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Happy Canada Day Vancouver: www.yaletowngrandprix.com I guess it goes without saying: Please feel free to add your own Canadian cycling resources and blogs and news and fansites. ...gladly lived here in beautiful califoria for 42 years now but still proudly wave the canadian standard rep-ing the land i was born in... Everything I know about Canadian culture I learned from Bob & Doug MacKenzie. ...mildstallion...see, it's good to learn from the best cultural icons the country offers... Ontario exempts bicycles from sales tax This is sort of lame by Canadian standards. British Columbia, for instance, has no provincial sales tax on bikes at all. For smaller Ontario bike shops, this means that they'll have to reprogram their point of sales systems to just charge taxes *sometimes*. This will be a pain for them. I fear that it will benefit the big bike sellers - Canadian Tire and Walmart - more than it will stimulate business for the small guys. Not wanting to look a gift horse in the mouth, but McGinty really should have gone a little further with this one. Thanks for the additional info, Anon. I didn't know that about BC. ...born & raised as a kid on a red raleigh during the '50's & '60's in ontario, my first thought was "oh, cool, those sensible canucks, what a great idea"...

...but the second paragraph & the light shed on it by the first response reveals a different picture...

...kinda like the old dope dealer adage: the first one's for free, kid, then yer gonna pay...ya ride the cheapy 'til ya get interested & when ya wanna upgrade, yer gonna pay the full price...

...hopefully mc guinty will take the plunge & fully commit... "Young and young-at-heart"? So the USA isn't the only country where bikes carry the stigma of being children's playthings? Weird, considering they say they're trying to encourage commuting. Oh well. Guerrilla bicycle facilities lol That sounds like a great idea. They should actually dress up like city blue collars and they wouldn't be bothered. It was up for 2 weeks? Hummm, that's an idea I will bring up to the next critical mass here. Great blog by the way.

Gerry :) That's an idea I've often had. Interesting that they *didn't* want to be confused for the real thing - seems they still actually hope to hold the Real Thing accountable for their delays and inefficiencies. Toronto cyclist assault: It was a cop Hey, I was just going to give you the heads up on this one but as usual you're on top of it. As you may know, I'm from Toronto and I instantly recognized that corner as Queen and Bay which is across from Toronto's City Hall/ Nathan Philips Square. Just goes to show that not all Canadians are not as civlized as you may think ;) I figure the whole citizen video journalism angle probably interested you, Steve. Thanks for the welcome, Fritz! Also, thanks for promoting my blog! I was wondering how I was going to slip that in... :P You mean the very person who is suppose to protect cyclists-pedestrians is the guilty one? Unfortunately, this attack is indicative of an attittude that pervades law enfocement. Cyclists are those x-hippies, social outcasts, etc. and should be harassed and not protected. Otherwise, all those drivers of motorized vehicles will get angry and not support the status quo.

Until leadership rides to work, this problem with its numerous and ugly ramifications will continue underneath the surface of perception. whaddya mean, ex-hippies? I missed the previous post about this. I'm just stunned and horrified by the whole thing. I hope that "cop" loses his badge. All I want to do is ride my bike and not be assaulted. Aparently that's too much to ask. The silly thing is that we're doing them a favor by riding: one less car for them to negotiate, less pollution, etc. Dr. Logan, I think "negotiation" is the problem. I think these idiots would rather negotiate with another car because the car goes fast, so getting stuck behind one doesn't slow them down...

These people need to be reminded that these are roads, not race tracks. :( that's simply not true. when i drive I wait behind cars far more often than I wait behind bikes. plus, I've never had to wait behind a cyclist for more than a few seconds, and often find myself stuck behind cars going under the speed limit on the highway for a long time. they just need to pull their heads out of their asses. Toronto: Assault on cyclist caught on tape