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This William Watson article sheds some light on the level of respect Canadians have for politicians, businessmen and cops.  He put  his finger right on the problem, check out the last paragrah!  Maybe someone should try and sign him up to our team.  He might be interested in one or two of your stories…

Boy this mornings news is quite something … the Globe and Mail headline states “No One is above the Law”.. “convicted frauster Conrad Black sentenced to 6 1/2 years for plot to skim from shareholders”   Could this ever happen in Canada you say!  When was the last time our system made white collar crime pay!

• This comment from b. Patynowski-Dionne struck me hard!
• This is why we encourage all of you to keep writing those letters to the Treasury Board members… they will be leaving for the holidays shortly.. 
• This situation is so bizarre, anyone with any compassion, would just issue an order to the RIV.. plate my teamates now!
• 2007-11-10comment-of-the-day.pdf

• I thought I would just add a little more spice to Mr. Macdonald’s excellent report issued on Dec 7th, and posted here on Dec 9th.  (Thank God for the CBC.  Maybe they should get into the Newspaper Business!)

• My story,  Just the “tip of the iceberg!” mystory-hondausa.pdf  Posted Dec 10th 

Funny this lad always seems to be out of town and not available to talk with our members! 

Someone caught his attention. Click and look for the Nov 4th show.

We talked with Trevor Kramer, owner of a high-end pre-owned car lot that imports cars from the US. Deputy Registrar of the Registrar of Imported Vehicles, Gary Moriarty talks about the regulations. Voice actor Ian Corlett tells of his experiences and Peter Johnson of Volvo Cars Canada lets us know what that company is doing to keep Canadians shopping at home.  (note : some comments made defending the position of the poor Canadian car manufacterers ???!!! .. you will enjoy this.)

Also check out the Driving Television Show

Did you know that…  on September 1st of this year, our U.S.  counterparts  mandated “tire Pressure monitoring systems” in all cars!  This U.S regulatory initiative  has proven benefits related to reducing accidents and saving lives!  Tire pressure monitoring systems also have an indirect benefit of improving your fuel economy. Why didn’t we just accept the standard too!  How many people will be injured on our roads this year because we simply did not just rubber stamp this standard. Do we have to duplicate all the tests and work that was done in the U.S.? 

I went to buy winter rims and tires for my “Car without a Country” and I was told that just to buy the proper rim suited up with the special connecting device to support the new system would cost me around a extra  $100 per wheel(tax incl)?   So this entire system must be pretty expensive.   I will let you finish the rest…..