I’ve got tickets to to the Ottawa Fury vs. Glasgow Rangers next week. I’m looking forwards to seeing the new Lansdowne complex.
Way cool!
Yeah should be a lot of fun, though parking worries me. Guess I need to see how it went for the football game.
The name always reminds me of the Australian song Redback on the Toilet Seat.
It was a fun game, but that offense was giving me horrible flashbacks to the Renegades: good QB, good RB, kicker makes everything, but not much beyond that.
Still, it was awesome to see the energy and the excitement in the stadium. It sounded like a great crowd.
We missed watching the game on telly - glad to hear it was exciting. I’m really pleased to have Ottawa back in the CFL!
Next up, we need a team in the Maritimes!
On Friday night I got back from a few days in Toronto. It was nice to spend a few days in another Canadian city. And I got to meet Le Ministre! 
I think Toronto is actually a cool city.
I like Toronto. It gets a lot of negative press. People often say “it’s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there,” but it all depends on your living arrangements. It’s possible to live in the city and never have to drive, especially on the 401. In that case, Toronto is wonderful. The 401 sucks though.
Yeah, I can drive, but I’ve never driven as far as Toronto, and I get nervous on the highways. I took the train there. My aunt, who I stayed with, lives near the subway and says she can ride her bike most places she wants to go to.
I don’t think Toronto is a bad city. It just has a bad reputation. And the mayor certainly isn’t helping the reputation. But yeah, I had a good time, and saw lots of friends and family.
So, I could actually turn my furnace on right now. It’s 16 degrees outside, going down to 11, and not much warmer in my bungalow. It’s the last freakin’ week of July!
WTF?
It’s Canada. Your point is …?
It was 18 in the house this morning. I don’t think it’s ever been 18 in my house (no A/C) in July before. A hot, steamy shower felt good.
I believe it was Sunspace who referred to it as “the Evil Death Highway of Doom.”
I don’t mind it. I seem to be able to still drive it when I am in town–certainly, I can remember where the trouble spots typically are, and take steps to minimize delays in those areas.
Ask someone in an American city who’s been to Toronto what they think of it. I’ve never heard a city praised so much.
As big cities go it is remarkably safe and efficiently run. There is a very serious transportation problem that threatens to get a lot worse, but other than that it’s as nice a big city as you’ll find anywhere.
Agreed. That’s why it’s got the nickname “The city that works.”
I sort of think of Toronto as the opposite - it is a city composed of neighbourhoods that give it flavour and which mostly go unseen by casual tourists, with features - again not seen by the casual tourist - that make it very livable, such as the extensive network of wild ravines for walking in.
So more of a “boring place to visit, but nice to live” situation.
In the news:
Justice Nadon, the judge of the Federal Court of Appeal whose appointment to the Supreme Court was ruled unconstitutional a few months back, doesn’t have to re-pay the difference in salary between his Federal Court salary and the SCC salary he drew pending the Supreme Court decision:
Failed Supreme Court nominee Marc Nadon doesn’t need to repay $146,500
It’s a big chunk of change, but I’m okay with it: he was appointed, and then through no fault of his own, the appointment was ruled unconstitutional. Would seem churlish to go after him for it.
We should get Nigel Wright to pay it back.
Can you lawyer-types clarify something for me?
Nadon was appointed to the Supreme Court, however he had only been a judge in Quebec, which uses civil law, as opposed to common law, therefore he was deemed to be unqualified since he had no history in common law.
Is that basically correct?
Be gentle on this lay person from a manufacturing and quality assurance background.
At the risk of sounding Republican, the public service unions in Canada are much less shy about inconveniencing people than their American counterparts, and the Toronto area seemed to be particularly bad. I recall too many instances where the roads/buses/trains/schools were inaccessible because of some collective bargaining dispute.