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October 2, 2010 by FauxCapitalist

Barry Chamish, controversial author and commentator on Israeli politics, was on Radio Liberty with Dr. Stan Monteith on September 27, 2010, and lived up to his billing with this controversial statement 29 minutes in:

“Can you name a Canadian invention? No, there aren’t any. Look, I lived in Canada. I tried to live in Canada for a few months after 32 years away from the place. Now as bad as the American government is, the American people invent things. They don’t invent things in Canada. And there’s a reason for it — there’s a very tight bureaucracy.”

While he was clearly being hyperbolic as a result of his obvious frustration from his time in Canada, there definitely are Canadian inventions, and here are some of the more notable ones:

  • The telephone (Alexander Graham Bell)
  • Amplitude modulation used by AM radio (Reginald Fessenden)
  • Insulin for diabetes patients (Frederick Banting)
  • Standard time (Sir Sanford Fleming)
  • Basketball (James Naismith)
  • The walkie-talkie (Alfred J. Gross)
  • The Blackberry (Mike Lazaridis)

While I believe the form of government of the United States as well as the character of those who built it resulted in the greatest unleashing of creative talent the world has ever seen, that has been undermined greatly over the last century, with various socialist policies. This shift has ultimately been reflected in things like the conservative Heritage Foundation’s 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, where Canada surpassed the United States, and, in Big Four accounting firm KPMG’s 2010 ranking of Canada as more business tax friendly than the United States.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alexander Graham Bell, Barry Chamish, Canada, Canadian, Frederick Banting, invention, James Naismith, Radio Liberty, Sanford Fleming, United States | 8 Comments

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  1. on January 16, 2012 at 11:34 am Canadian Inventions

    Good list. Thanks


  2. on October 8, 2010 at 1:27 am Barry Chamish

    Hello,

    Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in Boston.
    There is no Canadian connection to the phone at all unless
    you think his spending a couple of teenage years in Ontario makes the invention Canadian. If he had stayed in Canada, he NEVER would have invented the phone or anything else. Barry


    • on October 8, 2010 at 10:46 am Eric

      What about you saying this is capitalism Barry? That’s the dumbest damn thing anybody ever said. Do you want to bicker over territory or do you want to crush the banksters? Read the content on this site and contribute something worthwhile or engage in debate. Do you know anything about monetary policy? Do you know anything about the philosophy of the bankers?


    • on October 8, 2010 at 11:16 am FauxCapitalist

      Yes, he spent many years in Canada and was a British subject when Canada was a British territory. As much as he was a Canadian inventor, he was also a British and American inventor.

      As you can see from my brief list, claims of Canadian inventions don’t rest solely with him.


    • on February 6, 2011 at 11:51 am FauxCapitalist

      Elections Canada confirms that all British citizens could vote in Canadian elections up until 1970, further demonstrating Alexander Graham Bell’s Canadian credentials.

      http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=faq&document=faqvoting&lang=e#voting14

      “Can I vote in the federal election if I am a British citizen?

      No. In 1970, amendments to the Canada Elections Act restricted the right to vote to Canadian citizens, although British subjects eligible to vote as of June 25, 1968, kept their right to vote until 1975.”


  3. on October 4, 2010 at 11:17 pm Alex

    As a Canadian, I have to say the telephone is not wholly Canadian.

    But the baseball mit is!


    • on October 4, 2010 at 11:24 pm Eric

      Alex, did you listen to the audio? He said this system is capitalism. Is that a joke or what?


  4. on October 3, 2010 at 12:24 am Eric

    Your killing me! 15 minutes in he starts ripping on capitalism – calling this system capitalism? Extremely offensive and insulting to capitalism(a system with no wealth-redistribution). I have to wonder who Chamish is serving. Does Stan ever listen to Crash! Are You Ready? I have to admit I thought there was some kind of supernatural reason the bankers were so rich before I understood the mechanics. You have Stan’s home phone number right? Can’t you explain to him that if we reform our monetary policy and stop throwing money at the bankers everything will change? And then to top it off he says gold standard shill Bob Chapman is the next guest at the end. Torturous. What would LOST have been without the “walkie”?



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