Didn't know much about their import selection but overall Quebec makes the best beer in Canada, particularly the Belgian-style ones.

Dumb indeed. The best bargaining chip of unions is holding the general public or the average city hostage in some way, and the general public can't do a damn thing about it.

Guten Tag!, Glad to hear you'd like to live in Canada. I always thought of Germany as a great place to live myself, though Canada does have its charm. Don't know any of the names you mention but there's always a chance it may be familiar to someone here. It's nice to hear you like our sports...

I imagine it'll take time to trickle down to the average citizen but score one for sensible thinking in a region where this kind of change doesn't happen easily. Of course the more conservative religious elements are up in arms. I also wonder what the BJP and other conservative political parties...

Kurosawa was among the best--so many great films he did. I loved the scene in Old Boy where the "prisoner" fights his way through the goon squad. Just an amazing scene.

On a brighter note, hard-hitting CNN did an exclusive interview with Bubbles, who is still going strong in an animal sanctuary after being parted from Jacko years ago. He looked bigger than he used to (good reason why chimps should not be pets) and was showing his age; apparently MJ never even...

As stated in the other thread, I don't see Hudak is a serious threat to McGuinty right now. Ontario still lives and dies with manufacturing and the downturn isn't really the fault of the provincial Liberals. It will be an ongoing problem though. I hope Hudak finds his own voice and distances...

You mean the air traffic controllers? That kind of thing would never happen here, least of all with Miller/McGuinty in charge. Even Harper wouldn't attempt it.

*shrug* Well, I will admit it's been awhile since I've been in the private sector but from where I stand (the union) I've seen people who do the bare minimum sliding on by with those of us who care about our job and do better. As far as go-getters are concerned I wasn't talking about...

Well, they salvaged a game out of three against a team that has overtaken them in the standings. But apart from the hot start the 2009 Jays have fallen into the same pattern we saw coming in spring training--they've done little of consistency to distinguish themselves from Jays teams over the...

+1 When I was in my twenties I loved visiting my friends in the Annex and we didn't care a bit for the room. We were too busy with the neighbourhood and the house parties when we weren't doing the school thing. A basement apartment is no issue if you are young and single and having fun...

Good point. In a nutshell, unions generally value length over service over quality of performance in contracts. Pay raises are so tied into the yearly rollover through bargaining it makes hanging on more important financially than getting ahead. Not to say the private sector doesn't have its own...

I was never a fan of his ego, but at least he's opening up his collection to the public. It'll be six bucks to get in so it had better be good.

Looks like a house built on sand. Yeah, it definitely needed a little more depth to the foundation if there was any at all. How could the builder not have considered this?

Ha--I remember being into Duran Duran as a youngster and not caring much for MJ. But as I became older I became more respectful of Jacko's talent and somewhat less so of Duran Duran (though they still have some great tunes). Michael Jackson does have a solid musical legacy but he was built...

That's an old photo--Phase VI (Promenade) has already been completed and opened last December and it's Phase VII that's just breaking ground right now as seen in the first photo.

It's not the removal of HRC's that will sink Hudak; I don't think it will tilt an election one way or another. It's the Liberal-fed fears of his ties with Harris regardless of whether or not he actually follows Harris-style policies. The Liberals have already started stating it publicly and its...

Apart from the fact the provincial Tories might be headed for more wilderness years my biggest problem with this is that the Liberals will feel even more comfortable at the helm and less bothered by criticism or policy input from outside the party. Even with a majority in power a strong and...

Hmmm. A Harris protege? What can I say, other than "better than Klees?" :confused:

Too bad about Shopsy's. Although I didn't patronize the Front Street location I've always had a soft spot for Shopsy's since the old food building days at the CNE.