# The CanaDoper Café, 2013 edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736 "2013-01-01T03:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 31
**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 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/601 "2013-03-13T15:22:38Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Now if hatemongers are all poor, that could change my answer… Pretty much , actually. For instance, I think Keegstra lost his teaching position, but Christie took the case to the SCC , which doesn’t come cheap. The Law Society of BC had to discipline him a few years ago on one matter, but commented that they recognised the significant amount of pro bono work he did on free speech issues. They fined him for a professional mistake on a particular file, but commented that they were aware that if the fine were too high it might force him out of practice and leave a significant group of individuals without representation, due to their unpopularity. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/602 "2013-03-13T15:22:40Z")
Will there be another Ottawa DopeFest sometime? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2013, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/603 "2013-03-13T17:10:12Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > Oh please. :rolleyes: Where there’s sufficient money, there will always be a lawyer ready to take the case. > > Now if hatemongers are all poor, that could change my answer… In the interview he complained that his clients weren’t very good at paying. ---
**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 14, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/604 "2013-03-14T13:38:34Z")
A friend of nine is featured on the very first news article on google.ca news, arguing for women priests in the Roman Catholic Church! Don’t know how long it will be at that ranking but here’s the article: > **[Pope Francis gives new hope to fight for women priests: activist](https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/world/pope-francis-gives-new-hope-to-fight-for-women-priests-activist-1.1195211)** > > A Canadian activist who travelled to the Vatican this week to campaign for the inclusion of women in the Catholic priesthood says she is feeling hopeful about the church’s new leader, Pope Francis. ---
**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 14, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/605 "2013-03-14T14:46:56Z")
nm - duplicate post ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/606 "2013-03-14T15:56:44Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Will there be another Ottawa DopeFest sometime? 🙂 We talked about a TulipDopeFest - warmer weather! Leaffan, Registered at Last, Jools? Comments? ---
**Author:** ![jools](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b3f665/32.png) [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/607 "2013-03-14T16:20:01Z")
I’m in. I’ll probably make a weekend of it this time, spend more time with my cousin in Ottawa! ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/608 "2013-03-14T19:36:32Z")
In other news today, [Paul Rose](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2013/03/14/montreal-quebec-paul-rose-dead-flq.html), a key player of the 1970 FLQ, died today. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/609 "2013-03-14T20:03:26Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > We talked about a TulipDopeFest - warmer weather! Leaffan, Registered at Last, Jools? Comments? Pencil me in as a ‘possible’ - I’m game for a trip to Ottawa some weekend if my time works out… ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/610 "2013-03-14T21:15:11Z")
> [@Das\_Glasperlenspiel](#): > > We talked about a TulipDopeFest - warmer weather! Leaffan, Registered at Last, Jools? Comments? I’ll Be There. Hopefully it warms the hell up by then. I’ve spent all week wandering around radioactive fields in Port Hope. The radioactivity did little to keep me warm. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/611 "2013-03-14T21:22:12Z")
It’s cold, snowing, blowing and miserable here today, too. Did I mention I’m officially Sick of Winter? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/612 "2013-03-14T22:01:09Z")
We are looking at 20-30 cm of snow dropping on Tuesday. I’m hoping that the gods smile down on us and bump the temp up a degree or two above freezing to turn it to rain. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/613 "2013-03-14T22:16:31Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > We are looking at 20-30 cm of snow dropping on Tuesday. I’m hoping that the gods smile down on us and bump the temp up a degree or two above freezing to turn it to rain. I’d be careful wishing for that - that sounds like a good way to get freezing rain, my least favourite weather. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/614 "2013-03-14T23:19:24Z")
Colder here in Montreal too - it really sucks to walk in my company’s parking lot, since it’s connected to airport grounds with nothing to cut the wind. Can you say WIND CHILL?! A coworker and I had to visit another company to have a look at an airplane (woohoo hydraulic lines!), and I offered to drive. I turned the sound down on the CD player, but didn’t turn it off. On the way back from the hangar he commented on a song title that he found amusing. It wasn’t until the drive home, when the CD had looped, that I realized that the song _previous_ to the one he commented on must have played too… the song title is displayed in big letters…“FUCK YOU” Bad Religion, you made me feel awkward! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/615 "2013-03-14T23:31:06Z")
Yes, it was cold here today in Montreal. It messed up my lungs. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/616 "2013-03-15T01:32:28Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I’d be careful wishing for that - that sounds like a good way to get freezing rain, my least favourite weather. Better freezing rain than shoveling. I hate shoveling, especially if it is in the morning. There is something positively unholy about having to work that hard to get to work. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/617 "2013-03-15T02:30:32Z")
Blowed and shovelled snow for a couple of hours yesterday after skiing, but skied about 40,000 verticle ft, so it was well worth it. Please send your snow my way. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/618 "2013-03-15T10:35:49Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Blowed and shovelled snow for a couple of hours yesterday after skiing, but skied about 40,000 verticle ft, so it was well worth it. Please send your snow my way. Psychic powers working on pushing it your way. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/619 "2013-03-15T13:15:04Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Better freezing rain than shoveling. I hate shoveling, especially if it is in the morning. There is something positively unholy about having to work that hard to get to work. You’d really prefer freezing rain to snow? Freezing rain glazes everything with ice, making walking and driving extremely dangerous (not to mention causing power blackouts that last for days). I’ll still take snow. Although, frankly, I’d prefer neither, thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Registered\_at\_Last](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@Registered\_at\_Last](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Registered_at_Last)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736/620 "2013-03-15T14:28:55Z")
Yes, I am in for a Ottawa Tulip DopeFest. The last one was a lot fun and it would be fantastic to have even more attendance! As far as snow goes (that I am looking at coming down as we speak) … all the better for skiing in tomorrow! I am determined to enjoy the end of winter but will definitely celebrate when spring finally arrives 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadoper-cafe-2013-edition/645736.md?page=32)