gary lawrence murphy if we had more variety of franchise food than the wendys kfc pizzahut tacobell timhorton s monopoly the usa is a nation founded on creative free enterprise entrepreneurs canada is a nation built on monopolies things aren t all that bad i remember vancouver as having a broad variety of good local eateries and toronto as having a variety of good local strip joints i never ate a doughnut in canada so i cannot vouch for their quality i could live in either of these cities quite happily but carolyn doesn t like cold weather personally i almost never eat at a franchise restaurant usually you can find better fare or cheaper fare and often both at a local restaurant _________________________________________________________________ join the world s largest e mail service with msn hotmail URL 