A little over 5 years
ago I received a credit-card size piece of plastic from the Government of
Canada. The front side of the card had my name over a night time image of
Parliament Hill as seen from the other side of the Ottawa River, likely taken
from the grounds of the Canadian Museum of History. The Canada wordmark was in
the top left corner. Nice card, I thought. Although I initially wondered why I had received this
card, the information on the back was to confirm that I was officially a recipient
of Canada's Old Age Security benefit or what I like to call the 'you deserve
it' benefit. I gathered that the cardholder was somehow invited to flash the
card in the face of other people as it stated "The Government of Canada
asks that you extend all possible privileges to the cardholder." Thus far,
no one is stepping up to the "you" in that statement. But then, OC
Transpo does offer free bus rides on Wednesday. J
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