I am going to Van Couver next week.
Does anybody know if they have a store there where they sell blind stuff.
I see many cane manufacturers are from Canada.  I would like to look at 
different models and different tips.

Look out seafood, I'm coming to get you!!!!

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From: "richard fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 8:56 AM
Subject: Re: Hearing Aids For Hams


> Hi;
> Very interesting.  I'm in Buffalo on the Ontario boarder and
> heard on some radio program a while back that they were
> subsidized and Canada was the place to shop.  Since everything
> else is terribly expensive up yonder I was hoping hearing aids at
> least might be a bargain.  So moral of story don't believe
> everything you hear on the radio?
> richard
> sent from my braille note
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:54:04 -0600
> Subject: Re: Hearing Aids For Hams
>
> and tell me this, why, in your mind, would the canadian
> government subsidize
> hearing aids?
> They absolutely do not subsidize hearing aids, just as they don't
> subsidize
> eye glasses.
> Perhaps a particular social assistance program at the provincial
> level may
> offer some subsidy or partial payment, up to a certain dollar
> value, every 5
> years, and most do I believe, but certainly not the federal
> government lol.
> In fact, the federal government doesn't provide health care
> specifically
> either, that is done at the provincial level.
> Remember, we aren't some far off city state with one government,
> the
> canadian government is a federal government of a country which is
> considered
> to be the biggest country of continuous landmass in the world.
> Our feds are
> similar to yours, and we also have provincial government, like
> state
> government...and we have civic government as well.
> So no, I wish the federal government would subsidize hearing
> aids, but they
> do not.
> They don't subsidize education, they don't subsidize healthcare,
> and they
> don't subsidize anyone with a disability, beyond a federal tax
> savings
> initiative or savings plan etc...yep, that helps the 45 percent
> of the
> disabled who are actually employed , woohoo!
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "richard fiorello" <[log in to unmask]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 6:10 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hearing Aids For Hams
>
> Hi;
> Very Interesting.  My mom had hearing aids about 15 years ago
> and
> about all I recall is that they squealed constantly.  They
> helped
> in a room without lots of background noise but didn't do much
> good in a crowd.
> I've been told that hearing aids are drastically cheaper in
> Canada because they are subsidized by the Canadian government.
> Fortunately I haven't had to go shopping but life's not over.
> richard
> sent from my braille note 


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