[LilyBean]

Thank You for all of your support. All of us conservative Canadians really appreciate it. It is nice to know who your friends are. I didn’t see a whole lot of them on This thread.

[Peter Libra]

One can always defuse the situation with our American friends. If we in Canada had to put up with the absolute outrage of illegal immigration by - yes millions of people, they have to let off steam.

An old rust bucket freighter came from Germany about seven years ago. 124 "Asian Indians" came ashore in small boats. Nova Scotians had to entertain them. They lied like well laid rugs. Refugees from India, said they. Yet it was civilized Germany where they had debarked. Canada prosecuted the German skipper. For all I know, they are still living the life of Riley here. Even maybe in the USA. Well, at least the flow is limited. Now for my lame sense of humour:

When we see the venerable and affable broadcaster Lloyd Robertson ending the CTV news with his usual little light fillip. When he dons a sombrero and attempts a bit of hispanic, we will know we will have to cultivate yet another culture. Perhaps the august ladies of the CBC will flaunt their hips in some outrageous tango.

Get with it Amigos.

[mewzilla]

Thank You for all of your support. All of us conservative Canadians really appreciate it. It is nice to know who your friends are. I didn’t see a whole lot of them on This thread.

Think of it as tough love. We've been giving our pols Heck. Now you all need to do the same with yours :)

[Disambiguator]

If it makes you feel any better, I’m much more comfortable living in the border state I’m in now (Idaho) than the border state I used to live in (”New” Mexico).

[surely_you_jest]

Ms Bean - given the apparently generous welfare benefits your government is apparently providing to these people, it is fair to expect that you will soon get more of them.

Given that the Loonie hit parity, or nearly so, with the US dollar today, I would suggest that you and like minded Canadians should make hay while the sun shines. The number of welfare cases your country is about to receive will, at a minimum, be very, very expensive. The American experience has been that these folks consume a lot more government largesse than they put back into the system. And, by and large, the ones that do work tend to be unskilled labor.

Accordingly, were I in your situation I would view the Loonie / US Dollar parity as temporary, and take what advantage you can while the opportunity presents itself.