Times, they are a-chagin'

Greetings, world.

Welcome to A Letter from Canadaland, an idea I had a few months ago when walking into a Shopper's Drug Mart.

You see, I'm a Canadian. We Canadians are a helpful, peaceful, and generally clean people. We don't cause any trouble, and we try our hardest to elect the blandest, most banal politicians we can. People often forget we exist, tucked way up here on top of America's head, and that's sort of the way we like it.

Oh, we complain and whine about how Canada isn't getting its due on the global stage, but that's about all we do. We don't bomb people, we don't riot in the streets and flip cars (with a few exceptions – Montréal, I'm looking at you, here), we just get indignant and let it stew up inside our maple-filled and backbacon-coated hearts.

Well, no longer! No longer, I say! I will take up the crusade of all Canadians against stupidity and ridiculousness in a way which is utterly Canadian – The Strongly Worded Letter.

Each week, I will be writing a letter to a company or organization, detailing their utter ridiculousness and what I think they should do about it. This will be a real, honest-to-goodness paper letter that will be postmarked and sent. The reply (if any) will also be posted.

So check back! What did Shopper's Drug Mart do to garner the wrath of Canadaland and begin this wild ride? Only time (and more realistically, this Blog when you come back next week), will tell.