CBC Sports: CFL 1976- Grey Cup- Regina Roughriders vs. Ottawa Red Blacks: Highlights

Source:CBC Sports– battle of the Rough Riders, from 1976.

Source:The New Democrat

“1976 Grey Cup highlights Ottawa Rough Riders vs. Saskatchewan Roughriders”

From CBC Sports

Battle of the Roughriders! You would have to be familiar with the CFL to get that joke, but one reason why the CFL doesn’t get as much respect in America as perhaps it should it because they did at least at one point have multiple clubs with the same nickname.

But this was a very good Grey Cup game, 23-20 the Red Blacks as the Ottawa CFL club is called now beat the Roughriders. Ottawa was able to move the ball well and score points against perhaps the best defense in the CFL in 1976 the Roughriders that only gave up about fifteen points a game. And had the best pass defense in the CFL. They also scored 428 points so they had a very good balanced team.

The Red Blacks were able to move the ball with their balanced offense and shut out the Roughriders in the fourth quarter.

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ABC Sports: MLB 1982- MLB All Star Game

Source:Phenia Films– I guess this was a hot ticket in 1982.

“1982 All Star Game from Olympic Stadium in Montreal original NBC Broadcast includes pre game show from 7/13/82
This Represented the first All-Star game played outside the USA. Dave Concepcion drills a two run HR to lead the National League to another victory
Digitalized and remastered off original recorded VHS tape and a new audio dub.”

From Phenia Films

The first and last MLB all-star game at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Which is a good thing because this place was basically a football stadium and was simply huge for baseball with an awful concrete field where baseball probably should’ve never have been played.

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ITV: NHL 1986- Edmonton Oilers @ Winnipeg Jets: Full Game

Source:ITV– the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers, from December, 1985.

“Edmonton vs Winnipeg – Oilers on ITV broadcast ** Gretzky 2 goals **”

From Oiler Fanatic

Oilers Grant Fuhr perhaps the goalie of the 1980s.

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CBC News: ‘Canada Reacts to Quebec’s Charter of Values’

Source:CBC News– a Quebec man being interviewed about Quebec’s Charter of Values.

“The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (French: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian federal Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster for both radio and television.[4] The English- and French-language service units of the corporation are commonly known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively.”

From Wikipedia

“Organizers are hoping thousands of Quebecers will turn out tomorrow to protest the Parti Quebecois’s proposed Charter of Values. The Charter would ban public employees from wearing religious clothing and symbols at work. Today – two federal ministers launched their own form of protest. And the Montreal Board of Trade warned it could harm the city’s reputation.
And people right across the country said the Charter would create a national chill.”

From CBC News

This is what statism from the Far-Left looks like at its worst. And I say this is coming from the Far-Left, because Quebec is an overwhelmingly socialist province. Statism in Canada at least to this extent with government telling people what they can and can’t wear in public. With what I at least would call Fundamentalist Atheism. (Which is what Communists tend to believe) Which is not only anti-religion, but intolerant of religion. And doesn’t believe individuals should be able to make these decisions for themselves.

This State-Atheism philosophy comes from the Far-Left, generally. And had this been a story about Mississippi, an overwhelmingly fundamentalist Christian state in America, perhaps the capital of the Christian-Right in America, I would’ve called this statism from the Far-Right. We are talking about people who tend to be intolerant of non-Christian religions. With Islam being a big target of there’s. But what is going on in Quebec is clearly statism from the Far-Left. And shouldn’t be tolerated, or any type of religious bigotry coming from government.

Canada is obviously different from America. With their own national identity, culture, way of doing things, Constitution and just about everything else. And they’re a bit left-wing, typically to begin with. But Quebec is even further left than Canada as a whole and probably the most socialist of any province in Canada. So they need to figure out these issues for themselves in their own country. Based on their values and Constitution. But this would clearly be unacceptable and unconstitutional in America and thrown out.

You can also see this post at The New Democrat, on WordPress.

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Canada Classic Sports: CFL 1987- Grey Cup- Toronto Argonauts vs Edmonton Eskimos

Source:Canada Classic Sports– the Edmonton Eskimos offense.

“1987 Grey Cup
Canadian Football League Championship
Edmonton Eskimos vs Toronto Argonauts”

From Canada Classic Sports

Back when you could see the CFL game of the week on ESPN.

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ABC News: 20/20-David Frost: 1980 Interview of The Shah of Iran

Source:ABC News– the Shah of Iran, being interviewed by David Frost in 1980.

“Never seen before segments of interview with David Frost in Contadora Island, Panama.”

From Kalseborz 

British journalist David Frost interviewing the exiled Shah of Iran in 1980, for ABC News’s 20/20 news magazine program. The video that this photo is from is not currently available online right now. This seems to be the only copy of it anywhere.

Source:ABC News– David Frost interviewing the Shah of Iran, in 1980.

The Shah of Iran was thrown out by the Iranian people because he was at least a borderline brutal dictator. Who cracked down on people who dissented against his dictatorial regime. And concentrated so much power in his monarchy.

The mistake that the Iranian people made was that they replaced a dictatorial monarchy with a dictatorial theocracy. And have been paying the price for that mistake for thirty-four years.

Even dictators are somewhat accountable, because of they get too far out ahead of their people and government., there can be a response. Even thrown out by people in their government. Or some type of political revolution whether it’s peaceful, or some type of civil war. Where the country’s allies are telling the leader to step down for the good of their country. And to retain some type of stability in their country.

Which is what happened to the Shah who became very unpopular as an authoritarian leaders in a third-world country. With a young population that wanted more freedom.

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Fed Vid: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau- ‘White Paper’

Source:Fed Vid– Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, in 1978.

“Toward the end of overcoming the increasingly interminable intransigence of provincial governments toward constitutional reform, the Prime Minister announces a plan to carry out the matter unilaterally. (June 1978)”

From Fed Vid

I guess since for the last sixty years or longer Canada has been looking for its own identity that distinguishes it from America and Britain. That represents both Britain and France ethnically in the country as well as other European people’s and people from parts of the world.

One reason for that is that share a three thousand mile border with the most powerful country in the world in the United States and that’s exactly what I believe Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau was doing back in 1978 by, giving Canada a real Federal constitution that they can call their own that makes them different from America and Britain. That looks Canadian and represents Canada and what the Federal Government’s relationship with the Canadian provinces is.

A constitution that lays out how much power both the Federals and provinces have and how much freedom the Canadian people have and so-forth. And a big part of that had to do with the. Federal Senate that it isn’t very Democratic and doesn’t have much authority even though it’s suppose to be the upper chamber in the Federal Parliament in Canada.

What makes Canada different from America and Europe is that they are politically different than both countries. They share more of the social democratic values and policies that are common in Europe, but also believe in federalism.

Canada has a healthy skepticism for centralize power and I’m not Canadian but I believe that’s what they should build off of in creating their own Federal constitution in a country that’s a real social democracy, but not big fans of centralize power. A  country that has a real bicameral Parliament and make the Senate there a real upper-chamber in Parliament that’s democratic and has real power.

An upper-chamber in a legislature should have where Senators are elected by the people, meaning all of them and represent the provinces. But where the House of Commons represents the people similar to America, but a big difference being that the House of Commons would still elect the executive.

I believe a federalist social democracy could work in Canada where they are a social democracy. But where the provinces have a lot of authority if not most of it with the Federal Government serves as regulator of these public-programs instead of Ottawa trying to manage everything and run the entire country.

A federalist, but still social democratic system could work in Canada and perhaps a name for the country besides Canada that gives the country its own identity. Perhaps the United Federation of Canada to use as an example that makes Canada unique in a positive sense from its allies and competitors.

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Hockey Fights: NHL 1984- 04-20- Quebec Nordiques @ Montreal Canadians-Highlights

Source:Hockey Fights– the Nordiques and Canadians socializing with each other, as all great friends do, in 1984. LOL

“Dale Hunter vs Mario Tremblay, Wally Weir vs Chris Nilan, Clint Malarchuk vs Richard Sevigny, Randy Moller vs Chris Nilan, Peter Stastny vs Mike McPhee, Dale Hunter vs Mark Hunter and Louis Sleigher vs Jean Hamel from the Quebec Nordiques at Montreal Canadiens game on Apr 20, 1984.”

Source:Hockey Fights

A great Canadian hockey rivalry for about fifteen seasons. When I look at NHL hockey in Quebec (which is not often) and I think about Montreal and Quebec City (which again is not often) I sort of think about New York City when it comes to baseball and football.

The NYC area has two MLB teams in the Yankees and Mets and two NFL teams, the Giants and Jets. And even though the Mets and Jets have both had some success in New York and have won championships of their own, they’ve always been the little brother of the Yankees and Giants. The Yankees are one of the most successful franchises not just in MLB but in pro sports. The Giants are not just one of the most successful franchises in the NFL but in pro sports.

The Montreal Canadians are not only one of the most successful franchises in the NHL but in Canada and North America as well. And they were always the big brother of the Quebec Nordiques.

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The NHL History: 1972 Quebec Nordiques Documentary- ‘Just Another Job’

Source:The NHL History– 1972 documentary about the Quebec Nordiques.

“The Quebec Nordiques (French: Nordiques de Québec, pronounced [nɔʁd͡zɪk] in Quebec French, /nɔrˈdiːks/ in Canadian English, meaning “Northmen” or “Northerners”) were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–79) and the National Hockey League (1979–95). The franchise was relocated to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and renamed the Colorado Avalanche.

The Nordiques hold the distinction of being the only major professional sports team to have been based in Quebec City in the modern era, and one of only two ever; the other, the Quebec Bulldogs, played one season in the NHL in 1919–20.”

From The NHL History

Quebec would still have a major league hockey franchise today with a modern sports arena.

I think the main problem with having one sports league that represents two countries, where one country is so dominant as far as size and wealth like America is over Canada, is that it makes it harder for the Canadian franchises to compete with the Americans, because the Canadian markets are so much smaller. A lot of the mid-size and small markets in America like Seattle and even St. Louis or Baltimore, would be large markets in Canada.

But with a Canadian league or a Canadian conference at least, Canadian markets with the right management and arenas, could do very well in Canada. And you probably never see teams from Quebec or Winnipeg leave for America. And you could need new clubs from Hamilton and perhaps other Canadian cities emerge in a new Canadian league or conference of the NHL and other major American sports leagues.

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TSN: MLB 1997- Canada Day- Montreal Expos vs Toronto Blue Jays: Highlights

Source:Global Sportsline Toronto– Canada Day at Skydome in Toronto, Ontario.

“Montreal Expos vs Toronto Blue Jays on Canada Day. Rob Sinclair reporting for Global Sportsline in Toronto.

From Global Sportsline Toronto

The only reasons why Montreal doesn’t currently have a MLB franchise a Major League Baseball Franchise, is because of management and facility. A management team committed to winning that will spend the resources to make that happen, but will also spend them wisely, but also a ballpark that will give them the revenue to support their club, where people will want to go to watch baseball, but also have a good affordable time, as well as a fan base that is committed to the team in Montreal whether that is the Montreal Expos, or whatever new name a possible new Montreal MLB franchise would be called and Major League Baseball could succeed in Montreal in the future.

You get the right management group, organizational structure, right ballpark and MLB baseball could succeed in Montreal, because the reason why the Expos no longer exist and why Montreal no longer has an MLB franchise eight years later, is not because of the market as far as size and wealth, but because of the lack of support this market gave their franchise and how cheaply they were run.

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