelation on the tv last night

On the news tonight a company just announced that it will be moving out of the country with the lose of 1200 jobs, they made bumbers for ford, Another in Barrie that makes car parts is also moving out, lose of $300 jobs. There are lots of people looking for work right now, there is something funny going on in the figures we are getting. Does Harper have his hand in this too?

At $80 a single cord for wood I wouldn't consider it dirt cheap.

Environment Canada has "muzzled" its scientist, ordering them to refer all media inquiries to Ottawa where communications officers will help them respond with approved lines Is this the name of Harpers information police nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=277560

There are many senior citizens who worked hard all their lives in our area. Now they get gov't pensions in the amount of around $15,000 a year. How would they pay for anything other than basics heat, food etc????

Besides being a very nasty man, it is now known that King Henry the 8th had a sexually transmitted disease and one of the reasons he cut Anne Bolyn's head off was because she had a baby described as a monster. He used religion in that day to say she had sexual relations with the devil. Rather horrifying, thank God for rules today.

So what this is saying is that the rich and powerful still run the countries, just like the kings of old. The ordinary people are just serfs and fools.

If anyone is arrogant it is Harper, If our area is any example he had better stay away from an election.

I don't think Canadian voters are that naive. People I talk to cannot believe the circus that is going on in the US and probably would be very uncomfortable with that in Canada. Just the reaction to the few side shows we have had pretty well explains that.

Ontarions should look long and hard at what happened when they gave Mike Harris a free hand.