Word: canadianization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...legislator belongs to the Canadian liberal opposition party, nicknamed the "Rat Pack" because they "go around sniffing out various things embarrasing for the government," Grantham said...
What they dug up was an impressive collection of "the world's tiniest dinosaurs," but one member of the Canadian Parliament has charged that their handling of the saber-toothed crocodiles, fish and footprints was more than a tiny bit illegal. He claims the scientists--a Columbia University professor and a Harvard graduate student--brought their find back to Cambridge in violation of Canadian legislation...
Grantham said he was "mad as hell" that Nunziata brought the issue before the Canadian House of Commons. "Nunzita called it 'Fossilgate,' but it was just the way science works," he said...
...years ago, the waterfront along Vancouver's False Creek, a narrow inlet off the city's main harbor, was covered with rusting railroad tracks and a few ramshackle factories. Garbage was strewn everywhere. Today the 173-acre site is the home of Expo 86, the Canadian world's fair that opens May 2 and runs through Oct. 13. The fair's theme is transportation, and visitors will be able to gaze at exhibits ranging from a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft to a Japanese high- speed passenger train that can travel more than 250 m.p.h. Moored in the harbor are dozens...
Timing is crucial in mounting a major exposition, of course. In this respect, the backers of Expo 86 must feel blessed. The fair is opening at a time when traveling in Canada is a real bargain for Americans. The U.S. dollar is trading at a ten-year high: $1.38 Canadian. In addition, as more and more Americans and Canadians cancel their plans to travel to Europe this summer out of fear of terrorism, they are scrambling for alternate itineraries. Vacationing in Vancouver could prove a popular choice...