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economist sunsuntribune saturday july 2 2005 t stouffville suntnbune a metroland community newspaper 34 civic ave 3rd floor stouffville on l4a 7z5 publisher ian proudfoot editor in chief debora kelly n business manager robert lazurko director production interactive media john futhey advertising director- distribution director marketingpartnerships retail flyer sales- nicole fletcher advertising director classified real estate events management gordpaolucci circulation barry black director circulation systems lynnpashko director debraweller york region printing fgeneralmanager bob dean letters to the editor adopted country community difficult to leave we aire an american family that has lived in unionville for almost 10 years in two weeks we will be moving back to the states we recently came across an article appearing in this paper on june 29 1996 entitled see you later eh it was about another family from the states at that time we had only been living here for eight months we saved the article wondering if some day wed be able to express the same thoughts and experiences as shared by that expatriate family the answer is a definite yes we have enjoyed bur canadian experience as we reflect on our time here weve experienced downtown toronto including the cn tower toronto islands and casa loma weve cheered on the maple leafs raptors blue jays and argos weve attended concerts and theatre performances weve visited niagara falls weve trav elled coast to coast and marvelled at the beautiful scenery weve met some of the friendliest people in the world many experiences became seasonal traditions well remember unionville festival and olde tyme christmas parade well remember skiing and snowboarding in collingwopd well remember going to forsyth farms for pumpkins and christmas trees well remember the markham fair and the ex well remember muskoka and camp miniyowe well remember the numerous activ ities surrounding main street unionville and toogood pond the list could go on we have certainly experienced a lot of great things we have seen what we think is the best of canada most of all well remember living in unionville we are heartbroken over leaving friends neighbours church and home we will truly miss this commu nity that is second to none we have had the pleasure of meeting blowing and loving the most loyal of people weve made lasting friendships we truly thank all of you who know us we depart with a fond appreciation for canada our adopted country as wecross the border with lots of tears we take more than just our household belongings our family and two dogs we take a decade of wonder ful memories we look forward to visiting in the future so therefore it is very appropri ate to just say see you later eh god bless the dahlin family unionville akjujaz- do telemarketers make you want to reach for a gum the phone rings i say hello and theres silence after a few seconds a youthful or heavily accented voice asks may i speakto mr annan please my name has only two syllables and theyre both the same yet i could be joe btfsplk judging by the difficulty the telemarketers have pronounc ing it mr annan speaking- 1 reply giving her a broad hint about the way i say my name she continues and how are you today mr btfsplk terrible is what id like to answer my rhomboid muscle aches every time i play golf would you recommend surgery or more therapy but its hot the way iwas raised so until recentlyid say fine and listen for a minute or two to the sales pitch before interjecting im riot interested thanks we interrupt this column for a commer cial announcement if yoiihave something to sell people in york region try advertising in this newspaper instead of phoning people during supper we now return to our regular ly scheduled column americans decided in 2003 that tliey were fed up with telemarketing calls so tliey creat ed a national doy notcall registry companies that phone people on the list bruce annan can be fined 11000 so far 92 million resi dential phone numbers are on the list seeing the popularity of the united states registry our government swung into action too first the canadian radiotelevision and telecommunications commission studied the matter hired a bunch more bureaucrats to write some recommendations went on a few factfinding trips and then decided it did nt have jurisdiction so it lobbed it over to the government where it landed with the take a deep breadi standing committee on industry natural resources science and technology after saying their name a few times the members of the scinrst went for a long nap then told the bureaucrats to draft some legis lation which they did then each of the opposition parlies with members on the committee the bloc ndp and conservatives introduced amend ments the bill creating a canadian do- notcall registry for telemarketers received first read ing in the house of commons before it goes to the senate it needs sec ond and third readings- perhaps in die fall it may only be ahotiier year before you can add your name to the list if and when that happy day arrives the only telemarketers whocan still call and bug you will be the 80000 registered charities in this country if tliey each called you once every 10 years that would be only 22 calls per day businesses that have a preexisting rela tionship with you ie anywhere you ever spend any money anyone having anydiing to do with poli tics anyone doing a survey is this starting to sound familiar remind you of any odier national registry uiat does nt work but costs lots of money do telemarketers make you want to reach for a gun canadas right to privacy laws are so strong that the government wont tell police the identities of dozens of war criminals it has allowed into the country but as a citizen you still wont have much right to privacy from telemarketers an internet chain letter i received recom mended the following as soon as you realize its a telemarketing call say hold on please and put down the phone hang it up again when it starts beeping and take satisfaction in knowing youve reduced the boiler room effi ciency rate i tried it they phoned back the next day i dontquite have the nerve to use the jerry seinfeld technique this sounds interesting could i phone your boss at home later and talk about it oh he doesnt like getting calls at home me neither if- you think the much delayed much amended do not call registry is shaping up to be yet another federal farce call your mps constituency office maybe theyll give you his or her home phone number congratulations on surviving until tax freedom day june 26 in canada up until then everything you- earned this year has gone to the government now you finally start working for yourself enjoy die summer taking a twomonth break like ottawa bruce annan is a york region writer and consultant bruceannangmailcom letters policy the suntribune welcomes your letters submissions must be less than 400 words and include a daytime telephone number name and address the 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