10:25 am, Ontario’s premier’s opening statements at the First Ministers meeting hit a chord among the premiers.
“Yes we Canada,” she said, speaking to a comprehensive team oriented approach to tackling the nation’s issues. It was a play on President-elect Obama’s rallying American slogan “Yes we can.”
“It’s time to work together to change the system,” said Ontario’s premier.
She wasn’t concerned about potential trademark infringements. “It could be [an infringment],” she admitted, “but it’s all with good intentions.”
The democrat’s slogan has caused controversy south of the border. “It’s outrageous,” declared Homer “Deacon” Jones Jr., the president and grandson of the founder of the Intercourse Canning Company of Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
“….When someone takes our prideful slogan, ‘Yes, We Can!’ and usurps it for political purposes, well, that makes my blood boil. That slogan is known all over the country for just one thing: Canning.” The Intercourse Canning Company is known for canning beets, pickles and tomatoes. Mr. Jones was the President of the National Center for Home Food Preservation and Canning from 1996 to 2002.
Neither the Obama campaign nor The Intercourse Canning Company was available for comment.
