<div dir="ltr">If you do share widely, please note that my repeated use of the word "asshole" was quoting from the skit and does not represent my preferred word choice for FVC mails :-)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 12:51 PM, Anita Nickerson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:anitann88@gmail.com" target="_blank">anitann88@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks, Jay! It is so interesting that this broken promise is mainstream enough to be featured there! Things like this give me hope. Trudeau offered himself up as the poster-boy to get this issue more widely noticed :)<div><br></div><div>I'm going to share with our chapters list.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><div><br></div><div>Anita</div></font></span></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Jennifer Ross <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:2jennross@gmail.com" target="_blank">2jennross@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks, Jay! Just what I needed today.<br><br></div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-256559643185704922h5">On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Jay Judkowitz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:judkowitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">judkowitz@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-256559643185704922h5"><div dir="ltr">Hey folks,<div><br></div><div> Friday, my wife and I went to Second City in Toronto for a show. <a href="https://www.secondcity.com/shows/toronto/canada-thinking-mans-america/" target="_blank">The theme of the show was making fun of America</a> (though in a modest and self-deprecating way, of course). Given how sad Sally and I are about what's going on over there, we figured we could use the laugh. (And, it was a very funny show, in case you were wondering)</div><div><br></div><div> One skit has an American coming over the border and being tested for being an asshole. And, of course, the American fails - he's a total asshole. But, at the end of the skit, he turns it around and asks what about all the asshole things in Canada. The very first example he gives is, "What about your PM, Trudeau - he promised electoral reform and broke that promise right away". </div><div><br></div><div> It was awesome seeing ERRE coming from the mouths of the comedians. It was ironically funny because I don't think more than 1 in 1000 Americans would actually know about ERRE or think it was the most asshole thing about the country. So, it was definitely a Canadian slam on Canada put in the mouth of an "American". But, any press, even ironic press, is a good thing if you ask me.</div><div><br></div><div> That was a bit of a long story, but I hope it makes your day a bit brighter. People are talking about the issue in all sorts of places, not just political gatherings.</div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Jay</div></div>
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