The left-wing Toronto Star actually has a writer who’s funny—on purpose—and knows it. Linwood Barclay wrote a piece called “You’ll be so happy with Ontario’s brand new name”. (Hat tip: OntheRight)
Reaction, so far, has been a bit mixed to Premier Dalton McGuinty’s decision to change the name of Ontario to HappyHappyPlace. But as is often the case when a big change is made, it takes a bit of time to get used to it.
The premier has been, evidently, thinking about changing the name of the province for some time, but felt conditions needed to be right before going ahead.
I had a couple minutes with the premier, a one-on-one in the back of his limo, and he explained: “Now that we’ve eliminated dog bites and smoking and unhealthy snacks, and our bill to make everyone say please and thank you is set to be introduced, it seemed everything was in place.”
So as to minimize the costs of changing the name of the province to HappyHappyPlace, the transition will be gradual. As various ministries run out of stationery, it will be replaced with new stuff featuring the province’s new name. And as highway signs featuring the province’s name deteriorate, or are struck down, they’ll be replaced with HappyHappyPlace signs.
“We’re sort of in a period where, if you bash your SUV into one of our signs, we’re okay with that,” said the premier.
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