Not sure if I like the 'American' parrallel, though I know they just mean economically. I was talking to one of my American friends today and we were talking about those little freedoms that mean so much in your life. For all their ballyhooed freedoms, we both agreed that people in Canada are 'more free' than their American counterparts.
I also wonder about the 'agressive panhandlers'. I find a lot of the panhandlers in this city are colorful people that I can usually spend some time with talking to.
I'd love to see our arts scene grow even more. It has gone by leaps and bounds in the past 10 years or so, but I think we still need have more work ahead of us in this respect to be a truly international city.
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