While this blog is a few days late, time was needed for last minute verification of a few points. This and the fact that my fellow Canadians today turned their leaf (Maple, I assume) over and became 153 years old. Thus, like the blog and writer, perhaps needed a few more days sleep. Hehe.
My day probably began a little less pleasant that yours. It was just 0645, when some criminal element of fraudsters decided to make the typical illegal call to me to falsely tell me that they has just discovered a fraudulent double purchase on my credit card, (not saying which one of course) and that by pressing the number one I could immediately speak to an investigator to get the matter resolved.
The creep of course did not bother to note that chances are, at 0645, such offices would not be opened, nor would they be on a legal holiday.
Surely it is time that a stop to these calls be made... not just adding the number to a blocking list. Such may prevent calls from THAT number, but they have hundreds, if not thousands of others to use.
It is time a class action law suit is filed against every telephone company who's line these criminals are renting, and one used for illegal purposes. The law should also be changed to forbid any phone company from providing services to any party who then blocks the number they call from, without justifiable and verifiable evidence that such blocking is needed. Further, it should be an offense to make the call from a number, that when you try to follow up on, only produces the lie that the line is not in service. When, in today's case, just a few minutes earlier it obviously WAS in service.
Perhaps a few multi-million dollar fines might get these providers to better police those whom they rent their lines to. At law, the provider of such services is an accomplice in the crimes being carried on ever day by their aiding and abetting these criminals.
Surely somewhere data bases exist as to what numbers are being used for these purposes as a result of citizen complaints. Following up on these, would lead to the phone companies who gave the tools to the criminal to perform their crimes. Just a thought!
And to this list can be added today's number... 1 (902) 083 1917. The number is assigned to Nova Scotia/PEI.
The culprits in this situation are damaging the fabulous reputation of the majority of great folks in both of these Canadian provinces. And while using such a line, they could still be calling form another jurisdiction, or worse yet another country.
Moving along...
My day probably began a little less pleasant that yours. It was just 0645, when some criminal element of fraudsters decided to make the typical illegal call to me to falsely tell me that they has just discovered a fraudulent double purchase on my credit card, (not saying which one of course) and that by pressing the number one I could immediately speak to an investigator to get the matter resolved.
The creep of course did not bother to note that chances are, at 0645, such offices would not be opened, nor would they be on a legal holiday.
Surely it is time that a stop to these calls be made... not just adding the number to a blocking list. Such may prevent calls from THAT number, but they have hundreds, if not thousands of others to use.
It is time a class action law suit is filed against every telephone company who's line these criminals are renting, and one used for illegal purposes. The law should also be changed to forbid any phone company from providing services to any party who then blocks the number they call from, without justifiable and verifiable evidence that such blocking is needed. Further, it should be an offense to make the call from a number, that when you try to follow up on, only produces the lie that the line is not in service. When, in today's case, just a few minutes earlier it obviously WAS in service.
Perhaps a few multi-million dollar fines might get these providers to better police those whom they rent their lines to. At law, the provider of such services is an accomplice in the crimes being carried on ever day by their aiding and abetting these criminals.
Surely somewhere data bases exist as to what numbers are being used for these purposes as a result of citizen complaints. Following up on these, would lead to the phone companies who gave the tools to the criminal to perform their crimes. Just a thought!
And to this list can be added today's number... 1 (902) 083 1917. The number is assigned to Nova Scotia/PEI.
The culprits in this situation are damaging the fabulous reputation of the majority of great folks in both of these Canadian provinces. And while using such a line, they could still be calling form another jurisdiction, or worse yet another country.
Moving along...
On 29 March 1867 the British Parliament enacted the British North America Act. It united the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick as the Dominion of Canada with its seat at Ottawa. This law came into effect 153 years ago today... on 1 July 1867.
So happy birthday to all from coast to coast to coast and those Canadians elsewhere in the world.
So happy birthday to all from coast to coast to coast and those Canadians elsewhere in the world.
Most will recall seeing an image of this painting over the years. The original of the Fathers of Confederation was done in charcoal and depicted 23 Fathers and their Secretary at the PEI 1864 Conference. But at another later that year, 10 more Fathers were added, and another 3 for reasons unknown to me.
The charcoal depiction was destroyed in a terrible fire at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa in 1916 and redone in 1967 for the 100th anniversary of Confederation. While depicting PEI, if you look though the windows it actually depicts Quebec.
At front near the center of the image is a lone Father standing. His name was Charles Tupper and was from Nova Scotia, and indeed one of its Premiers. He would later be the first ever President of the Medical Society of Canada and ever so briefly was also the Prime Minster of Canada.
My family members are in his line of descendants.
The charcoal depiction was destroyed in a terrible fire at the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa in 1916 and redone in 1967 for the 100th anniversary of Confederation. While depicting PEI, if you look though the windows it actually depicts Quebec.
At front near the center of the image is a lone Father standing. His name was Charles Tupper and was from Nova Scotia, and indeed one of its Premiers. He would later be the first ever President of the Medical Society of Canada and ever so briefly was also the Prime Minster of Canada.
My family members are in his line of descendants.
Here is a fellow you probably know, but don't know it!
He ran away from home at age 16 and within a few years became quite an accomplished pianist and bugle player. Possibly for a $300 bonus he was lured into signing up in the US Civil War with a Rhode Island infantry regiment.
His job was a that of a bandsman. But soon he was in the thick of things as a stretcher bearer during the Battle of Antietam, the worst of all battles apparently in the history of the US. Many Canadians fought in this battle and went on to later... or earlier... earn Medals of Honor. In the first 2 hours of this battle more troops were lost than on D Day. In about 12 hours some 23,000 had been killed, wounded, missing or captured. That's about ONE CASUALTY EVERY SECOND during the battle.
It should be noted that when the Civil War began, about 1 1/2 years earlier, the US Army only consisted of 16,400 men. And from those you can subtract 25% who left to join the Confederate forces.
After becoming wounded in either the hand or leg, sources differ, and a recovery period this fellow, now a Lieutenant, was released from the military. Years later he would return to his home.
This being in Quebec were, among other things, he took up writing music for songs. One of these you will hopefully recall. It was, and to this day, is called Oh Canada, and as Canada's nation anthem, you probably have heard it more than once today.
His name was Calixa Lavallee, though his surname seems to have been misspelled in this.... his pension index card. The surname ends with an...ie.. and others even have it spelt ending in...ey.
He ran away from home at age 16 and within a few years became quite an accomplished pianist and bugle player. Possibly for a $300 bonus he was lured into signing up in the US Civil War with a Rhode Island infantry regiment.
His job was a that of a bandsman. But soon he was in the thick of things as a stretcher bearer during the Battle of Antietam, the worst of all battles apparently in the history of the US. Many Canadians fought in this battle and went on to later... or earlier... earn Medals of Honor. In the first 2 hours of this battle more troops were lost than on D Day. In about 12 hours some 23,000 had been killed, wounded, missing or captured. That's about ONE CASUALTY EVERY SECOND during the battle.
It should be noted that when the Civil War began, about 1 1/2 years earlier, the US Army only consisted of 16,400 men. And from those you can subtract 25% who left to join the Confederate forces.
After becoming wounded in either the hand or leg, sources differ, and a recovery period this fellow, now a Lieutenant, was released from the military. Years later he would return to his home.
This being in Quebec were, among other things, he took up writing music for songs. One of these you will hopefully recall. It was, and to this day, is called Oh Canada, and as Canada's nation anthem, you probably have heard it more than once today.
His name was Calixa Lavallee, though his surname seems to have been misspelled in this.... his pension index card. The surname ends with an...ie.. and others even have it spelt ending in...ey.
The music was written by Lavallee for a French poem. The words were written by many others. The most popular being from Montreal lawyer Robert Stanley Weir in 1908. He would make slight changes a few times during the Great War and the federal government made a change more acceptable to the public in 2018 by altering the line.... In All Thy Suns Command to read In All Of Us Command.
The line... We Stand on Guard For Thee, is repeated several times. How ironic, as Calixa Lavallee did just that in the Fall of 1862. As did about 50,000 other British North Americans during the war.
Much more about these men AND women will appear in the next blog that will be posted this Sunday.
Once again... Happy Birthday Canada!
The 4th is when our friends south of the border will celebrate their birthday. Though with the troubled times south of us, there will probably be little in the way of celebration this year.
Bart
The line... We Stand on Guard For Thee, is repeated several times. How ironic, as Calixa Lavallee did just that in the Fall of 1862. As did about 50,000 other British North Americans during the war.
Much more about these men AND women will appear in the next blog that will be posted this Sunday.
Once again... Happy Birthday Canada!
The 4th is when our friends south of the border will celebrate their birthday. Though with the troubled times south of us, there will probably be little in the way of celebration this year.
Bart
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