# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1561 "2014-11-24T17:35:15Z")
I’m from Winnipeg(ish), but I suspect that won’t count in this case. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/das_glasperlenspiel/32/2944_2.png) [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Das_Glasperlenspiel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1562 "2014-11-24T18:19:15Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I’m from Winnipeg(ish), but I suspect that won’t count in this case. 😃 Probably not - unless you will be at the same meeting I’m at.😃 ---
**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:** [November 24, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1563 "2014-11-24T18:45:08Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Canadian Leafs fans finish US American anthem when mic cuts out.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHSaHRd4Q48&feature=youtu.be) Awwwww. Unbelievably, we’re not all mouth breathing, knuckle dragging, drunken louts like the Ottawa media likes to paint us. Sure, after a 5 hour drunken bus ride, but not ALL the time. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1564 "2014-11-24T22:40:58Z")
Either that, or they were so drunk that they thought they were singing the Canadian anthem. 😉 ---
**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:** [November 25, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1565 "2014-11-25T02:25:05Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Either that, or they were so drunk that they thought they were singing the Canadian anthem. 😉 Hah! The only problem with your theory is that the anthems are sung at the start of the game. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1566 "2014-11-26T19:18:58Z")
I fail to see why that is an issue. If I had to attend a Leafs game, you can bet I’d be drunk at the start of it… 😛 J/K. Maybe. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 26, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1567 "2014-11-26T20:19:58Z")
Meanwhile, the [5 Drive-in](http://5drivein.com/coming-soon.php)(9th line above the QEW in east Oakville – 'burb of Toronto) is still open. I guess it makes for a good excuse for teens to do whatever it is that teens do under blankets together. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1568 "2014-11-26T20:33:56Z")
Fort making - the timeless pastime. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1569 "2014-11-26T20:38:51Z")
Here I thought you would have said tents… ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1570 "2014-11-26T22:15:57Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > Fort making - the timeless pastime. Oh, you said f\*\*o\*\*rt! Sorry. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1571 "2014-11-27T16:03:59Z")
Thunder Bay this morning at -24. [Not safe for work.](https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154912487430714&fref=nf) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1572 "2014-11-27T23:06:33Z")
Well, _that_ guy’s naked! ---
**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:** [November 27, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1573 "2014-11-27T23:26:12Z")
Yeh, around here folks swim in lakes the buff and sauna in the buff without giving it a thought, but stand outside on the main drag at -24 and you get your parts posted on facebook and shared throughout the known universe. I hope that guy has a thick (and non-frostbitten) skin. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1574 "2014-11-27T23:47:10Z")
Thanks for the laugh, **Muffin**. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1575 "2014-11-28T02:04:31Z")
The Supreme Court of Canada has [smacked down Walmart](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/06/27/walmart-canada-supreme-court_n_5537051.html) for closing a store for the purpose of union busting. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1576 "2014-11-28T02:08:05Z")
um - that was a while ago? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1577 "2014-11-28T02:38:06Z")
[It’s one of a few matters](http://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/en/d/s/index.do?cont=Wal%E2%80%91Mart+AND+Jonqui%C3%A8re&ref=&d1=&d2=&p=&col=1&su=0) arising out of Walmart closing it’s Jonquière store in 2005. That was the first store to unionize, negotiations didn’t go well, and Walmart closed it down immediately after an arbitrator was appointed. The gist of this case is that the SCC has slapped Walmart for unilaterally changing the conditions of the employment (i.e. yanking the store out from under the employees) during negotiations without a good business reason related to that store. Walmart tried to bust the union, so the SCC has busted Walmart. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1578 "2014-11-28T05:23:45Z")
Yes, I meant that the SCC decision is itself half a year old. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2014, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1579 "2014-11-28T05:25:42Z")
In other news, Ezra Levant has been getting into some trouble: [Ezra Levant Loses Libel Case, Owes Khurrum Awan $80,000](http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/11/27/ezra-levant-khurrum-awan-libel-lawsuit_n_6233964.html) > [@](#): > > On Thursday, Ontario Superior Court Judge Wendy Matheson ruled that Levant libelled former law student Khurrum Awan and must pay him $80,000 in damages, according to National Post reporter Joseph Brean. Awan had sought $100,000 in damages. > … > Judge Matheson said Levant’s “… dominant motive in these blog posts was ill-will, and that his repeated failure to take even basic steps to check his facts showed a reckless disregard for the truth,” according to the Post’s Brean. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612/1580 "2014-11-28T13:13:13Z")
Ezra Levant must pay $80k for acting maliciously and with a reckless disregard for the truth? He’d best hope that the decision only applies to this case and not every time he’s done that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2014-edition-in-3-d/677612.md?page=80)