True. I look fondly back on the (way before I was born) cold war era days, when we stood up to the US regularly, helped them negotiate out of being nuked, and exposed JFK's bringing prostitutes into his Canadian hotel room...
ahh. the good old days. When we had a foreign policy.
Anyway, yeah, my parents and sister were card carrying reform party members. They felt that if only we could get this pesky immigration to go away, Canada could be great again. I roll my eyes at them, and flood them with all the sexist, misogynist, homophobic, pro-corporate quotes, but they dont' listen.
They pay too many taxes. They're worried about their jobs being outsourced to India. SEriously, the 90s blindsided my parents. It was a hit and run. Dad spent 30 years in the military, being sheltered and fed and housed and clothed, and when he emerged, the world was a different (and scary) place where he couldnt' get a job. It was sad to watch.
But now he NEVER says that we have it so good, anymore. So that's one thing - he has some gen x empathy, sometimes.
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Date: 2007-09-21 09:57 pm (UTC)I look fondly back on the (way before I was born) cold war era days, when we stood up to the US regularly, helped them negotiate out of being nuked, and exposed JFK's bringing prostitutes into his Canadian hotel room...
ahh. the good old days. When we had a foreign policy.
Anyway, yeah, my parents and sister were card carrying reform party members. They felt that if only we could get this pesky immigration to go away, Canada could be great again. I roll my eyes at them, and flood them with all the sexist, misogynist, homophobic, pro-corporate quotes, but they dont' listen.
They pay too many taxes. They're worried about their jobs being outsourced to India. SEriously, the 90s blindsided my parents. It was a hit and run. Dad spent 30 years in the military, being sheltered and fed and housed and clothed, and when he emerged, the world was a different (and scary) place where he couldnt' get a job. It was sad to watch.
But now he NEVER says that we have it so good, anymore. So that's one thing - he has some gen x empathy, sometimes.