“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
When asked about record-high child-poverty rates in B.C. and what his government could do about it, Canadian Industry Minister James Moore,[Scrooge], replied: “Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? Is that always the government’s job to be there to serve people their breakfast?”
The Evolution of the Canadian Stamp
![From the "Penny Black" to the "Dollar Dreadful". [Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra announces the price of stamps will rise from 85¢ to 1$]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19122013.jpg)
From the “Penny Black” to the “Dollar Dreadful”. [Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra announces the price of stamps will rise from 85¢ to 1$]
Going Postal?
Now that Canada Post is stopping home mail delivery, Seniors and the disabled will have to walk to “super-mailboxes” to collect their mail. Canada Post CEO commented that seniors have told him that they want more exercise!
Flaherty will get you nowhere!
The Provinces are united in condemning Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the Harper Conservative Government for refusing to implement plans to strengthen the Canada Pension Plan
“Just Signing in the Rain”
The South African Government is investigating after a former murderer appeared at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial in a prominent position near President Obama pretending to be a sign language interpreter.
Canada Post announces the end of home mail delivery
Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds; but Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government will!
Canada stakes claim to North Pole
Canada has made a formal submission to the United Nations Commission on the Continental Shelf, claiming the North Pole, although Russia and Denmark also have strong claims
“No need to raise the alarm, It’s just plastic.”
![The U.S. Congress renews its ban on plastic explosives with objections from Republicans. [No comment from the NRA]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/10122013.jpg)
The U.S. Congress renews its ban on plastic guns [with objections from Republicans]. No comment from the NRA
Jackpine Oil Sands expansion: “Acceptable Risk”
Canada’s environment minister, Leona Aglukkaq approves Royal Dutch Shell’s oil sands expansion saying that though it will “cause significant adverse environmental effects” the risks “are justified in the circumstances”
Canada’s present and former Prime Ministers Travel to South Africa
What do Canada’s Prime Ministers, [Jean Chrétien, Brian Mulroney, Stephen Harper], discuss on a long plane trip? Perhaps they compare how long their noses have grown.
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