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"When will we stop this nonsense of giving so much subsidies that a cow in some countries gets more money than any child," Mr. Chrétien said during a international conference of chambers of commerce. "The peace of the world will always be more problematic because you cannot have entire continents going down the tube when the rest of the world is getting richer."' Makes you proud to be a Canuck. Go Jean.  < 11:43:27 PM>.CBC News: Canadians score top marks in math, science, reading ' Despite a significant drop in education spending, Canada's teenagers scored some of the highest marks in math, science and reading among Western nations, according to a new international study. Canada also had the highest number of students attaining post-secondary education, according to the 500-page international survey put out by the international think tank the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). ' < 11:39:30 PM>.CBC News: Alliance marriage motion defeated '"Nobody is forcing the leader of the Canadian Alliance to marry a man if he doesn't want to. . . . I think this motion does display a very homophobic attitude," said New Democrat MP Libby Davies.
Equally biting were words from Bloc Québécois MP Real Menard who said, "It's like a father who tells his daughter, 'I'm not a racist but I don't want you to marry a black person,' or a husband who says to his wife, 'I'm for equality but I don't want you to have the right to work.' Isn't there a point somewhere when you have to walk the walk?" ' |
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