That'll make it harder to, like, bone their girlfriends. They'll just, like, say "No way."

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I'll bet pressure from the US has absolutely nothing to do with this.

Nothing, I tell you.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Sorry.

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Good luck with that.

Australia is considering this as well. It should stop 14yo's from drinking, don't you think?

UNLIKELY

It's hardly asinine. There's a reason the US did it, even in the face of ginormous pressure and, no, it wasn't puritanical nutbags.

why should they be allowed to drink at 18, when every other state is 21?

strangeguitar: That'll make it harder to, like, bone their girlfriends. They'll just, like, say "No way, eh."

Forgot something.

MorningBreath: why should they be allowed to drink at 18, when every other state is 21?

*snerk*

flucto: It's hardly asinine. There's a reason the US did it, even in the face of ginormous pressure and, no, it wasn't puritanical nutbags.

Oh really? Do tell.

I might care if I wasn't 40

If you can go a die for your country you should be able to drink.

No how am I supposed to drive to Montreal and find drunken 16 year old girls with fake IDs in Motel rooms?

So, now Canadian soldiers can like their US counterparts, die for their country but not legally drink a beer. This is nuts, eh.

flucto: It's hardly asinine. There's a reason the US did it, even in the face of ginormous pressure and, no, it wasn't puritanical nutbags.

Shenanigans.

CANADA is doing no such thing.

One Board of Health from a hard-drinking university town is making noises about it.

Drinking ages in Canada are determined by the province.

They should lower the drinking age, I think.

Think of all the fun to be had at those Canadian bat-mitzvahs!!

What the hell is wrong with Canada? First they raise the age of consent from 14 to 16, now they might raise the drinking age from 19 to 21.

An Ontario health board is calling on the provincial government to raise the legal drinking age ... The Middlesex-London Health Unit voted this week in favour of the resolution ...

One health board.

CALLING on the PROVINCIAL government.

You couldn't fail more on the failingest day of your life with an electrified failing machine, failmitter.

flucto: It's hardly asinine. There's a reason the US did it, even in the face of ginormous pressure and, no, it wasn't puritanical nutbags.

You are wrong.

flucto: It's hardly asinine. There's a reason the US did it, even in the face of ginormous pressure and, no, it wasn't puritanical nutbags.

Because a bunch of idiots ruin it for the rest of sane, clear thinking 18 year olds, by acting like...
...BWAHAHAH. Sorry, couldn't keep a straight face.

good, now they suffer like i suffer

FTFA: "For its part, the provincial government has no plans to change the age requirement."

TFA: ....standards and advocating to reduce the legal blood-alcohol concentration to 0.05 per cent from 0.08 per cent.

Get the hell off of my continent!

towatchoverme: An Ontario health board is calling on the provincial government to raise the legal drinking age ... The Middlesex-London Health Unit voted this week in favour of the resolution ...

I've heard of anal and oral, but what's this middle sex people keep talking about?

boobies?

I thought Washington D.C. would threaten withhold interstate funds to force individual states to raise their drinking ages to 21. What gives?

From TFA: "An Ontario health board is calling on the provincial government to raise the legal drinking age to 21 from 19, saying that teenagers are most at risk of alcohol-related death or injury.

This just in: Ontario does not make up all of Canada. It's rumoured there are other provinces with their own Provencial laws. News outlets will continue to alert the public with round the clock coverage of this startling development.

mikemoto: So, now Canadian soldiers can like their US counterparts, die for their country but not legally drink a beer. This is nuts, eh.


Because drunk soldiers are a good idea?

I'm a 20 year old who is planning a party weekend in Canada, so I'm really getting a kick out of this.

/An uptight town ~= to the province

Ah, bear farker, people from Ontario think they ARE Canada (said the Albertan).

First of all, Ontario ≠ Canada. I happen to live in Ontario, and the drinking age of 19 does not stop 16yr olds from drinking anyways... and then there's always Montreal. Ah Montreal, Labatt Bleu-Dry in a paper bag from the Depaneur for $2.25. Those were the days.

Alright, I've got this idea to fix the draft age vs. drinking age problem.

You can drink if you join the military, or wait until you're 21. If you drink before you're 21, the only punishment is automatic enlistment (possibly deferred until you're old enough to join the military).

This could either decrease problems with underage drinking, increase enlistment rates, or increase the likelihood of cops planting fake evidence to get rid of annoying teens. Any way you slice it, politicians would probably like it.

MorningBreath: why should they be allowed to drink at 18, when every other state is 21?

Beautiful.

The Middlesex-London Health Unit != Canada.

Whoops, I didn't mean to steal MorningBreath's troll line. My bad.

FTA:he said the latest statistics from 2001 show that of the 1,600 young people who died from injury per year nationally, 45 per cent were by motor-vehicle crashes and 40 per cent of that was a result of drinking and drinking.

Looks like they've been tipping back a few at the ol' Globe and Mail offices too...

Ultra vires. Drinking age (if you read the FA) is a provincial authority.

I guess I should have refreshed before posting... seems a few people beat me to the punch.

Bear Farker: This just in: Ontario London's health unit does not make up speak for all of Canada Ontario.

FTFY

I say lower the drinking age to -5.

Bump everything up to 21. People can hardly be considered "adult" even at 21 these days.

EL_FABREZ Because drunk soldiers are a good idea?

Would you go to war sober?

Handsome B. Wonderful 2008-03-29 11:29:41 PM
Ontario != Canada

From BC, are ya?

MasterPython: Would you go to war sober?

Yeah, but I'd have to be drunk to enlist... maybe Canada's not planning anymore wars.

Hey, let's raise the drinking age to 55, and lower the speed limit to 21! that'll save lots of lives! Oh, I guess that will affect a larger bloc of voters, so that won't happen. Don't want to upset the demographic that gets you elected, eh? fark everyone else!

EL_FABREZ: MasterPython: Would you go to war sober?

Yeah, but I'd have to be drunk to enlist... maybe Canada's not planning anymore wars.

Canada has an army??

Bump everything up to 21. People can hardly be considered "adult" even at 21 these days.

Exactly.

If anything, people are dumber at 21 now than they were 20 years ago.

Scruffinator: TFA: ....standards and advocating to reduce the legal blood-alcohol concentration to 0.05 per cent from 0.08 per cent.

Get the hell off of my continent!

*whistles, applauds*