Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Happy Birthday, baby

Top ten things I love about Canada:
  1. CBC
  2. Universal health care for $54 a month
  3. Margaret Atwood
  4. Our military history (Vimy Ridge, Normandy)
  5. Freedom of speech (though thanks to post-9/11 bullshit laws like Bill C-36 being passed, it's under fire)
  6. The Tragically Hip
  7. Gay marriage
  8. The beauty of our vast and varied landscapes
  9. David Suzuki
  10. Wine

Honorable mentions go to: George Stroumboulopoulos and Mike Weir (who also has a winery, which is further evidence that we should be together in case there was any doubt).
Ah, like there are only ten cool things about Canada. Neil Young. Leonard Cohen. Arthur Erickson. We set the White House on fire in 1814. Joni Mitchell. Leonard Cohen. Insulin. The telephone. Tim Hortons. Linda Evangelista. Frank Gehry. Terry Fox. Tom Thompson. The Group of Seven. Micro brewed beers. Poutine. The Blackberry. Niagara Falls. BC bud. Draft dodgers. The Underground Railway. Hockey. Being able to wear the Canadian flag abroad. Our annual gift of tulips from the Dutch Royal Family.
I'm going to see if I can get some cake. Or maybe some Timbits.

2 comments:

Big D said...

Great List. It could just go on and on. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!!!!. Maybe in a few years we will have a new item for the top 10.
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/01/health-canadian-aids-hiv-vaccine-kang.html

Duder said...

Wow. That would be tremendous. Fingers crossed.