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2 - (:rono Weekly Mines, Wednesday, October 9, O RONO WEEKLY lIMES Produced Weekly By Sonbon Publishing Pui 'cations Mail Regstration No. 0368 Puibishiîng 47 Issues Annuai,-lly ait thie Office of Publication 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB IMO Telephone 905-983-5301 fax 905-983-5301 Troy Young Editor e Publisher EURopEAN VACATION AÀND THE CAJNADIA N IDENVTITY PROBLEM Al 1 can say is.wow! I have been back in the, country less than 24 hours at the trne of this writing from my European vacation. What a trip it was. I saw the crown jewels, I was at Buckingham Palace. 1 fed pigeons in Trafalgar Square. 1 was in the spot where. Prince Charles and Lady Diana were married in 1981. 1 was in the cathedralwhere Napolean crowned himself Emperor in 1801. 1 danced on a stag ,e at a Parisian cabaret. 1 watched the sun set from the top of the Eiffel Tower. I ate dinner in Roman baths that were 2,372 years old. I sang Christmas carols while driving through the Italian countryside with Salvatore the singing tour bus driver. And I was in St. Peter's Square while the Pope blessed the crowd. What a full and busy 12 days 1 had. We over here in North America get -so wrapped up in our daily lives and ourselves, that -many of us thînik that we are in the center of the world (that is more true for Americans than us). But there is a whole world out there so steeped in history, culture and their own daily business which equals or surpasses many of the things we are doing here. t was really rather eye-opening to immerse myself in what really is a completely different way of life. t would be great if everyone could travel abroad and see the worl d. 1 know that this is not possible, for most; it is rather expensive and Urne consuming to travel. But there wo uld be a way for us to experience the wonders of the world without any cost to ourselves. While travelling, i was really taken aback at the way people regàrded Canada. We were treated quite well because we were Canadians, but really, travellers and people around the. world know very little about Canada-. There is no real Canadian identity that people the -world over have recognized. Outside buildings and on international signs could be found flags from places lîke Germany, France, Italy, the United States, Australia, Japan, and Great Britain, but not Canada. We saw a comedian who poked fun at almost every other western country, but not Canada. Why? Because we are not worth making fun of? No, it was because there was no stereotype for our couintry in which he could make fun of. This is a good thing you say? Well in une way, yes it is. t meanis that we a a diverse and vibrant country that welcomes aspects from cultures ail over the world. But it does have its downside. The people we met and travelled with were for the most _part, expenienced travellers. Very few of them had ever been to Canada. Some of themi were Americans who hived in Detroit, whose only timie in Canada was to cross the border and go to Windsor. People knew very lîttie about ourcountry and what could be donce here. They had neyer thoughit of going to Quebec to see our french culture. Or to B.C. for- our miountains and forests. Or to the Maritimes to discover the unique culture found there. Or to visit our very cosmiopolitan cities of Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal. And why not? You'd think Canada would be the ideal place to corne and visit, especially withi our weak dollar. In the international markets, Caniada's dollar is very 1low. When 1 first went to France seven years ago, I could buy 5 french francs to one Canadian dollar. This time, it was roughlly three french francs to the dollar. In England a worker in a retail store mnade £7.50 while one have to pay one pound for a can of coke in a machine, and realize you just paid almost $2.30 for it, that is.a lot of money. But when you realize that they mnake as nsiuch in pounds as we do in dollars, prices are similar, if not cheaper for some items than we pay here. Now conversely, when you make your conversions and realize how expensive it is to travel abroad on the Canadian dollar, it becomes obvious just how much farther their money would go in Canada. Many people from Europe have travelled to the United States. The U.S. does not neced any promotion; it dominates movies and music ini Europe, and has a strong place on television. Australia also was the destination for many overseas travellers. But very few of them had ever gone to Canada or considered going to Canada. They did not realize how cheap it would be. to travel to Canada, or what they could see when they were there. 1 was really surprised that Australia rated higher than Caniada as a preferred travel destination. Our government should work hiarder at promoting our country abroad as a travel destination. They can spend, $23 million dollars so Shelia Copps can make sure every Canadian has a flag; ,why can't they spend $23 million to promote us abroad? Not to businesses, but to the average Joe in th e street. Let -them know how great our country is, and how far their money could go. As more of them come to Canada, that is more money coming into our country. That is also more jobs and government revenue. And as Canada becomes more well known with the average citizen of the world, that can lead to more interest from foreign companies.1 Promoting Canadian travel around the world would have an enormous benefit to our country. THANuK You 1 would like to take the opportunity to thank the people the kept the paper going while I was away. I'd like to thank my staff for ail of the extra work that they put in and for my being able to trust them with such a highly responsible undertaking. I'd like to thank my friend Remi for making sure all the deliveries were donc on time and an extra special thank you goes to Kate and Dave Lang for all their contributions and picture taking for the paper. If there is anyone else that 1 forgot to thank who contributed to the paper while 1 was away, thank you as well. T~he 6Gho st And[SL Sviour's The Darkness MILL STREET ORONO, ONTARIO Minister: continued from page 1 Rev. Ann Tottenham Rectory 987-5678 e Church 983-5594 British expansion into the SUNDAY SERVICE, SUNDAY SCHOOL interior of Africa, a feat that and YOUTH GROUP 9:30 am. armies had tried to do and S&3RSUDYOMNT failed. IST & 3RD UNI 0 ONT Val Kilmer plays John HL OMNO Patterson, a bridge-buildmng engineer and Michael Douglas ____________ is Remington, an acclaimed big game hunter. The two set out on the greatest adventure 7&eJcfï of their lives to find and kill these two "Devils of the Jnoain Night". The two men soon find themselves being hunt- ed by the two lions they were sent after. To this day, the< tales of "The Ghost",and "'The Darkness" continue to finid themselves into legends throughout Africa. /" er Bongo was the big star of 9é nlem CZýrgt7 the production, being the pri- mnary lion to play The Ghost è/e §/Imes/ while Caesar was usua-lly The Darkness. 0f course they, Choose From Our Book often interchanged roles and had to share screen time with By RainbowInvitationsC heother lions (two came Have Us Design One from France and two cameUnqeFrYu fruitYs1Hollywood) but Bongo. 'nqeFrYu remained the rnost used of the six lions. The people Do nTdy working on the movie had Do nTdy neyer encountered better trained lions than Bongo and $4-75 fo>r first 25 uc>rdJs .09 ci wc:)rci cibo>ve 25 Kendal United Church Kendal, Ontario Sunday, October 13, 1996 Worship & Sunday School, 1 1:15 ar. "A Special Place" Thanksgiving Sunday Please join us Next Sunday: Oct. 12-- 11:15 ar. Anniversary Celebration Guest: Rev. Larry Mars hall Special Music & Preaching "la good place ta be -- a healthy place for children" Minister: Rev. David Black 786-2950 ORONO PASTORAL ~ CHARGE Minister Rev. NMervyn Russell Risebrougb, Secretary 983-5702 Church Office 983-5502 CHURCH SERVICES Sunday, October l3th, 1996 Kirby United Church 9:30 amn Orono United Churcb 11:00 amn Sunday, October 2th Kirby United Church Service begins at 9:30 arn., Anniversary Service at Orono United Church at 11:00 ar. A.A. meets every Thursday 7:30 p.m. 1 St~~uttsPa k1 1996