Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.
July 20th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Guelph 18th July 2008
Today we had a bit of a lie in until 7-30am, even the children slept until then.
After some breakfast I took Amy and Richard to Hamilton Airport to catch a plane to Halifax.
They are ... [full story]
July 20th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Guelph 17th July 2008
We arrived back in Guelph about 6-30am having driven all night in shifts from Detrioit airport.
Managed to get up again about 9-30am and try to get ourselves sorted out for the next s ... 11 photos[full story]
June 26th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Guelph 24th June 2008
Got up early (6am) mainly because it felt like midday.
Amy went out for a run and left me talking to the neighbours at 6-30am in the morning.
Mike and Sue had depleted the tea bag st ... 10 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008North America » Canada » Ontario » Guelph So the plan is now to leave july 20th and come back with Angelina August 30th..
So here is a quick run down of all the flights I have to make:
toronto-philadelphia-madrid (stop in philly why?)
ma ... [full story]
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