Canadian National Anthem

[Flying Pig]

There are no men or women on the coat of arms because formal rules of heraldry don't allow it.

Someone should tell Jamaica and New Zealand:

 

[gay_Aleks]

I'll be fair, the Jamaican one looks a bit...hmm, I wouldn't go as far as to call it "ridiculous", but it certainly is unique.

 

[Tee Kay]

Not to mention German Empire

 

[W|M]

Tom Hanks was from the German Empire in Cast Away?

 

[Traitorfish]

Only the left-hand one is Tom Hanks. The right-hand one is his brother and successful career lookalike, Jim Hanks. You can tell because the nose is a little bit off.

 

[gay_Aleks]

I think you meant Hans Hanks, TF! It's Germany we're talking about.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

How can that not be a slap in the face to those members of the board? While cutting off the funding helps privatize it, cutting off the funding is also not only an insult to the CBC, but also to the salaries of the employees, whether or not they are at the top or the bottom of the hierarchy ladder.

How can it be a slap in the face to the board when THEY are the ones who made these cuts? The Harper appointees don't give a damn about maintaining quality of reporting or the political panels (look at the new host of "Power and Politics" - it's become the "Rosie Barton Show", and it's basically unwatchable). Don Newman, the former host of "Politics" was one of the people let go, because after the budget cuts that happened at the time, they just couldn't afford him anymore. Of course he put a diplomatic face on it and insisted that he was "retiring"... but only a really naive person or Conservative would believe that.

And on what planet does the Harper-appointed board care about the employees' salaries? Their goal is to gut the CBC to the point that there's no option other than privatization, to keep it going. Just before the election, Harper extended a whole list of appointments he'd made... including ones that wouldn't even begin until after the next election. Trudeau has asked those people (the ones who can legally be terminated) to voluntarily step down so the positions can be filled by application instead of appointment... but surprise! not one of them has the integrity to do that and compete for the job on their own merits. At this point, I'd be exercising the option to just turf them, but that's me.

Agreed that the cuts didn't help the CBC's level of journalism, but journalism is changing a lot now a days. Of course there are still a few newspapers that publish international and domestic stories with a certain level of literature skill, but newer newspaper styles (ex. MontrealBlog) are becoming more mainstream. While some of the journalists' skills and knowledge are lacking, a newer more relaxed kind of news is starting to take shape, which can be taken both ways honestly...

When I go to CBC.ca I expect to find articles, not a list of tweets cribbed from Twitter, with a couple of sentences sprinkled here and there. That's not an article. And I know I'm not the only person upset about how dumbed-down everything is becoming.

The reason why they're jumping on him like that is because he was a perfect strategy for the Liberal Party to bounce back from the humiliating events in 2011. He had little political experience, but the liberals knew they struck jackpot because all the people in their 40s and older remembered their fond memories of Trudeau-mania. Conservatives realized that (and so did every other political party) so they deemed the Liberals to be opportunists.

Yes, he was in the right place at the right time, and he was no longer that young man who gave such a moving eulogy at his father's funeral. About 10 seconds after he uttered "Je t'aime, Papa," Peter Mansbridge and the other CBC journalist covering this were openly speculating that Justin would go into politics... because he could deliver a speech and there was the emotional and historical sense of dynasty that day.

Well, it took more years than they'd thought, but it happened. And it's not like Justin woke up one morning and decided to run for Liberal leader. He worked in the back rooms, helped others campaign, and began to learn the ropes. So the Conservative attitude of "he never worked a day in his life and they just handed the leadership to him and then the election" is nothing but pure spite and an incredible amount of jealousy.

And yes, I remember Trudeaumania. I was very young when it happened, but even then my grandparents thought it important that kids should follow the news, as much as they were able to understand. I still have the Trudeau pin my grandmother got at a rally, back in 1968. My grandparents were Liberal supporters while Trudeau was in politics, and later on they switched to NDP. As for me, I've supported whichever party I felt best represented my interests and had the best vision for Canada - one year, I voted for an independent candidate. But that choice has never been for either the Progressive Conservatives, the Reform Party, the Canadian Alliance Party, or the Conservative Party of Canada. Note that the last three on this list are all the SAME party, just with different names. They seem to think that the public is so stupid that we believe that a new name means new people and new ways of doing things. It's just the Reformacons, being as dishonest and obnoxious as they have always been.

Whether or not he did it in order to improve his political standing, I do not care. What I am saying is that he introduced the bill, knowing that it wasn't an important political decision that wasn't really necessary at the time.

When you know you're going to die soon, you don't have the luxury of waiting until a time when people who think "women don't care" will graciously approve of bringing such a bill forward.

When you know you're going to die soon, your "political standing" is pretty unimportant, wouldn't you say? It's not like he's going to be around for the next election.

But the beavers ?? Why not have the symbol of this country be on our coat of arms?

So contact the Heritage Minister (or whichever department is in charge of these things) and lobby to change it.

Someone should tell Jamaica and New Zealand:

I don't see any humans on the shields, which is what I was referring to. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

 

[Ironsided]

If I could make a Canadian anthem it would be this:
I&#8217;m sorry my neighbour is <snip>.
I&#8217;m sorry I&#8217;m as <snip> as my neighbour.
I&#8217;m sorry. Really...

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[W|M]

Just make it this, it even has a bit that's in French

 

[Ironsided]

Madonna has talent. This is Canada.

 

[W|M]

If they have issues with her not being Canadian just get Celine Dion to do a cover

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Just make it this, it even has a bit that's in French

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

If they have issues with her not being Canadian just get Celine Dion to do a cover

Celine Dion is barely Canadian anymore.

 

[warpus]

I'm not sure who you're thinking of when you say "the real God". Tim Horton? Tommy Douglas? The coffee drinkers and those who are grateful for our health care system might think so. I just made and deleted numerous worlds yesterday when I was playing Civ II: Test of Time. I guess that makes me God... to the fictitious little electronic people whose worlds I made and unmade.

Gretzky lost every shred of respect I might have had for him when he became a Harper shill last fall. But then I haven't cared much about him since he left the Oilers (my dad and I used to watch hockey back when Gretzky was still with them).

Yeah, I meant Gretzky, but I was half-kidding. We worship hockey in this country, it's the state religion, and he just happens to be the best player to ever play the game, and continues to be involved in it. Plus he always comes across as a genuinely nice guy.

And how many people in this country take the idea of God seriously? I have no idea, but more people worship hockey than any organized religion.

Tim Hortons is now owned by an American company and their food and coffee sucks, so I don't really view it as a Canadian symbol anymore. It's more like a Canadian cancer. I mean, their name doesn't even make sense anymore, after they got rid of the apostrophe.

No, "us" is appropriate. "Command" isn't a noun in this context, so it doesn't need a possessive.

Maybe it's because English is my 3rd language but that just doesn't sound good to me. Maybe if I look at the sentence again and think about it a bit more it will sound right.

Um, no. Honestly. We're not aggressors unless there's a very good reason.

Oh yeah, I know, that was just a joke that we can out-American the Americans.

Seize Alaska. It's an eyesore and it looks ugly on the map, seeing how disconnected it is.

We like having the Americans in the arctic, it keeps Russia at bay. Plus you wouldn't like what we'd rename Alaska to.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Yeah, I meant Gretzky, but I was half-kidding. We worship hockey in this country, it's the state religion, and he just happens to be the best player to ever play the game, and continues to be involved in it. Plus he always comes across as a genuinely nice guy.

Well, it could get rather interesting around here when it was an Edmonton vs. Calgary game. You'd have the Gretzky fans vs. the Lanny McDonald fans, Oilers vs. Flames... some people were quite passionate about which team they supported.

And how many people in this country take the idea of God seriously? I have no idea, but more people worship hockey than any organized religion.

Try living in a bible belt. I'm not kidding - some people here go to church 3 or 4 times a week. And of course they're quick to try to insert religion into politics, and some of the Catholics can't understand the objections to mandatory prayer in public schools. It's too bad the Charter didn't specify that it's prohibited not only to discriminate on the basis of religion, but also on the basis of non-religion. They should re-word that one of these times when they're making changes.

Tim Hortons is now owned by an American company and their food and coffee sucks, so I don't really view it as a Canadian symbol anymore. It's more like a Canadian cancer. I mean, their name doesn't even make sense anymore, after they got rid of the apostrophe.

Is there much here that still is owned by Canadians? I can't even find a Canadian flag that isn't made in China. I guess I'll have to make my own.

We like having the Americans in the arctic, it keeps Russia at bay. Plus you wouldn't like what we'd rename Alaska to.

The Even Further Northwest Northwest Territories?

 

[warpus]

Most of our professional sports teams are still owned by Canadians (as far as I know)

Twolaska?

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Most of our professional sports teams are still owned by Canadians (as far as I know)

Twolaska?

I rather doubt I'll be shopping for sports teams any time soon. Not even if I win Lotto Max.

If we ever really did add Alaska as the fourth territory (it would be a slap in the face to Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut to give it immediate provincial status), I'd guess that its name would change to something in whatever the dominant aboriginal language is there. Keeping it as "Alaska" would be easier on the bookkeeping, maps, and signage, but confusing for people who would still consider it American.

 

[Evie]

Tim Hortons is now owned by an American company and their food and coffee sucks, so I don't really view it as a Canadian symbol anymore. It's more like a Canadian cancer. I mean, their name doesn't even make sense anymore, after they got rid of the apostrophe.

Tim Hortons abolished the Dutchie. They can burn in hell.

"The uploader has not made this video available in your country."

Celine Dion is barely Canadian anymore.

And Madonna, is French-Canadian on her mother side, so probably as Canadian as Céline lol.

 

[warpus]

Not to mention German Empire

Spoiler :

That just looks like somebody kept adding things to the crest because it wasn't good enough and then threw a big blanket over it because they didn't know how to finish it because it'd look really stupid if it was all in a big crest. And then the next morning the German Emperor is like: "What the hell man, you were supposed to design a simple crest, there's like 3, 4 levels of crest in this, and what's up with the half-naked guys, this is supposed to say GERMANY, not fruity land of crests and blankets, get out of here, .. you know what, GUARDS, decapitate this man "

 

[Traitorfish]

"Germany: Fruity Lands of Crests and Blankets" is a travel-guide I one day intend to write.

 

[Dachs]

That just looks like somebody kept adding things to the crest because it wasn't good enough and then threw a big blanket over it because they didn't know how to finish it because it'd look really stupid if it was all in a big crest. And then the next morning the German Emperor is like: "What the hell man, you were supposed to design a simple crest, there's like 3, 4 levels of crest in this, and what's up with the half-naked guys, this is supposed to say GERMANY, not fruity land of crests and blankets, get out of here, .. you know what, GUARDS, decapitate this man "

It's a Grand Coat of Arms. They're supposed to be really busy, because representing lots of things about a given country is hard. Look, here's the one for Poland-Lithuania:

There are greater and lesser coats of arms for various occasions.