Asked to comment, Carney's office stated that they had told those hosers to take off.

At least in my experience in early 2000s BC we still used British spelling in grade school and all over Vancouver and the island (eg. Harbour Centre)

Related: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/the-ize-have-it

Canadian English is what you get when a country moves out of England’s attic to attend university and ends up with America as a roommate.

> "So far, bless him, he has not resorted to 'gaol' for 'jail.'"

Some parts of Canada inexplicably used "gaol" for "jail" until fairly recently. For example, the "Headingley Gaol" near Winnipeg. The jail has been renamed to Headingley Correctional Center, but the road to it is still Gaol Road, preserving the linguistic curiosity.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headingley_Correctional_Instit... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Gaol+Rd,+Headingley,+MB,+C...