I feel as if we have waited for this day for six months and it is finally here. Ushered in by a tragedy that will be alive in our minds for quite a while. Prayers for the lives lost in the car ramming in Vancouver and for those fighting for their lives or recovery in the hospitals. There are apparently still dozens of people injured some critical.
I hope the turnout for this election is excellent and that we have a majority government in place as a result of it. The NDP is wrong when they say a minority government which they can manipulate is better. It is not. A few people gain from their interference and yes it is nice that people have their teeth taken care of or free drugs if they are not able to pay for them themselves but upsetting the Westminster Model of government did not bode well for us at this time nor does it at any time I do not think. When a government loses the confidence of the people it is time to go to the polls. Mind you if that became a frequent thing than obviously we would need a propped up government but it is rare and better governing is obtained when issues are hashed out in parliament with the final vote including members of all parties. This voting on party line absolutely does not actually support the individual constituencies in Canada which have their own opinions. The party chooses its leader not the country and so the party must always yield to the people; it is a democracy.
Cleaning day and it is the basement and main floor. The weeks pass and my schedule maintains my lifestyle around me. I think that is important in life to have a schedule of some sort that way you can always see where you are headed from one day to the next and it doesn't have to be a landmark happening; the things in ones life are seldom landmark but more just carrying on tradition or taking on projects that were left over from an earlier generation which you may not complete either but you keep them on the path to completion one day.
That is the nice thing about blogging (and I keep a copy in my records which are backed up) your work and it appears that people also interested in the same thing can find what I publish to be of value to them. It isn't always to me; with me it is a completion thing like doing all the wills at the PCC for Blake (and a couple of other names). Some of them I will never really look at again; they are not my family but transcribing them/publishing them establishes that very fact.
I have already voted so I just await the results. I think the two larger parties have really excellent leaders at the moment and one hopes that the parties will keep them in place. This rejection just because you do not win an election is ridiculous. Being in opposition can be just as important as being in government; you force the government to toe the line. That is very important; that is the essence of democracy.
Teatime and solitaire - they go together somehow. The caffeine in the green tea does give the brain a kick start along with the soothing of the brain with the regular movement of cards in solitaire. Computers are great; my association with them goes back to the mid 1960s.
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