# The Canadope Café, 2014 Edition: In 3-D! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2014, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612 "2014-01-01T05:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 27
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/521 "2014-02-27T15:02:07Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Here’s the CAA summary of cell phone laws across Canada: [CAA Distracted Driving](http://distracteddriving.caa.ca/education/distracted-driving-laws-in-canada.php) Hey cool. Thanks. I’m glad all provinces are on board. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/522 "2014-02-27T15:32:30Z")
Interesting to read that pushing a button on a GPS while driving is also against the law. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/523 "2014-02-27T16:19:25Z")
It hardly matters what the distracted driving laws and penalties are in Calgary, because there’s no damned enforcement. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/524 "2014-02-27T16:29:09Z")
I used a handheld cell when driving, then I switched to a handsfree, then I stopped using the handsfree. Hopefully this will give me a quicker response time when dodging the transports. 😉 I’m glad the distracted driving laws were enacted. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/525 "2014-02-27T16:31:08Z")
In Ottawa the city police have done things like pose as homeless people at intersections, and then whip out their badge when they see people on phones: quite innovative. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/526 "2014-02-27T16:39:09Z")
I remember quite clearly in the '80s, my Dad flying down the 400 holding the steering wheel and a notebook with one hand, while writing in the notebook with the other hand. He’s a very successful businessman. Although he did smash 5 cars over the years. I’ll have to ask him about those. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/527 "2014-02-27T20:05:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It hardly matters what the distracted driving laws and penalties are in Calgary, because there’s no damned enforcement. Doesn’t matter in Brandon, either. The cops there don’t care whether you have a phone and never used one. The quota must be filled. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/528 "2014-02-27T20:07:01Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > I remember quite clearly in the '80s, my Dad flying down the 400 holding the steering wheel and a notebook with one hand, while writing in the notebook with the other hand. > > He’s a very successful businessman. > > Although he did smash 5 cars over the years. I’ll have to ask him about those. :dubious: Good thing he wasn’t on the [400](http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/27/deadly-pileups-on-snowy-ont-highways) this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/529 "2014-02-27T20:14:36Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Good thing he wasn’t on the [400](http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/27/deadly-pileups-on-snowy-ont-highways) this morning. I didn’t even click the link, **Leaffan** ; that happened not 2 minutes from where I work. We can see the highway from our windows, it’s been gusty and whiteout-ish all day, and the 400 out front is still closed both directions. Winter is refusing to abate, this year. At least one more week with -10 daytime highs is forecast for this area. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/530 "2014-02-27T23:07:49Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Good thing he wasn’t on the [400](http://www.ottawasun.com/2014/02/27/deadly-pileups-on-snowy-ont-highways) this morning. I saw that on the news today. Wow! Glad to hear that there were very few injuries. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/531 "2014-02-28T05:30:52Z")
I wondered if there were any Dopers close to that huge mess (or if it was a highway that one of you normally uses). There’s always gotta be one, every tax season - we got the last tax slip we needed to do the taxes at 6:30 pm\* today. I guess they could have gotten it to us even later - they had a handful of hours before the due date. :rolleyes: \*Why our mailman was delivering mail at 6:30 pm today, I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/532 "2014-02-28T13:11:30Z")
[Quebec shopowner ordered to use French on Facebook](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/02/27/21500451.html). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/533 "2014-02-28T15:06:36Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Quebec shopowner ordered to use French on Facebook](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/02/27/21500451.html). LOL or ou MDR Very interesting case. Man I love Quebec; it’s a laugh-a-minute with these people. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/534 "2014-02-28T15:34:12Z")
If Canada were a haute-couture fashion show, Quebec would be the model who starts scratching the eyeballs and pulling the hair of the other models backstage. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/535 "2014-02-28T15:46:08Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > If Canada were a haute-couture fashion show, Quebec would be the model who starts scratching the eyeballs and pulling the hair of the other models backstage. If Canada were a haute-couture fashion show, Ontario would be Bob and Doug McKenzie dressed in ill-fitting tuxedos, trying to ‘appreciate’ wine, and wondering where the been and donuts were. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/536 "2014-02-28T15:48:59Z")
Ah…Oshawa. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/537 "2014-02-28T19:14:13Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > That’s what I got from it–that she doesn’t want marijuana to be as available as tobacco and alcohol. > > Never mind that tobacco and alcohol are carded for in all Canadian jurisdictions, and most if not all have a “25 or under” carding policy. I would expect legal marijuana to have the same limits. > > Me, I dislike marijuana and its effects. Still, many enjoy it. If it is legalized, I’d like to see stricter enforcement of the CC s. 253(1)(a) laws on impairment. I’m curious as to how what this has to do with whether weed is legal or not. It is illegal to drive while impaired irrespective of the legality of marijuana. Logically, if you feel the law should be more strictly enforced, you should think that, no matter the status of marijuana. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/538 "2014-02-28T19:14:46Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > [Quebec shopowner ordered to use French on Facebook](http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2014/02/27/21500451.html). From the article: > [@](#): > > Cooper suspects she has been caught in the crossfire of pre-election Sovereigntist politics. Yup. So what if she conducts some business over Facebook in English? If her customers don’t like the English on it, she loses the customers. Free market and all that, you Quebec language nazis. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/539 "2014-03-01T00:13:12Z")
We can now welcome [Hadrian Trudeau](http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/02/28/justin-trudeau-draws-on-symbolism-of-ancient-rome-in-choosing-name-hadrian-for-his-new-son/) into the world. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2014, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/540 "2014-03-01T00:41:17Z")
This is happening a few blocks away from me: [http://news.ca.msn.com/local/edmonton/edmonton-warehouse-attack-leaves-2-dead-4-wounded-1](http://news.ca.msn.com/local/edmonton/edmonton-warehouse-attack-leaves-2-dead-4-wounded-1) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612.md?page=28)