Blog

Pleasure fishing on the rise despite StatsCan census

Posted by Matthew Brett on June 26th 2008 at 4:43pm

StatsCan released data today indicating less and less Canadians fish for pleasure. The figures may be slightly off. Quebec Health Minister Philippe Couillard had his period of reflection by the stream before resigning, fishing is one of Bernier’s newfound hobbies, and the biggest catch goes to Julie Couillard, who has been fishing for pleasure for some time now. Had StatsCan taken these variables into account, pleasure fishing in Canada would be very much alive.

Harper in his favorite fishing vest.

Harper’s cabinet shuffle was seen as a continued effort to fish for votes in Quebec. The candidates were drawn from a shallow pond. McCain was up in Canada last week fishing for favour. Dion’s green “shift” is slipping out of his hands quicker than his voting base, and the war in Afghanistan is a slippery fish indeed. Pleasure fishing fading in Canada? I beg to differ.

Matthew Brett

Matthew Brett is the Canadian Dimension weblog manager. The views expressed on this blog do not necessarily represent his own. Read more by Matthew Brett.

Commenting disabled.

Noam Chomsky, linguist and author

With the world veering from one potential catastrophe to another, in many different domains, it has never been more important to have clear, critical thinking and analysis that is not restricted by dominant ideologies. Canadian Dimension has performed that function very effectively; a contribution of unusual importance.

— Noam Chomsky, linguist and author. SUBSCRIBE NOW!