Where's a polite Canadian when you need one?

This guy went skiing out-of-bounds with his son, and things got a bit sticky. He called 911, and the cavalry came to the rescue.

Now the cavalry has sent him a bill.

Mountain spokesman Chris Dagenais said it's the first time a skier or snowboarder at any of the North Shore's three ski operations has been billed for a rescue.

"We are hoping to set a precedent here," Dagenais said.

Ouch.

"The invoice we have sent to the family covers snowcat time, patrol time and transport time," he said. "They knowingly went into an out-of-bounds area and we hope they do the right thing."

Run away? Give a fake name? Guilt-trip a bunch of Canadians into tearing up the bill? What does "right" mean in Canadian anyway? "Easy," probably. What an inscrutable people they are.

The father and son also had their Grouse Mountain ski passes cancelled.

I like to picture the scene when this pair gets home and mom asks what took them so long. In my mind, she just skates right up to them and douses them in maple syrup after they tell her. Instant Canadian justice!