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Default Slow service ? at Starbucks? Imagine that.

On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:53:10 -0500, Michel Boucher
> wrote:

>When I worked for Information Canada, we collected (public) information to
>create access files for the public and the press with names of high ranking
>officials in both federal and provincial governments. It was my job then
>(1975ish) to update the lists from time to time as the Canadian Almanach
>was always two years behind. I noticed that as I called from east to west,
>I encountered more resistance and people were less cooperative until it got
>to Alberta and that was the lowest in terms of cooperation. BC was fine
>however.


Alberta probably didn't take kindly to Quebec's rabble rousing at the
time with all that silly talk about succeeding from Canada.

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