Nothing “odd” about Canada
Mark Steyn “columnist to the world” thinks it “odd” that Canada has so far escaped the brunt of the global recession.
In an interview Mark gave to blogger Hugh Hewitt, he says:
“ I think this is clearly not about cranking up the global economy and getting it functioning again. America is taking a hit on this. There’s a lot of other countries, beginning with Iceland, that are being hit far harder and far faster. And there’s some countries for whom the pain is relatively small like Canada, oddly enough.”
Let me tell you why this is so, Mark.
First, Canada has not engaged in wild military adventures that have drained our resources — although we’ve come close to it in Afghanistan.
Second, after a bit of a slow start, we’ve regulated our mortgage companies so that they can’t set up “no down payment” suckers for later foreclosures when high interest rates click in.
Third, we worked carefully to bring Canada out of deficit under Liberal prime minister Jean Chretien.
Nothing “odd” about all of this. Just good Canadian common sense.
President George W. Bush took his last official Air Force One flight on Saturday to Virginia for a ceremony to place a warship named after his father into active duty. Now, that’s really good news!
Famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma received more honors for his Silk Road Project, which has the vision of conencting the world’s neighborhoods by bringing together artists and audiences around the globe. Ma, who inspired the creation of the Toronto Music Gardens, a unique waterfront park, was named musician of the year by Musical America magazine.
Two horses, Sundance and Belle, are now in good hands after their rescue from snow-covered Mount Renshaw in British Columbia. Their owner had abandoned them. Volunteers from McBride, B.C., dug a trench through CTV Photo 2-metre snowbanks to bring out the animals. Now that they’re safe their former owner, Edmonton lawyer Frank Mac Kay, wants them back. Fat chance!
