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Sex trafficking in Canada
On-line documentary on the story of sex trafficking in Canada, and/ or by ugly Canadians who participate in sex tourism. Video courtesy of Hope for the Sold on Vimeo. ENSLAVED AND EXPLOITED: The Story of Sex Trafficking in Canada from Hope for the Sold on Vimeo.
Conservatives review Affirmative Action policy
Ms Chen eyes at her white colleague and applies for a job at the city of Vancouver. Chen smiles and says, Even though I’m less qualified, I’ve a better chance than you at getting the job. Unfortunately, this scenario plays out over and over again in our politically-correct-gone-wild state of affairs in North America. We don’t think any of...
forget Hongcouver, here comes Chinada
Story out of the Globe and Mail this week, about wealthy Chinese participating in real estate tours to purchase Canadian properties. Looks like déja vu all over again. Canada for Sale! Hongcouver 香哥華 Remember “Hongcouver” (earlier posting here), when the Hong Kong Chinese were snapping up real estate in Vancouver in anticipation of the fear that was...
‘Elected Chinese’ fist fight… a reason why CSIS is squawking?
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We’ve often wondered why Canada has been cursed with a parade of lack lustre politicians from our Chinese-Canadian community. Especially at the federal level. Think of the hapless CCs who’ve made you squirm in your sofa whenever they opened their mouths on TV. No. It’s not nice nor fair to poke fun at their English as...
[Humour] I wanna be like a real Canadian
The Fairy & The Immigrant A beautiful fairy appeared one day to a destitute refugee claimant outside the Ottawa Immigration Offices. ‘My good immigrant,’ the fairy said, ‘I’ve been asked to grant you three wishes. Since you’ve just arrived in Canada with your wife and seven children.’ The man told the fairy: ‘Well, in Aziastan where I...
Good bye to roof top urban farm in Chinatown
The following article, reposted with permission from CityCaucus.com : Cancelled urban farm project bred bad relations in Chinatown 6 May 2010 Post by Mike Klassen The rooftop of 211 East Georgia in Chinatown ain’t the DTES – and won’t house a garden A cover story in the Vancouver Courier a few weeks back by respected writer Sandra Thomas announced...
Vancouver: greenest hydroponic city
While trying to recover some of our earlier blog postings… almost lost to cyberspace, we retrieved this old post from our archives on a *green* cash crop grown here in wild, wild, British Columbia. In particular, a cash crop here in metro Vancouver. Our current Mayor and Council is on a mission to earn Vancouver as...
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