# The Canadope Café 2016: The North Awakens **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2016, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883 "2016-01-01T05:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/681 "2016-07-24T00:05:02Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > It is illegal not to fill it out; as with so much else, that doesn’t always stop people from doing something illegal. The high chances of someone getting caught for non-compliance could be a determinating factor here as well. > [@](#): > > As the article points out, the higher the rate of compliance, the stronger the data. The voluntary census did not provide very strong data at all. Look at the [data being collected](https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2016/ref/questionnaires/questions-eng.cfm). Much of it is available in existing government databases. Asking people for it again is redundant and wasteful. 3/4 of a billion dollars would go a long way to consolidating or crawling those databases. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/682 "2016-07-24T04:17:28Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Harper’s Brazeau is eligible to return to the Senate (he’s on leave but still receiving his pay). Apparently **being convicted of assault and possession of cocaine** , and being up on a charge for refusing to blow, is not an impediment for a senator. [Patrick Brazeau clear to return to Senate as fraud charges dropped | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/senator-patrick-brazeau-court-charges-1.3676831) Emphasis added, and ugh. Time to change the law, I’d say. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/683 "2016-07-24T05:14:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Emphasis added, and ugh. Time to change the law, I’d say. Would take a constitutional amendment: > [@Constitution Act](#): > > **Disqualification of Senators** > > **31.** The Place of a Senator shall become vacant in any of the following Cases: > > (1) If for Two consecutive Sessions of the Parliament he fails to give his Attendance in the Senate; > > (2) If he takes an Oath or makes a Declaration or Acknowledgment of Allegiance, Obedience, or Adherence to a Foreign Power, or does an Act whereby he becomes a Subject or Citizen, or entitled to the Rights or Privileges of a Subject or Citizen, of a Foreign Power; > > (3) If he is adjudged Bankrupt or Insolvent, or applies for the Benefit of any Law relating to Insolvent Debtors, or becomes a public Defaulter; > > **(4) If he is attainted of Treason or convicted of Felony or of any infamous Crime**; > > (5) If he ceases to be qualified in respect of Property or of Residence; provided, that a Senator shall not be deemed to have ceased to be qualified in respect of Residence by reason only of his residing at the Seat of the Government of Canada while holding an Office under that Government requiring his Presence there. We don’t use the concept of felony any more, but since the Court gave him an unconditional discharge on the two charges, I doubt that the Senate would consider them to be the equivalent to a felony or infamous crime. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/684 "2016-07-25T03:24:09Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Would take a constitutional amendment… See to it, would you? There’s a good chap. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/685 "2016-08-02T02:50:08Z")
I don’t know if anybody saw this: > **[Air Canada flight from Toronto to Calgary diverted after hail breaks windshield...](https://globalnews.ca/news/2858008/air-canada-flight-from-toronto-to-calgary-gets-diverted-after-hail-breaks-windshield/)** > > An Air Canada flight travelling from Toronto to Calgary's International Airport was forced to make an emergency landing in Lethbridge Saturday. It was pretty big news locally. Everybody was safe, and apparently, Air Canada put the passengers up in local hotels until ground transportation to Calgary could be arranged. The aircraft cannot be flown until the windshield is repaired. Since the local auto glass shops don’t stock Airbus windshields, the aircraft is still sitting in Lethbridge. I drove past the local airport today, on my way to play golf, and there is is, looking quite out of place at our tiny airport–certainly bigger that most aircraft that use it. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/686 "2016-08-02T03:16:16Z")
Wow. Meanwhile here in Eastern Ontario, it’s been a fabulous summer. Sent from my MotoE2(4G-LTE) using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/687 "2016-08-02T08:04:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Wow. Meanwhile here in Eastern Ontario, it’s been a fabulous summer. It has been here too. In my experience in Alberta, we can have great summer days, but severe thunderstorms and hail in the evenings. I don’t know why they typically happen in the evenings, but I’d appreciate a meteorologist’s opinion. This year, the thunder and hailstorms seem a little late. We usually get them in June, though mid-July is not out of the question. But late July? Oh well. At least they can land an Airbus A-320 here at our little airport. I’ve flown Toronto to Calgary many times, with the connection to Lethbridge, so if I had been on that flight, I’d just tell Air Canada to forget the hotel room and connection to Calgary and just grab a cab home. 🙂 ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/688 "2016-08-02T09:56:54Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I don’t know why they typically happen in the evenings, but I’d appreciate a meteorologist’s opinion. NOAA’s NSSL on [how a thunderstorm forms.](http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2016, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/689 "2016-08-03T07:29:36Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > NOAA’s NSSL on [how a thunderstorm forms.](http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/thunderstorms/) Thanks, **Muffin** , but I guess I’m more interested in knowing why thunderstorms on the Prairies form in late-afternoon/evening/night than they do in the daytime. Here in Alberta, I’ve awoken to a clear, cloudless sky in the morning; but in the evening, we’re being pounded by hail, rain, and thunder and lightning. When I lived in southern Ontario, we got thunderstorms any time of day. We might wake up to them in the mornings, or they might blast at noon, or evenings or nights were perfectly possible also. Why do they seem to only happen in Alberta in the evenings? That’s what I’d like to know. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/690 "2016-08-03T15:57:30Z")
If I was to guess, I’d say that once the sun moves past the mountains it will heat up the moist coastal air in BC. That air will rise, cool and spill over rushing down into Alberta and pushing underneath the already present warm air. You’d then get a lot of wind movement (the cooler air now suddenly warming and rising, the previously warm air now cooling and dropping) as well as a lot of moisture mixing between solid/liquid/vapour stages. Morning air on the other hand would simply see only the cool air in Alberta warming. The coastal air, lacking solar heating, would remain basically where it is. Southern Ontario just get hammered with whatever wins out between midwest and the Gulf of Mexico ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/691 "2016-08-03T18:22:07Z")
These storms are tiring, I love them and can sleep so well when they break but my poor dog is a wreck. She just cuddles close and shivers, and tries to dig out of her crate but then hides halfway under the king size bed if I bring her upstairs to keep calmer. Interesting explanation though. Weather is fascinating stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/692 "2016-08-11T14:12:47Z")
Terrorist suspect killed in Ontario yesterday. Not much info available. But considering he most likely planned to attack the TTC, which I use, I’m pretty grateful the cops got him (assuming of course he was the right guy). > **[Terror suspect killed in standoff in Strathroy, Ont.](https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/08/10/possible-terrorist-threat-thwarted-says-rcmp.html)** > > ISIS sympathizer who planned to attack major Canadian city was target of dramatic takedown, CTV reports > **[CTV News - Breaking News, Canada News, and Videos](https://www.cp24.com/news/the-technology-allegedly-works-at-a-different-frequency-than-conventional-ultrasound-targeting-fat-cells-making-them-explode-1.30242)** > > CTV News is your source for the latest news, video, opinions and analysis from Canada and around the world. > **[Dead Canada attack suspect prepared martyrdom video](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3734020/Canadian-police-say-thwarted-possible-terrorist-threat.html)** > > TORONTO (AP) — A tip from the FBI triggered what Canadian police on Thursday called a ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/693 "2016-08-20T19:56:41Z")
Any special plans for the final Hip concert tonight? I was hoping to go to a bar to take it all in, but my son is having a friend over tonight, and I don’t want to leave them alone. So, I’m struggling with figuring out how the browser feature on our smart TV works. I’m hoping this is the good link - [http://www.cbcmusic.ca/](http://www.cbcmusic.ca/) ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/694 "2016-08-20T21:11:21Z")
I’ve concluded that I really do lack popular culture. I looked at an article speculating yesterday about what five songs they would end their last concert with. I didn’t recognize any of them. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/695 "2016-08-20T23:52:46Z")
[The Hip - CBC Music](http://www.cbcmusic.ca/TheHip) at 09:30 p.m., no commercials. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/696 "2016-08-21T15:27:02Z")
We had the kids so we watched at home. It was devastating. Someone wrote about it, “the best moments are those that break your heart and mend it, too.” And so it did. Kingston boys, and my God what music they made. In their prime they were **the best rock band in the world.** I had tears in my eyes. I could write three thousand words and when I have the heart too, I might. Not now, though. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/697 "2016-08-21T16:11:12Z")
I wish I could’ve caught the concert, but I was at another event instead. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/698 "2016-08-21T18:33:46Z")
It was an amazing evening. The image of Gord primally screaming those last notes of ‘Grace, too’ while wiping away the tears will haunt me for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/699 "2016-08-21T21:41:44Z")
My daughter and I attended the 30 July concert in Edmonton and then watched the Kingston show last night at a friends house. Both shows were amazing. I don’t think I can ever express what the live concert was like and I was so happy that the CBC broadcast the show live last night. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883/700 "2016-08-21T23:05:12Z")
Saw it with friends in Ottawa (Kanata actually). That’s a Canadian moment I shan’t forget, ever. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadope-cafe-2016-the-north-awakens/741883.md?page=36)