Yesterday was a good working day and I managed to get quite a few matches done with just thirty five matches left to do. I do have this one set of matches where it is either Pincombe or Blake and have not yet resolved that item. But still a lot of matches to go so hopefully will do so.
Last night out to dinner with family and it was lovely but the meal was absolutely huge; I never was a big eater and I think perhaps I eat less than I used to even. It was fun though and a very interesting evening catching up. Still contemplating selling the house sooner rather than later but we will see. It is easy enough to get around here and I would need to learn a new area.
Lots of snow and it will continue coming down all weekend. This will be a big snow year I think but that is good to fill up all the lakes and rivers in Canada especially the Great Lakes which we share with the United States and one of the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan, is entirely in the United States. Their levels should also be up much higher this year. I am wondering if all of this snow will help to bring the rivers back up to their usual level in the United States. The snow just seems to keep on coming.
Parliament goes back in on Monday and we, the Canadian people, expect them to work very well together and gets lots done. The budget has passed and now the implementation of the budget should follow very quickly. Any fooling and the party that does it will be punished at the polls for sure. Elections are expensive. I rather think there is gradual softening of the opposition to the western pipeline and that we will see crude flowing to the northern shipping point. We must diversify to keep ourself Tariff Proof and the only way is to increase our exports around the world. It was always a hidden danger of Free Trade and the resultant competition with larger foreign companies dominating and buying out smaller companies. But looking at the EU it doesn't seem like that always happens so we will just have to see how it all goes. But for the moment our full attention is on making ourselves Tariff Proof.
It is good to see the Board of Peace for Gaza (a wonderful concept) and hopefully rebuilding will begin soon enough when Hamas is disarmed and not part of the governance of Gaza. I wish the Board of Peace every success with the furtherance of the recovery in Gaza.
Although a referendum is possible in Alberta those who would like to separate from Canada are a smaller group and the best case scenario for any province in Canada is to stay in Confederation (their rights and privileges are very abundant within the Confederation). These lands are owned by the First Nations except where permanently ceded and the perpetual guardianship given to us is dependent on the Treaties. Sort of like 99 year leases but not quite the same. Plus Alberta was created by the government of Canada not by individuals within Alberta and it was the Government of Canada that purchased Rupert's Land from which Alberta was created. People are welcomed to leave and go elsewhere where they will be happy. Canada is a different sort of country and respect to the First Nations rights are totally first when there is any discussion on land rights. The wealth of Canada is huge and we must protect it for the future of Canada. That was the desire of the Founders of Confederation as they looked into an uncertain future in the 1860s. Like all the torches passed to us from the hands of our dying youths in the past we must carry this torch high into the future respecting the rights of all of the peoples of this land we call Canada and our First Nations call Turtle Island. The job ahead is huge as we diversify our trade to make ourselves Tariff Proof.
Today continuing with Chromosome 5 and there are 35 matches still to do. The sun is brilliant out there today and it is minus 29 degrees celsius at 8:30 a.m. EST. It is the time of the waning crescent of the moon so this cold will last for at least four days it is said and it feels like minus 30 degrees celsius now with the sun beating down on this part of the world. A cold half week ahead but the laneway is all clear and it doesn't snow a lot when it is this cold. You can watch the snow hills contract as the cold air sucks out the moisture from the mounds.
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