As usual, the madcap pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Farce got it right—and our political masters blew it. According to CBC’s resident radio wits, Finance Minister Michael Wilson should have combined the budget’s most controversial measures by forcing Via Rail to adopt nuclear-powered locomotives—and buying submarines that serve bad coffee.
Every first-time visitor to New York is struck by one thing. It is the blasé nature of the inhabitants. The pedestrians on Fifth Avenue, intent on their pursuit of Mammon, seem to be willing to walk over their mothers to make it across an intersection.By Allan Fotheringham4 min
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