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Smoke-free Bars June 1, 2004

As of June 1, 2004, all bars, billiard and bingo halls, casinos and racetracks are required to be smoke-free. This is the third and final phase of the City's No Smoking By-law. The first phase required all workplaces to be smoke-free. The second phase required restaurants, dinner theatres and bowling centres to be smoke-free, except in approved designated smoking rooms. Smoke-free public places and workplaces make Toronto a healthier place to live, work and play.

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Originally posted by Compry:
[qb] Smoke-free Bars June 1, 2004

As of June 1, 2004, all bars, billiard and bingo halls, casinos and racetracks are required to be smoke-free. This is the third and final phase of the City's No Smoking By-law. The first phase required all workplaces to be smoke-free. The second phase required restaurants, dinner theatres and bowling centres to be smoke-free, except in approved designated smoking rooms. Smoke-free public places and workplaces make Toronto a healthier place to live, work and play. [/qb]

We've had that law for over two years here now...

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This is the text from the Molson Canadian commercial that was so popular and brought to Canadians a sense of patriotic fervor I have not seen outside of a world or Olympic hockey game.

Hey,
I am not a lumber jack or a fur trader,
and I don't live in an igloo or eat blubber or own a dog sled,
and I don't know Jimmy, Sally or Suzie from Canada although I am certain they're really really nice, uh
I have a Prime Minster not a president.
I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it about, not a boot.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my back pack,
I believe in peace keeping not policing, diversity not assimilation,
and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal.
A toque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch.
And it is pronounced zed, not zee, zed.
Canada is the second largest landmass,
the first nation of hockey,
and the best part of North America, my name is Joe, and I am Canadian.
Thank You.

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Here are some things which make Canada such a great country:

Great variety in seasons

Great world-wide reputation with other countries

We invented Hockey

We invented Basketball

We invented the telephone

We invented cable T.V.

There are over 2 million Canadian patents

We are one of the G-7 countries

We are a part of NATO

We are a part of NAFTA

We are one of the only countries that can put up with Americans

We have a low crime rate

Canada doesn't have the highest national debt (The U.S. does, ha!)

We have a slightly lower debt per-capita than the U.S.

We can understand American-English. (Well most of us anyway)

Canadians are polite

Canada is easy to spell

Canada is easy to pronounce

We have one of the top education systems

Canada has one of the fastest growing populations in the world

Canada introduced peace-keeping

Our government pays for medicine. In other words, no hospital bills

We have nice cities

We have clean cities

We are at peace with many countries

We are the leader in telephone technology

We have better technology than the U.S.

We made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park

We are not stupid

We invented refinning

Canada has more clean water than any other nation

Canada is a free and democratic society

Hockey is Canada, Canada is hockey

We know how, and when to use the word, "eh"

We have two official languages, and a leader that speaks his own

Unlike what many people think, Canadians are patriotic

We are probably the least biased country

There's a lot of famous Canadians

We don't have to worry about nukes or bombs

Lots of ski resorts

We have the world's longest brige (P.E.I. to the mainiland)

We have the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto)

Most of us know what the CN Tower is for

We have the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)

We are great world-leaders withour beer

Canadians are 300% less likely to be murdered than Americans

Economy living up to most of its potential of all G7 nations

Falling crime rate

We have the 'Smarties' candy unlike Americans (Very important, isn't it?)

Our schools have less of a dicipline problem than American schools

Canadian students rank higher than American students in Math, Science, English, ...

1/3 of Microsoft programmers come from the University of Waterloo

Canadian invented the baseball glove

Canadian invented insulin

Canadian invented the kitchen stove

Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian, James Cameron

Nelvana Corp. of Toronto hired to produce all American cartoons on CBS

Canadian woman second in comand at UN (American not 1st or 3rd or 4th or... in command)

Canada is the only country at the Atlanta summer olympics that sent more women than men, meaning we aren't sexist

Canada is one of the few countries with women in the millitary

Canada has a trade surplus, unlike our southern friends

Canada is slated to get rid of the deficit and debt before the U.S.

Canadian music is world reknowned

Unemployed Canadians receive higher welfare cheques than unemployed Americans

Average life expectancy of a Canadian is 79 years, the highest in the world (U.S. is 75 years)

Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver (1), Toronto (3), Montreal (15). Closest American city was Atlanta at thrity-something

Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food)

Women in Ontario can walk around topless legally (For men: YES! For women: Your freedoms are expanded)

Canadian doctor at the Montreal General Hospital was able to map the human brain

Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax (not really something to demonstrate patriotism but an interesting fact)

Canada never owned slaves (there were slaves in Canada in the 18th century but they were owned by the British government)

Many American slaves came secretly to Canada during the American civil war

Canada receives more immigrants per capita than the U.S. (almost twice as much)

Canada among most popular tourist destinations in the world

Canadian universities are world-reknowned for quality education and cheap tuitions

Canada is one of few countries at the UN to be apart of the security counsil, giving Canada a strong voice

Canada has teh lowest crime rate among major industrialized countries

Canada leads all economic powers in economic growth

World's best infrastructure

Very low inflation (0.9%)

Falling unemployment rate

Canadian social programs are unsurpassed

Stocks reaching new records

Major profits among Canadian companies

Canada is home to the world's third largest food franchise--Fogen Frutz

More medals per capita than any other country at the Atlanta Summer Olympics

Canadian troops lead the invasion of Normandy

Invasion planned in Quebec City by Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, and Roosevelt

Canadian attack at Vimy Ridge during WWI; one of the turning points of the war

You know the nuclear bombs the U.S. prides itself on? Well they get the essential uranium from Canada

More drinkable water in Canada then anywhere else in the world

The longest inclined tower in the world (Olympic Tower, Montreal)

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CANADIANISMS
Words and phrases that are unique to Canada


anglophone..... person who's first language is English
backbacon..... Canadian Bacon
beaver tail-...... Deep fried pastry resembling a beaver's tail
two-four...... a case containing 24 bottles of beer
toque..... a knitted hat worn in the wintertime
toonie..... two dollar denomination
timbits.... doughnut holes from Tim Hortons, a coffee shop that is worshipped by Canadians
skidoo..... snowmobile
serviette..... napkin
seperate schools...... catholic schools
Screech...... type of rum found in NFLD
PST..... Provincial Sales Tax
poutine..... dish consisting of french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds
Postal Code..... canadian equivalent of a zip code
pogey..... Unemployment benefits, term used mostly in the maritimes
Ogopogo.... a Loch Ness Nellie type of creature said to live in Lake Okanagan BC
mountie....... a member of the RCMP
Molson muscle...... the potbelly one gets from drinking too much beer
mickey..... 13oz bottle of liquor
maritimes...... eastern provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
loonie.... one dollar denomination
icing sugar..... powered sugar
hoser.... simple unsophisticated person
homo milk.... homogenized milk
GST...... Goods and Services Tax
Grit..... member of the Liberal party
ghost car....... an unmarked police cruiser
fracophone..... person who's first language is french
elastic.... rubber band
Eh?..... commonly used phrase said at the end of sentences
eavestrough...... rain gutters
chesterfield....... couch
Canuck....... affectionate nickname for a Canadian
brown bread....... whole wheat bread

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For 7 years in a row the United Nations has voted Canada "the best COUNTRY in the world in which to live".

In January 2000, Vancouver was voted "the best CITY in the world in which to live".

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Facts about Canada
The Government of Canada maintains quite a comprehensive site describing Canada's history, government, economy, geography, national symbols, and lots more.
Looking for maps? Try the National Atlas of Canada Statistics
Statistics Canada is the best place to find out statistical information about Canada and Canadians. StatsCan is far more comprehensive an organization than the US Census Bureau. Some key differences between Canada and the States:
Canada has a lower infant mortality rate and a longer life expectancy.
Almost ten times as many people live in the States.
Population of Canada, 2002: 31,185,815Population of the US, 2002: 287,075,978

Canada has 9,976,100 square kilometers; the United States has 9,372,600.
Canada spends more of its gross domestic product (GDP) on education and less on health care than the United States.
A bit about government and politics
What Americans expect because they're Americans: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What Canadians expect because they're Canadians: peace, order, and good government
The capital of Canada is Ottawa, Ontario.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is Canada's Head of State and the Queen of Canada. Her representative in Canada is the Governor General , currently Adrienne Clarkson.
Canada has a Parliament , not a Congress.
Parliament is divided into two chambers, the Senate and the House of Commons. Everyone in the Senate is appointed. Everyone in the House of Commons is elected.
The head of the majority party in Commons is the nation's Prime Minister and the Head of Government (currently Paul Martin, of the Liberal party). The deputy prime minister is Herb Gray.
Instead of government bureaus, Canada has ministries.
There are several major political parties, the biggest of which are as follows:
Loberal Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
New Democratic Party of Canada

Bloc Quebecois (a separatist party present only in Québec)
More about these and other parties, national, regional, and provincial, is available on the Canadian Political Parties/Partis politiques Canadiens Web site.
That's the very basics. You can find out more at the " Government at a Glance " section of the Canadian government's Web site.
Random facts
Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States does.
Canada's national animal is the beaver
Canada's two official sports are lacrosse and hockey.
Canada's national colors are red and white.
Canadians consume more Kraft Dinner (aka Kraft Macaroni & Cheese) per capita than any other nationality on earth.
Canada has the cheapest internet access on the earth
Canada has the 2nd most % of population on the internet

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Canada has more donut shops per capita than the United States does.

Canadians consume more Kraft Dinner (aka Kraft Macaroni & Cheese) per capita than any other nationality on earth.

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