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HERE IS WHAT a Canadian $5 bill looks like:
The man on the note is Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who served as the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911 and is credited with bringing the anglophone and francophone communities in the country together.
But what else grabs you about him? Not seeing it?
Robert Estes / TwitterCanada "Spock's" their $5! Lol #LLAP #MrSpock @haley_estes http://t.co/ewPzNjXkfx pic.twitter.com/VsrpwaGBcC
— Robert Estes 🚀🚀🚀 (@robert_estes) March 2, 2015
Yes, he happens to look a little like Spock from beloved TV series Star Trek – whose well-loved actor, Leonard Nimoy, passed away this week.
But, interestingly, this isn’t just one of many responses to the Star Trek legend’s recent passing. In fact, a Facebook group dedicated to “Spocking Fives” was set up as far back as 2012 – describing the practice as “a Canadian cultural phenomenon”. Reports exist going back almost a decade, indicating that this is a long-standing Canadian tradition.
However, the sci-fi star’s passing has introduced the concept to more Canadians, leading to a spate of Spocked Fives uploaded to Twitter to commemorate Nimoy.
CBC News confirmed with Bank of Canada that it is “not illegal” to deface notes in this way, meaning Canadians (or those with a few Canadian bills floating around their wallets) can rest assured that it’s a fitting tribute for Spock.
The Greens will be struggling to survive after the madness they have put us through since they got into power.
@Red Line: Can’t you not focus on the subject being discussed instead of taking potshots?
Take your frustration out in the polling booths instead of ruining the comments thread. The destruction of nature threatens our very existence.
@Ollie O’Cleirigh: The Greens are fake environmentalists. For example they approve of mass immigration, no matter of the impact on Ireland’s carbon footprint.
@Ollie O’Cleirigh: public discourse is far more important than voting even though both are important. The greens have set back the green agenda in Ireland for decades with lazy and incompetent political leaders and party members. They constantly commentate on our emissions and come up with no strategy as to how to mitigate them. Not one word from them on nuclear power and investment in our grid which cannot even connect new wind farms as its totally ineffective and at its capacity already. Then when asked about public they talk about hydrogen trains when electric trains would transform the islands public transport. Bicycle lanes painted on the side of roads and south facing window boxes. They are done. Get them out. Impoverishing the poor further particularly rurally will not help.
@Allora: 100%. There a bunch of amateur politicians that got lucky in the last election.
Malcom why is your so called Green party destroying wildlife habitats ,biodiversity killing trees wasting millions of taxpayers money at Lough Funshinagh flood crisis causing the demolition and flooding of homes farmyards and villages in a National housing crisis !! By not allowing the lake return to its natural level!!! Is there a hidden agenda ?
Well said Malcolm. Green policies are becoming accepted in most governments and we need a brave voice.
Just how committed is the government to preserving what’s left of our biodiversity? It allows coursing clubs to capture thousands of our native hares, supposedly a protected species, for the purpose of setting dogs on them. If that can happen to an iconic species that conservationists have dubbed the “Flagship of Irish biodiversity”, then how serious can our leaders be about saving our wildlife heritage? The image of a hare having its bones crushed or being tossed into the air by a coursing dog could aptly represent the attitude of this government to the wild creatures that share the island with us.
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