and everything is in focus. (I just had to add that).
It doesn't surprise me that there no armed guards everywhere in Canada, after all you don't
take threats to your Government seriously, so why would anyone bother to threaten it.
frank theriault wrote:
Taken a few weeks ago, on my daytrip to Ottawa, Canada's capital city. After our skate on the Rideau Canal, we walked up to the Parliament Buildings, to say "hi" to our Prime Minister, but he wasn't in (I guess he didn't get my message that I might be by) <g>.
As we walked in front of the Parliament Buildings (that's them in the background, centred by the Peace Tower), I saw this scene:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3147625
and thought, "There's something essentially Canadian happening here" <vbg>.
I was thinking of an alternate title like "Our Latest Member of Parliament", but resisted such taunts at our elected members... <g>
As an aside, I was quite pleasantly surprised at how accessible the Parliament Buildings are to the public, and the lack of armed guards all over the place; I hadn't been to see them in decades, and feared that perhaps in a post 9/11 kneejerk reaction, armed guards might be surrounding the place or something. Happily, not.
Anyway, back on topic: please feel free to comment - good or bad, yay or nay - it's all fine with me. Thanks!
cheers,
frank
--
I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime.
--P.J. O'Rourke
