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Canada’s Environmental Irresponsibility

2011/12/15 By Leave a Comment

I’m embarrassed by Canada’s environmental irresponsibility and specifically by Canada’s current conservative governance. The most recent embarrassment is Canada’s withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol; making Canada the first country in the world to abandon this historic, international, environmental treaty on climate change.

Abandoning Kyoto was irresponsible. It’s also humiliating, Canada is better than this.

Fact: Over sixty percent of Canadian voters, who cast ballots in the last federal election, did not vote for the Conservative Party, the political party that just humiliated most Canadians.

Q: How could the Harper Government back out of a treaty that Canada ratified years ago? Where was the debate? Why wasn’t this momentous decision brought to a vote?

Some time ago, I laughed in agreement when Brian Topp wrote, "Unfortunately, the angry old uncles are now in charge of the government of Canada…" If I could edit that article for The Globe and Mail, today, I’d add a couple of words, "Unfortunately, the angry, arrogant, greedy, irresponsible, old uncles are now in charge of the government of Canada."

"Unfortunately, the angry old uncles are now in charge
of the government of Canada"

Q: What can we do?
A: Make sure that your voice is heard.

Frustrated Canadians, might want to consider:

  1. electing more women
  2. encouraging the Green Party and the Liberal Party to merge
  3. electing Elizabeth May to lead the ‘New Green Party’.

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1883 Twenty-Five Cents Canada

2011/09/02 By Leave a Comment

1883 Twenty-Five Cents Canada

I lived in Regina Saskatchewan from 1958 to 1965 (ages 9—16). Home was the RCMP’s Depot Division, we just called it the RCMP Barracks. Depot Division has been training RCMP recruits since 1885. My father was in charge of the Crime Lab, that day’s version of today’s CSI. As a kid I spent many days exploring ‘the pasture’ that was on the outskirts of the barracks. Accompanied by a friend or two and my trusty bow and arrow we whiled away many summer and the occasional winter days. One sunny day, while on a new adventure, I noticed something shiny in the dirt. It was the 1883 quarter pictured above. It was shinier in the 1960s.

I recently rediscovered the 1883 coin in my sock drawer. I don’t imagine it’s worth anything other than the memories its discovery triggered, but to put my quarter in perspective:

In my first post about My Sock Drawer I referenced my unbelievably low 1972 $113/mo mortgage payment. 1972 was a time when the dollar had more value than it does today. The gal/guy who lost this quarter, lost it another 89 years before 1972 when the dollar had an even greater value. I’ve always imagined an RCMP recruit hauling hay for the horses with a hole in his pocket. Imagine how he felt when he reached in his pocket for his 25 cents.

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Canadian MLM – Network Marketing in Canada

2010/06/12 By Leave a Comment

Stack of Canadian 20s

Are you a network marketer or potential networker who lives in Canada? Are you trying to find a Canadian MLM?

Network marketing in Canada has its challenges. If you’ve been networking for long, you may have experienced some, or perhaps all, of this scenario:

  • you discovered a ground-floor, potential money-maker, but it started in the USA and wasn’t open for business in Canada
  • you set up a US address to get a head-start and made frequent cross-border trips to pickup your orders and cheques
  • when the opportunity finally arrived in Canada, the product was “for personal consumption only, not for retail”
  • the variable currency exchange rate and shipping costs made your product expensive and thus difficult to market
  • hassles with Canada Customs
  • Canada Post handling charges
  • you joined a network marketing company that was already well established in the US, but was pre-launching in Canada only to discover that existing, high-ranking, US distributors were more appealing to your fellow Canadians than you were.

What if instead, you discovered a company that:

  • was only six months old (20100601) and launched in Canada at exactly the same time that it launched in the U.S.
  • had a Canadian office, staffed by Canadians
  • had products that ship directly to you from the Canadian office without going through Customs
  • was very competitive in a trillion-dollar industry
  • had reasonable shipping costs with no charges for orders over $200
  • made it easy for you to do business online
  • offered low startup and low monthly costs
  • featured a remarkable commission structure that removes most, if not all, the roadblocks to your financial success?

Hey, even our President’s wife was born in Alberta.

My name’s Dr. Frank Eves, I live in a gorgeous village on Canada’s west coast. XYNGULAR Canada will allow me to network the world from the comfort of our home. My commute is over when I grab a chilled glass of fresh orange juice from my fridge.

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Update 20111103: I’m no longer involved with network marketing.

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