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Ricks Rant for January 26, 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPmXKEsm-HE

Absolutely disgusting, and they even had a slight dig at Europe aswell

Thoughts?

well is is silly for the canadian army to go on a year long break

but the red eye show is a comedy show of sorts, its not suposed to be all taken serisously

Ya, I apologize for the QUALITY in advance. I’m going to be busy with school soon and probably wont get a chance to finish it. I thought rather than let the couple of hours I put into this to waste I might as well post the thing.

ENJOY.

Molson Canadian Beer ad + Matthew/Canada from Axis Powers Hetalia by Himaruya Hidekaz

Some footage/images copyright of their own owners.

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If we built a wall or did something.. Then only allow a little amount of people in each year and only took in skilled workers?

Canada has a skilled worker thing where its almost hard to get in unless you have education. Yes we can go there just to visit, but im talking about letting good people come in you know people who educate themselves not peasents. I think this would solve the problem as i have never seen somebody from mexico who was educated before hop skiping the border. What do you think? Wanda you have the same excuses and no real back up i rather not even hear your rant so you can excuse yourself for the good of us all.
angela if your brother is either educated or has a buisness set up it is easy to get into canada other then that your hardly going to get in with out a hassle trust me i have been there many times even wanted to try to live there but i did not qualify for skilled worker program and didnt have a buisness of my own so i was rejected. True there people are ageing but the liberals have not changed there status as of yet although they are looking to do so. So no its not easy even if your brother got in it was on the technicallity that he had a buisness and didnt have to go through what others would have to

I think Canada should be stricter. I think immigrants should be literate in one of the two official languages, so that taxpayers would not have to pay for them to learn the languages here. We should expect that the immigrants and their children be able to fit in with our society and not stay in ghettos of their own making. They should be able to read our newspapers, watch out TV and listen to our radio stations. Their children should be able to do the schoolwork without special English or French tutoring. There are many people in other countries just aching to move here. I think our standards should be much higher, and we would benefit even more from immigration.

A rant about trying to obtain a replacement Canadian Citizenship Certificate. The whole process takes a ridiculously long time.

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I was in line at No Frills, the customer in front of me was in a rant about what she doesn’t like about No Frills and products she will not buy from them. She buys meat at Longos because the butcher told her its Canadian. So now I am wondering is it Canadian? I bought some ground meat and it says Canada on it but the chicken, and steaks don’t say.

a few points that might help…

the meat sticker will indicate country of origin, but some times it is in code

another thing for steaks is to check the coloring of the fat trim. if it is yellowish, it will almost always be from usa or south america due to the cows being corn fed. almost all canadian beef is grain fed so the fat color will be whiter

and as a last resort, you could ask the meat department staff to confirm country of origin

Jeff Brownlee rants about the importance of Made In Canada; Canadian manufacturing.

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Computer Rant
http://ronjames.ca
http://myspace.com/ronkjames

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I asked this question, but all I got was a bunch of people telling me how bad their system was and how bad Canada is. Thanks for not even being close to not answering my quesion? So I’ll re-post it:

I know you have to live in Canada for a minimum time to receive their free health care. But the idea is you are paying taxes into the system and you get free healthcare in return. But if you are retired and not working, then does it still work the same way? Since you aren’t and have never paid Canadian tax, do you still get the free healthcare?

Please don’t tell me how much their healthcare system sucks or how they are socialists or how they have no freedoms. If you want a place to rant about Canada, post you own question. Please just try and answer my question about retiring in Canada.
I got a few more informative answers this time. thanks for the info.

Also, have any of you who diss Canada’s health system every actually been to their hospitals? Because I’ve had to wait long in US hospitals. I once had to wait 8 hours for doctors to set and cast a broken bone when I went to a hospital once. And since I’ve never been to a Canadian hospital, I can’t comment on their pros and cons. And I’m guessing most of you haven’t been to one either.

You would have to apply in whichever province or territory you are moving to. The site I gave you will show you how to apply.

Accessing Health Care
Accessing Canada’s health care system involves first applying for a provincial health card. Excluding inmates, the Canadian Armed Forces and certain members of the RCMP, the Canada Health Act requires all residents of a province or territory to be accepted for health coverage. There is a waiting period in place for new immigrants that cannot exceed three months.

Once a health card is assigned, it is used whenever visiting a physician or health care provider. The health card contains an identification number, which is used to access a person’s medical information.

After obtaining health coverage, one can register with a primary care physician. For routine visits to a physician, one needs only present their health card. There are typically no forms to be filled out or individual service fees.

The availability of physicians depends largely on the number of doctors and the current demand for medical services. Currently there is about 1 primary care doctor for every 1000 Canadians.

Health care in Canada is funded at both the provincial and federal levels. The financing of health care is provided via taxation both from personal and corporate income taxes. Additional funds from other financial sources like sales tax and lottery proceeds are also used by some provinces.

Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario also charge health premiums to supplement health funding, but such premiums are not required for health coverage as per the Canada Health Act.

At a federal level, funds are allocated to provinces and territories via the Canadian Health and Social Transfer (CHST). Transfer payments are made as a combination of tax transfers and cash contributions. The amount of funding provinces and territories receive is significant, and topped $35 billion in 2002-2003.

In 2000, the new budget injected an additional $23 billion of investment into the health care system.

Canada’s health care has a large impact on the Canadian economy. Here are a few facts and figures about the economy and health care:

Health care expenditures in Canada topped $100 billion in 2001.

Approximately 9.5% of Canada’s gross domestic product is spent on health care. In comparison, the United States spends close to 14% of its GDP on health care.

Individually, Canadians spend about $3300 per capita on health care.

At a provincial level, funding is between one-third and one-half of what provinces spend on social programs.

About three-quarters of all funding comes from public sources, with the remainder from private sources such as businesses and private insurance.

One of the forefronts of debate in Canadian politics is its health care system. There are many factors in the debate, but some key issues are:

Federal involvement in health care: Because provinces and territories are responsible for the actual administration and delivery of health care in Canada, friction is apparent whenever policies are set at a federal level.

Private health care: While privately funded clinics do provide certain services with shorter wait times than the public system, there are those who object to any privatization of the health system. The arguments are that a "two-tier" health care system will unbalance the system and favor those with higher incomes.

The shortage of doctors and nurses in Canada: Some feel that Canada’s health care system does not adequately compensate health care providers. This has led to a "brain drain" of Canadian doctors and nurses, which have left Canada to pursue careers in the United States. Attracting and keeping skilled medical workers is a priority if Canada is to be able to provide proper medical services.

“I am an Engineer” rant, a la Joe and his “I am Canadian” rant. Delivered at the McGill EUS banquet in 2003.

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