Canadian town donates $10k to Tsunami, wants it back for firework display.

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for the first time in my life i am ashamed to say im a Canadian.
i never thought that would be possible.

[smilestyler]

I am ashamed to call myself Canadian after reading that....

I'm even more ashamed, Meadow Lake is only a couple hundred Km's from where I live.
It is pathetic for the town council to have handled this so poorly.

[SlartyBartFast]

If I lost any of my loved ones, there is NO amount that could possibly replace them. To state that the payouts were "disgusting" and a "financial windfall" is incredibly insensitive.

But that's not the issue. The question isn't how much money would you accept to lose your loved ones. The question is: "how much do you NEED to get back on your feet?"

If you lost the major bread winner in your family, I think the community should help support you and get you back on your feet. But you can do that with far less than a million. THe 9/11 victims families that are suing for tens of millions are money grubbing IMO.

Why is it that a firefighter or police officer that dies in an "ordinary" rescue gets their family the standard life insurance and for 9/11 the families get enough to guarantee the family never has to seek employment again?

That's not right.

And I DO own my own house. I also have a family.

[Python14]

Again, fireworks rule. I would have been upset that my town could not have their 4th of July celebration because a few people decided to give away our money.

That brings something up, What the hell do canadians need fireworks for? Don't they know that the only thing they are celebrating is the fact that we let them stay another year?

[thump]

That brings something up, What the hell do canadians need fireworks for? Don't they know that the only thing they are celebrating is the fact that we let them stay another year?

umm if you knew your history then you would know that every time the US invaded Canada they were defeated and had to retreat.granted that was a LONG tiem ago and things have changed

[SlartyBartFast]

That brings something up, What the hell do canadians need fireworks for? Don't they know that the only thing they are celebrating is the fact that we let them stay another year?

The only reason americans celebrate is because Canadians/British got bored after burning the White House.

[Python14]

Those were cute battles.

[magsRus]

i hope their town catches fire due to a firework miss firing and hitting a tree

[wyn1370]

Oh man, and the joke is still going

never gets old

[SlartyBartFast]

Oh, one last news flash for you. Insurance doesn't cover 100% of your losses. Do you own a house? Read your policy sometime. How about a car? Do you think that, if your new car is totaled, you get 100% of what you owe on it?

I've got a news flash for you. If you're too stupid to insure your belongings at a level you need to have them insured at that's your problem. Don't come crying to me.

Losing a house or car and having to pay a deductable just means you get a few thousand less than the value of the insurance. Big deal. If you can't afford the deductable, just means you buy a cheaper car or house next time.

Got no insurance? Tough luck. Those that live in North America and any other jurisdiction where insurance is available should know better. Sure you should get help so you don't starve or freeze to death, but I don't see why anyone should reward your lack of foresight by replacing your belongings for you or helping you dig yourself out from under your own uninsured debt.

It infuriates me every year when we're hit with the sob stories of people losing everything in an apartment fire. For the cost of a pack of cigarettes a month they could have been fully insured.

Then there's the idiots who move to an area where they can't get flood or fire insurance and then they expect US to pick up the tab...

Don't get me started...

[Acer12]

it appears you already have started

[SlartyBartFast]

it appears you already have started

[Acer12]

I'm just messen man