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I state it clear today that the Canadian federal, provincial and municipal government's have been awarded the "Don't Worry, Be Happy" Award for it's status report on Canadian Y2K readiness. Canadians should be thanking all government officials for making them feel confident and secure heading into the year 2000. Their crafty handling of the press have made them the toast of all first world countries. Over 95% of Canadians have officially been lulled into complacency. If you want to party, come to Canada because we are not concerned. Let's all enjoy the cold weather and share the views of our most honest poloticians. Congratulations, and be proud to be confident Canadians.

Bobby

-- Bob Beers (robertb@home.com), December 07, 1999

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Canada? First world country? I don't think so. Over the last 30 years it has degenerated into a socialist sewer.

Third world is more like it with an even worse outlook if Quebec tries to pull away. That will reduce Canada to the level of Rwanda and Yugoslavia.

-- Irving (irvingf@myremarq.com), December 07, 1999.


>>Beers<<

Is that your real name? Don't tell me, your wife's surname is Toque? (g) You would be the quintessential Canadian couple.

-- Johnny Canuck (j_canuck@hotmail.com), December 07, 1999.


Irving

You have the makings of a real twit. Where are you at? It seems to be the consensus of most Canadians that they like the way things are for the most part. Canada is one of the most livable places in the world and it is hacked out of a climate that Siberians wouldn't like.

Strange opinions from the quirky.

-- Brian (imager@home.com), December 07, 1999.


Irving:

Brian's right-you DO have the makings of a Canada Grade-A twit!

This is the second time I've had to correct you today...don't make me get the hose!

-- (Kurt.Borzel@gems8.gov.bc.ca), December 07, 1999.


Brian: Surely the perceptions of Canadians can't be that they are alone in being lulled asleep? Or are they just awakening to the fact that their govt. is just as stupid as ours? Either way, I wished I had the wherewithall to be in BC or somewhere thereabouts instead of close to the DFW area.

-- Neil G.Lewis (pnglewis1@yahoo.com), December 07, 1999.


Neil

Well I found out about Y2K during the Ice Storm in Quebec and there were areas without power for 5 weeks and millions of folks were affected one way or another. To me that alone should have been a wake up call for alot of folks. At the time the Auditor General said that Y2K will make the Ice Storm look like a picnic.

My personal view is that it won't be as bad as that.

Right now the press and the government are trying to "suggest" to folks that life will not be "normal". The Government is in an interesting position because of the Treasury Department decided to use four digits so they had the experiance within the government to deal with the problem at their end.

Big business seems to have gotten it long ago because of a business group that looked into Y2K in early 98 and determined that the threat was real and had reports and what not.

Canadian Banks have been very active in promoting Y2K awareness and we have very few big banks up here unlike the US.

Canada and the US are structured very differant, our "socialist" background has ment that power, phone corps, and health are usually "Crown Corperations" and are province wide. This means that my Provice (and many) just have one power, telephone and health management. This makes it easier to judge the situation.

Now this doesn't mean that there may not be a problem in those areas or many more such as oil. It has been my position that the weather is going to determin the short term risks more than the Y2K problem.

I am not comfortable with health, water - waste water, S&MEs, natural gas (just a guess), nukes in Ontario and a few other situations.

But as far as power disruption goes, in Canada failure is not an option.

-- Brian (imager@home.com), December 07, 1999.


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