Blue Balloon

Είναι και ότι έχουμε πολύ πέραση οι Έλληνες του Καναδά, αλλά είναι και η ατυχής δήλωση που είχε κάνει τις προάλλες ο Στ. Χάρπερ, πρωθυπουργός του Καναδά και τώρα τα μπαλώνει λίγο.

Από την Καθημερινή: «Είμαι ευτυχής να στείλω τους χαιρετισμούς μου σε όλους τους Καναδούς Ελληνικής καταγωγής. Γιορτάζοντας την ημέρα της Ελληνικής Ανεξαρτησίας, γιορτάζουμε τη Δημοκρατία». (Υποθέτω δεν το είπε στα ελληνικά).

“[The pilot] basically said he wanted to talk to God”.

And then the plane, that was flying from Toronto to London, made an emergency landing. For some reason, I find it touching.

Half the population of Toronto and one out of five people in the country are foreign-born, according to the latest (2006) Canadian census. Regarding tolerance in a multicultural society, there is no doubt that few nations have done better than Canada. However, the news does not come without a raised concern about the limits of a policy that Canada has consistently followed for the past forty years.

The Star: A city of unmatched diversity.

The Star: 1 in 5 foreign born.

National Post: Immigrants make up 20% of the population.

Finland, Hong Kong and Canada are in the top-3 positions of OECD’s International Student Assessment ranking. The news on Economist.

The first night of this winter that Toronto is covered with snow.

It’s so hot and humid these days in Toronto.So let me grab an iced coffee, put Daft Punk’s “Discovery” on the stereo and lie on the sofa…Yeeeeeeeeeessssssss….

After a winter in snow and cold, sunny days are back in Toronto. Of course, work went on. But tomorrow is Saturday and it’s time for some rest…