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What's all the controversy about? Pam Anderson would look great in a retro Baywatch bathing suit. Or, to be more current, Mila Kunis in Black Swan.
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They should leave the Banknotes alone.
Before you know it there will be dozens of different types of notes floating around.
Enter the counterfeiters...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's obvious the banknote is being used to promote a cause that represents what in my opinion is all wrong today.
Male/female wage equality is given the spotlight but never why it has become so expensive that both parents must work to support their young families due to the high cost of living and high taxes, meanwhile their children are being raised in an institutionalize setting. Parents get to see them on evenings and weekends. Nobody ever seems to be concerned about that...
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Pillar of the Community
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this could turn into a great debate about a whole bunch of other social issues ...
In short I think it would be great to have more women recognized for their achievements
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Pillar of the Community
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this could turn into a great debate about a whole bunch of other social issues ...
In short I think it would be great to have more women recognized for their achievements
Indeed, which is why I don't think banknotes are the appropriate venue for promoting social issues. I notice our government hasn't invited public opinion regarding *if* our banknotes should be redesigned and if so, how? Nope. Edited by wildflowerAB
03/14/2016 2:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I personally LOVE banknotes... I say our banknotes are very much like diplomats. You have a blank canvas for which you can put ANYTHING... why not put the things that are very meaningful to us (Canada) as a nation.
One reason why I LOVE the 70's multicolour issues... FINALLY we were expressing some of the attributes that we value and say are "CANADIAN"
I really liked our last issue of notes... with our present issues... my favourites are probably the $5 and the $50.
It will undoubtably cause controversy anytime you use REAL people for banknotes, but I have no problems recognizing the efforts and achievements of Canadians either past or present.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have no problem putting more women on Canadian banknotes. Frankly it is about time.
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From Silvergoose's link above: http://www.cbc.ca/punchline/not-the...orth-just-73"OTTAWA, ON—The federal government announced today that the new series of $100 banknotes featuring notable Canadian women will be worth $73 to accurately reflect the country's wage gap......" ****** I perhaps should have quoted the link above to the CBC article. Is this a satirical blog? Edited by wildflowerAB
03/14/2016 5:33 pm
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Yes.. That was satire....
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Hmmm, okay thanks. I'd surmise only CBC could print something such as that, without fear of reprisal. Either it's highly appropriate to honour females on the Cdn banknote or it's a topic to poke fun at......would seem polar opposite.
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Late Friday announcement - from page one of the politicians handbook when you want to quietly get something out there. The short list in alphabetical order: Pitseolak Ashoona (c. 1904-1983): An Inuit artist with an international reputation. She is recognized for establishing a modern Inuit art form that incorporated traditional knowledge. Emily Carr (1871-1945): A famous artist and writer noted for her landscapes of the Pacific coast. Therèse Casgrain (1896-1981): An activist and politician who led the women's suffrage movement in Quebec and became the first female leader of a political party. Viola Desmond (1914-1965): A black businesswoman from Nova Scotia who famously challenged racial segregation at a film theatre in her home province. Lotta Hitschmanova (1909-1990): A Canadian humanitarian who helped to found the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada which helped to send aid to Europe during the war. E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913): A poet and writer whose performances reflect both English and Mohawk traditions and who is recognized as helping to shape Canadian literature. Elizabeth (Elsie) MacGill (1905-1980): The world's first female aircraft designer. She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War. Nellie McClung (1873-1951): A political activist, teacher, social reformer and politician . She was a leader of the womens' suffrage movement and one of the famous five women who petitioned Britain to have Canadian women declared to be "persons." Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942): Canadian author best known as the author of Anne of Green Gables. Fanny (Bobbie) Rosenfeld (1905-1969): An Olympian who won gold and silver at the 1928 summer Olympics. Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983): French Canadian author famous for The Tin Flute. Idola Saint-Jean (1880-1945): A Quebec journalist, educator and feminist. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ico...st-1.3559781Edited by CC-Ottawa
04/29/2016 8:25 pm
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A few weeks ago I took my family to the museum and there was a representative from the Bank of Canada with a booth set up telling people about this very issue.. I found it facinating
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Shame that Alice Wilson did not make the short list...  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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