Patriotic Semen-Editorial in Vancouver Sun."Given the fuss about illegal immigrants, you'd think someone would notice the millions of Americans crossing our border and the thousands who become Canadians in just nine months. Health Canada Health Canada (French: Santé Canada) is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for national public health. Health Canada's goal is to improve Canadian life by improving Canadian longevity, lifestyle and use of public healthcare. has effectively quarantined Canadian semen semen or seminal fluid Whitish viscous fluid emitted from the male reproductive tract that contains sperm and liquids (seminal plasma) that help keep them viable. because of problems with disease screening. As a result, a record amount of US semen is being imported. The number of infants is as few as 2,000-that's how many Canadian women receive donor insemination insemination /in·sem·i·na·tion/ (-sem?i-na´shun) the deposit of seminal fluid within the vagina or cervix. artificial insemination (AI) that done by artificial means. each year-but given that a tiny bit of semen contains a gazillion ga·zil·lion n. Informal An indefinitely large number: "The crowd cheered wildly . . . as gazillions of balloons poured down from the rafters" Tom Shales. sperm, the numbers of potential immigrants is staggering. We demand that Canada Customs and Revenue investigate whether these newcomers can support themselves on Canadian soil. Do they speak one of Canada's two official languages? Will they make a useful contribution? We need to know." |
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