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This was the day we were
heading for the Pow Wow but first I wanted to take lots of pictures around
Applecross as it really is a beautiful setting and our hosts Glen
MacKenzie and his wife really looked after us very well indeed.
I will say I had a great
discussion with Glen and things turned to the relationship between Canada
and the USA. This is actually the third or fourth time I've heard
that it's likely in another generation or two that both countries might
just amalgamate together. The fact that Canada is larger in size
than the USA with fabulous natural resources, many still untapped, but
only a tenth of the population seems part of the problem. Canada I'm
told has around 25 million of a population whereas the USA has 250
million.
I was hearing that the USA
really doesn't treat their neighbour very well. Like BC supplies
power to the USA but they don't pay their bills and thus the burden falls
on the local people. I was told of a major contract that a Canadian
company got from Red China and the USA told them not to honour it.
The Canadian firm said they wanted to take the contract but the USA
said... ok then but as your directors live in the USA when they come into
the country we'll just put them in jail.
I heard many stories of
injustices between the two countries all in the US's favour. I won't
detail them all here but suffice to say it was rather disconcerting to
hear all that. It seems that the Canadian's blame their own
Government for not developing a stronger foreign policy. I guess in short
the Canadians see the USA as a big bully.
There is a huge amount of
land available for settlement in Canada and certainly those that have
their own businesses would be more than welcome here. The costs are
much lower on the whole and of course the health service is considerably
better than you'd find in the USA. You are talking around 40,000
pounds for a decent 3 bedroom detached house in Canada with good amount of
land.
Anyway... enough of the
political stuff on onwards with the pictures....
As I wandered around the preperty I was
accompanied by the cat and dog who were both in a playful mood :-)
I'm still being followed! :-)
And here is Glen MacKenzie and his Verna
driving the buggy :-)
Insepcting the fruit trees and Ron trying to
decide if he should put an offer in for the Castle :-)
Argh! They're trying to run me down...
mad women drivers!!! <grin>
But now it is time to head off for our date
with the Pow Wow so with a last picture of the Cherry Trees we were on our
way.
The next set of pictures
will be on our way to the Pow Wow where I'll try to show you some of the
agricultural land around the area in Part 2. |
