How ya lik'n us now?
I sit here in my Ontario living room and reminicse about the more recent history of this country involving statements issuing forth from western provinces regarding seceding from the confederation over the fact that "those eastern b**tards have always screwed us over". Hellllooooo????
If this is an example how the "western" provinces would co-operate as a separate entity; gotta say it, lawyers are going to be making out like bandits billing for all those "decree nici" to and fro's between just the two of you.
A simple little thing like one premiere's descent in the polls and her grasping for whatever lifeline she thinks might regain some electorate traction results in the "family" moving into separate rooms.
Alberta; what have you been watching over the last bunch of decades as typical British Columbia behaviour?
I lived there in the early sixties when two things hit the scene almost simultaneously: the Chargex card and snowmobiles! Living on Vancouver Island in the Esquimalt area at the time, which typically get's about 2 weeks of winter that might involve an inch or two of snow at best, every idiot out there just had to use their brand new Chargex card to buy a "yellow peril" and park it on the front yard grass of their little bungalow. Those things became lawn ornaments and "planters" to sit there like great yellow index fingers all pointing at the occupants of the houses declaring; "look at me, see how stupid I am"!
That little indicator of abherrant behaviour should have spoken volumes to everyong within "spitt'n distance" of the nature of the flakes residing west of the Roger's Pass.
Treaties have existed for eon's dictating the inter-provincial movement of commerce for everything and tvia everything from seaports to highways and for this bimbo to try to exact coinage while colouring it an "ecological indemnification" is another example of the thought process indemnic in the B.C psyche.
B.C. Did you really think you were dealing with a bunch of inbred country hicks who would simply roll over for your demand of "bribery". These folks have stage coaches in their history. Did it not occur to any of you living in your floating houses that they might take unkindly towards you "holding them up" and if there is one thing you can take to the bank about Abertans it's their elephant-like memory for all things they interpret as contrary to their well being. They will neither forget nor forgive you allowing the "bimbo in the room" to try and take their wallet without delivering on the earlier promise of the evening downstairs in the bar.
I do believe those of us east of St.Boniface will enjoy sitting in the courtroom getting to listen to all of the "she said, she said! That was arguably the shortest marriage in the history of the nuptials.
Pretty humerous rant.
And with more than a grain of truth to it.
As someone who was born on Van Isle and has lived on the BC mainland, Alberta (both Calgary and Edmonton) and Ontario and worked in every province excepting PEI, NB and Quebec I have to say BruSan may be closer to the truth than most of us are comfortable with.
The cold hard truth is that the BC hillbillies and anti- development me firsters are far more prevelent in BC than the much publicized ignorant "rednecks" of Alberta.
In todays morning paper (Victoria) I just finished reading an editorial by a reporter who just travelled out of BC and was amazed at the attitudes of folks outside of BC.
He claims it was the first time he had ever heard of the "BC = Bring Cash" line.
I first heard it about 15 years ago.
I guess he has not as yet heard the line: "BC is like a big old bowl of cereal; what isnt a fruit or a nut is flake"
I dont agree with these two cheezy sayings but I do understand how they came to be.
I spent years working in India and without being too sterotypical I did notice a few things about doing business in India.
Some of the folks in India I encountered spent an awful lot of time complaining about others who were successful.
More time in fact than they themselves spent in trying to become successful in turn.
Trying to tear down or take advantage of others was at times preferable to just working hard and hoping for the best.
And the results are seen in a radically underperforming Indian business economy.
Canadians should probably try to avoid making similar mistakes.
I'm not surprised, I am impressed with her acuity. These two political entities, the fed Conservative/alliance/reform, and the provincial Liberal/conservative/socreds have been buddies for a long time. This is why ex-Premier Cambell got a nice job in London England. I take it then we can be assured that Harpers comments don't even make it as window dressing, Again I'm not surprised. Anyone surprised?
