Merry Christmas dear world

I am reminded of my ten year old self today. I received a prayer book as a Christmas gift and in the flyleaf was written to Elizabeth Christmas Day 1955. I wrote a letter to my Grandfather that day still mourning his loss but I told him about my new little brother that I thought looked like him (it is in my prayer book from 1955). Children can be imaginative. I said I missed Grandpa still but my little brother was like a gift from God when I was missing him so much. Life flows as always and we move forwards and this Christmas Day whilst we celebrate the birth of our Saviour prayers that our world can find peace and charity and do away with jealousy, greed and violence.  Thank you God for the gift of this world. 

Today skiing perhaps although is is minus 13 degrees celsius and this old person is not keen on the cold. We will see. A warm sun would be helpful. 

I see that Premier Danielle Smith is to attend the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. For her province the trade that goes from Alberta to the United States in oil is huge and a 25% tariff astronomical for them. She has taken a stand for her province advocating careful scrutiny at the border. I see that every province/territory in Canada has developed as an independent entity which was perhaps the intention of our Confederation - we are all equals in a single Confederation much like the States of the United States. We respect each other and we come together in a central government but we are independent of each other and our Premiers are strong people who believe in their province/territory and lead them forward. Our central government, at the moment, is not-functioning to the best of its ability. CRA lost half of a billion dollars to a scam and the only conclusion that I have seen is that a half a billion was found somewhere else (what that has to do with the loss I have no idea). That does not solve the problem that there needs to be better scrutiny in the CRA by those in charge. My own experience showed me that working at home for them is not good. They need to meet together regularly and ensure that all processes are working to protect the monies of Canada and the people paying the money. We need efficiency in our government; we need a fiscal conservative government like the government of Brian Mulroney to pull us back from the abyss of a welfare state and set us once again forward to efficiency and good life for the Canadian inhabitants. I did feel that Chrystia Freeland was doing an excellent job although not particularly a supporter of the Liberal Party except on one occasion and I did vote for the Liberals in 2015 but not again. We need to move forward and not be stuck in some sort of a welfare give-away. Tightening up the belt and economizing needs to happen and quickly, Chrystia Freeland was trying to take us there but was being relieved of her cabinet position as Finance Minister. Time for an election so that we have a brand new government in place when the government changes in Washington. 

Merry Christmas dear World.