amanzi eTrent-Severn Waterway.
Sibuyele eNew York ngaphambi koSuku lweCanada (nge-1 kaJulayi), kodwa ndaphawula elo thuba kumnyhadala we-10 wonyaka wokubhalwa kwengoma yaseCanada eJoe's Pub, eveliswe ngu-expat wase-Canada uJeff Breithaupt (isiqingatha somculo weqela eliphumelele ibhaso lokuwina ingoma uBreithaupt Brothers) . Amagqabantshintshi: Ilizwi okhuphisanayo uJ'Sun ecula uGordon Lightfoot's Indlela endivakalelwa ngayo, kunye noJamie Leonhart becula iFamous Blue Raincoat ngempendulo yaseKhanada maudlin encinci kuBob Dylan, Leonard Cohen.
Ngoku ukuba uyazi into endiyenzileyo ngeholide yam, ndiza kuya kwinqanaba: ukuba bendifuna ukuhlala ndicinga ngelizwe lam ngendlela endihlala ndinayo-indawo entle kune-US, enemimandla yamachibi angenakulinganiswa kunye nabantu abalungileyo izinto ezintle ezinje ngokulima ngezinto eziphilayo, ndinako. Kodwa andikwazi. Uyabona, ngaphandle kwento yokuba abantu bayo basathanda ukuzicingela njengabanobulali kunye nohlobo olukhanyiselweyo ngakumbi lwabamelwane babo emzantsi, baphulukana nokubamba kwabo kwelo bango. Kwaye banetyala kuphela.
Masiqale ngoMeya waseToronto uRob Ford. Ngaphandle kwento yokuba uyinguqulelo yokwenyani yabalinganiswa bebhanyabhanya kaChris Farley, U-Ford ngandlel 'ithile waqinisekisa esona sixeko sinabantu abaninzi baseCanada ukuba banike ubuhlanga, ukungazi kakuhle izitshixo zeholo leedolophu. INew York isungula i-Citi Bike ngehlombe elikhulu kunye nokuqhwaba izandla, ngelixa usodolophu waseToronto iluhlobo lomfo owayekhe wacebisa ukuba abakhweli beebhayisikile ababulewe ziimoto zifanelwe sisiphelo sabo. Ngelixa iingxelo zosasazo zamva nje zikaMnumzana Ford zitshaya icrack zimnike isidanga seMarion Barry, nokuba amarhe ayinyani. Umfo wayesele eyihlazo kwisixeko esikhulu.
Emva koko kukho inkxalabo malunga neemarike zorhwebo ezifudumeleyo zaseToronto. INew York Times utsale okukhawulezayo kwabafundi kwiiveki ezimbalwa ubuyile kunye nomxholo othi, EToronto, uloyiko lwendlela yaseMelika ekhulayo iyakhula, ngaphambi kokuyichitha into enokubakho ngaphakathi kwinqaku uqobo (umxholo waphinda watshintshwa waba yiNtengiso ye-Condo emangazayo eToronto). Kodwa ke ngu Ukufudumala-noDonald Trump ufikile, kunye ne-ultra-luxury-condominium e-Street Street ekugqibeleni inikezela abantu baseKhanadi ukuba badubule ngokuphila kwi-Trump Lifestyle.
Bangadlulwa ngabantu abanjengoDell, bade bafumana nobuchwephesha bobuchwephesha kuloliwe: I-Ontario's Research in Motion, umenzi weBlackBerry eyayikade ikuyo. Ubuncwane besizwe obukhe babanjelwa kutshintsho olungapheliyo kwiminyaka embalwa ngoku, ngenye indlela eyaziwa njengokujikeleza umjelo. (Ayikokokuqala: ingxilimbela yezonxibelelwano uNortel ithathe indawo yayo yokuntywila kwidada kwindawo eziphakamileyo kakhulu.) Kwanabahlalutyi baseCanada kunye nabatyali zimali abamfanyekiswe kukuthand 'izwe sele beqalisile ukuthatha inxaxheba. Kukho izahluko nje ezimbalwa ezimfutshane ezishiyekileyo ukuba ziye kwelo bali lilusizi.
Kodwa akukho nanye kuloo nto ethelekisa ukukhaba kwiibhola Umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle Kwinqaku elinesihloko esithi Oh, Canada: Inqaku elinguMmelwane waseMantla waseMelika waba liQhina, uPetrostate ongenankathalo, umbhali u-Andrew Nikiforuk uhambisa zonke izinto ezazithelekiswa ne-US ezazisetyenziswa ngabantu base Canada ukuzenzela yiva kamnandi. Inqaku ngoku ayisiyiyo yokuba iCanada iphezulu ngokokuziphatha na kwi-U.S., Kodwa urhulumente wayo uyamkele indlela yobuzwilakhe ye-Putin yaseRussia ngelixa esenza uthando olumnandi kwindlala yamandla e-China. Phakathi kwezinye i-zinger, uMnu. Nikiforuk ubiza iNyakatho eNkulu eNkulu ngombono we-dystopian wekamva lelizwekazi elinamandla.
Inqaku elibonisa ukungqubana, kwaye elinye liqinisekisa umbono ovelayo wokuba iCanada ne-U.S. Zibonakala ngathi zitshintshile iindima ezichongiweyo ngokwembali. E-US, sinoBarack Obama kunye neNdlu yeeDemokhrasi ethintela iingcango kwezopolitiko zase-American-wing wing. I-Canada, okwangoku, iqhutywa ngurhulumente olambele imali olambele isihogo-esenza ukuba uqoqosho lweli lizwe luxhomekeke ngakumbi kwioyile. Aba bantu banyule uRick Perry wabo endaweni yokumhleka nje.
Kwaye baya kukuvala xa uzama ukungena endleleni yabo. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uMnu.Nikiforuk ukhupha i-litany ye-un-Canada yokuziphatha, kubandakanya nokuhlasela abagcini bolondolozo njengezinto ezingathandekiyo kwilizwe labo, ukuhlanganisa izazinzulu zotshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokuphelisa imithetho yezendalo. Ulibale ingxoxo evuthayo malunga neengozi zokusingqongileyo zePaystone Keyipip kunye neoyile emdaka yesanti yeoyile yaseAlberta. Ukuba i-U.S. Ayifuni loo nto ifunyanwa yiCanada, baya kumbetha igolide emnyama yonke indlela eya e-China. Umnumzana Nikiforuk ukhonkotha ityala elikhulu kutshintsho olukhulu kubuntu belizwe kuStephen Harper, inkulumbuso yaseCanada, indoda ecekisekayo kwaye engakhuthaziyo ukuba kunzima ukudibanisa nantoni na ukuyithetha ngaye. Kodwa ndiza kuzama kunjalo: Umnumzana Harper ngumongameli weklasi yesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo owayengathandwa mntu ngelo xesha kodwa owathi ngandlela thile wafumana indlela yokubamba umsesane wobhedu kwiminyaka engama-20 kamva. Akukho mntu umthandayo ngoku, nokuba kunjalo, kodwa ngoRob Ford, kubonakala ngathi bamvotele.
Umvangeli okrelekrele kodwa okrelekrele ngokwaneleyo ukuba angatsali iRick Santorum kwaye ahlukanise nenxalenye engavisisaniyo neBhayibhile yabavoti, Umnumzana uHarper ngokuqinisekileyo uzibonakalisile ukuba ungowaseMelika kwezopolitiko kunokuba bekulindelwe ngabantu baseKhanada, esenza inkcitho kwezokhuseleko, esenza i-2 yezigidigidi zeedola. ekwandiseni intolongo kunye nokufaka isali kwilizwe elingenakuthelekiswa nanto kwi-600 yezigidigidi kumatyala emanyano. (Ukusuka kwimbono yaseMelika, i-600 yezigidigidi zeedola linani elihlekisayo, kodwa ayisiyiyo loo nto. ICanada ayifanelanga ukuba yenze izinto ezinje ngokuzimela.)
Kukho ukungalungi okuthile ekugxekweni kuka Mnu Nikiforuk kuqoqosho lwamandla e-Canada- kufuneka udlale isandla osiphetheyo, kwaye ngokutshintshisa ubusika obubandayo nobuphuma bonke, iCanada yafumana intabalala yobutyebi bendalo. , ukusuka kwidayimani ukuya kwioyile. Kodwa unelungelo lokwalatha indlela enzima kaMnumzana Harper yokurhabaxa kwezigqibo ezibalulekileyo ezineempembelelo zexesha elide kokusingqongileyo nakwezoqoqosho phantsi komqala wesizwe somnolent. Hlalani eOttawa, bantu!
Khathalela, unikwe indawo yesiqwenga- Umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle -Kwakhona kukho nomda wobume bendawo ngokwezikhundla zokuzonwabisa njengemo yendalo esingqongileyo echaphazelekayo. Ubonakala othukile kukuba iCanada iyeke iinkampani ezintathu zikarhulumente zeoyile zaseTshayina ezineerekhodi ezingathandekiyo zokwenza izinto elubala kunye nemvakalelo yokusingqongileyo zihlawule ngaphezulu kwe- $ 20 yezigidigidi kumalungelo esanti e-Alberta. Ngokuchasene nabani, umntu angabuza? Iinkampani zeoyile zaseMelika kunye no… uvakalelo lokusingqongileyo? Ngemfuno yaseMelika yeoyile yaseCanada iyehla, ngokuyinxenye ngenxa yokuqhekezwa-abaxhasi babo bazimisele ukuphendula imibuzo yendalo esingqongileyo njengesihlabathi seoyile- uMnu. UNikiforuk uthatha iKhanada ayinike umsebenzi waseTshayina njengowona mthengi ulandelayo. Bangalinga njani abantu baseCanada ukuseka ubudlelwane obunzulu bezoqoqosho kunye nelizwe eliye lajikeleza kakhulu ulingo lwemali lwaseMelika kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo? Ngaba abanayo nayiphi na imbeko?
Uhanahaniso olunjalo ecaleni, kuninzi ekufuneka ucinge ngesiqwenga, kubandakanya isikhumbuzi sokurhoxa kukaMnu Harper ngo-2012 kwiKyoto ProtocolIskimu sentlalontlengo-2007) kunye Uqoqosho Uphawu lukaMnu Harper lokophula umhlaba omtsha ekubhukuqweni kwenkqubo yedemokhrasi. Umnumzana Harper uye waqhubekeka kwi-ajenda yakhe nge-aplomb yokuba iiRiphabhlikhi kwi-US Congress kufuneka zibamonele, betyhoboza uhlahlo-lwabiwo mali lweepaki zelizwe, banyanzela ukunqunyulwa komsasazi wesizwe ohlonitshwa kakhulu i-CBC kunye nokugungxula iCanada's Fisheries Act ukwenza indlela yombhobho weoyile.
Akumangalisi ukuba umntakwethu afudukele eBali. Ewe, ikhona loo nto, kwaye into yokuba usibali wam, uJackie, azenzele umsebenzi weplum kwisikolo iGreen, uhlobo lweziko elinenkqubela phambili onokulifumana e… Canada? Akunakwenzeka njalo.
