Visions of Canada 2010

Here are a few of our visions of Canada from 2010.  Enjoy :)

Garden Gnome
©2008-2010

RMR: A Message Regarding Food Safety

Like many Canadians we are quite concerned over our food safety.  Just recently in the new there are food recalls over botulism and listeria but this seems to be a growing concern.  As Canadians we are being taxed more and yet a basic necessity as food is not safe simply because we do not have enough food inspectors that are paid for through our tax dollars?  From this Canadian's perspective perhaps some of our government officials should nix their $1,000 per plate dinners in favour of more food inspectors to ensure all in Canada have access to safe, contaminate free foods.  Here is my favourite Canadian funny man, Rick Mercer driving home the point that our Canadian food inspectors are not taking the necessary measures to ensure food safety in Canada.

Garden Gnome
©2008-2010

Toronto Dubbed the Most Miserable City in Canada

A recent study by the Canadian Centre for the Study of Living Standards has found that Toronto is the most miserable city in Canada¹.  Apparently Toronto ranks rather low on the happiness scale, scoring 4.15 out of 5.  Reasons stated for the low happiness score was a lower sense of belonging to local communities combined with a higher stress level.

The results of this study has me scratching my head, pondering.  From this Canadian's perspective, Toronto is my favourite city.  About the only negative thing to say about Toronto that I can come up with is lay off the horns!  Seriously honking the horn the way many do in Toronto is down right impolite.  I think the study missed the little pockets of local communities within Toronto as well.  It is quite reasonable to expect the stress level to increase somewhat in any city but the stress level can be quite high in small, rural communities as well.  Just try to get decent, high speed internet service in rural Canada and you will see your stress level superceding that of city living!  To brand Toronto as the most miserable city in Canada is really a bit unfair!

Garden Gnome
©2008-2010