Who Loves Ya' Canada?

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Clearly, it's not the Pope, who Friday, amongst other things, told a bunch of Bishops that we, with our tolerant ways, have turned our back on God.

But compare that to the Dalai Lama who came to Vancouver on the same day and told thousands of teenagers that we, with our tolerant ways, are a model for the entire world.

I'm putting my money on the teenagers.

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Speaking of money, according to Simon Beck* the Lord that once renounced Canada, is in (il?)legality-induced insolvency trouble again:

U.S. prosecutors are mad because Lord Black is allegedly behind on a $10-million (U.S.) loan, making him in violation of his bail conditions. The loan is apparently racking up interest payments of $7,430 per day -- that's almost as much as our cable bill -- yet his Lordship is probably having trouble finding the cash to deal with it since an Ontario court has frozen all his assets.



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*Mr. Beck is fast becoming one of the only Globe and Mail non Op-Ed page columnists who is still worth reading. Case in point: compare his non-conventional nuggets and razor-like wit to the flaccid flocculence of fantabulous obviousness served up by, say, Jane Taber, whose lead item this week was the fact that Brian Mulroney got a cheer from the well-prepped audience when he appeared on the set of Canadian Idol. Who woulda thunk it.


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