So long as the government doesn't try to balance the budget by selling off services that were making money for Canada, I really do not have a problem with the methodology that the Prime Minister and his Cabinet are following along with the Caucus as well. The end of the 1800s when we built the railway across the country was an expensive time and has more than paid its way this past century and more. Renewing Canada as an independent producer on the world's stage is very very important. Short term panic just doesn't do it; we need to be aggressive and get our products to market (where ever that market is). Continuing to break down any trade barriers between the provinces/territories is extremely important because of tariff. It provided a good living both sides of the border including the United States and Mexico but we became vulnerable when the tenets of CUSMA/NAFTA were no longer being the methodology but rather tariff and the desire to force our companies to relocate south of the border (we are a democracy and it is their choice always but one hopes that they too see the greater good in what we are doing and diversify our trade within Canada particularly and around the world). We are a smaller country in terms of people than both of our partners in CUSMA (half the size of Mexico and one eight of the size of the United States); in terms of land and wealth we are huge and it is time to work on the ideas that the Prime Minister and his party have brought to the table. I continue to see this as a Unity government; we need to all work together and tighten up our belts and survive this for the sake of our children/grand children in the future. We have enjoyed the good life and now we need to make that possible for the next generations. We must be prudent and aim for the welfare of those who follow us.
The money in trades is excellent. The jobs at hand that are needed are in the trades. One of my brothers is a plumber/electrician/carpenter. So be expansive in your thinking when you go into the trades and move towards setting up your own company. He was the youngest and the computer was very much part of his working life. It provided more scope for jobs and was very inventive and progressive. That is important and certainly tradesmen work closely with engineers providing those details that just are not learned in engineering school. The difference in money earned is pretty small these days and I suspect a trades person will make more in the long run as their job is of their own making often enough and not part of an engineering conglomerate.
Just my thoughts and I am pleased with the economic update. We will continue to eliminate trade barriers that were not created to support our trade deals (many exist because of NAFTA/CUSMA and so we await the outcome of that trade discussion with regard to anything like that). Ontario/Quebec/BC could easily supply dairy to the west but that is predominately being supplied by American farmers (it is closer after all). Instead we sell milk cheaply around the world to countries less fortunate than ourselves and the same goes for other dairy products.
Busy cleaning and almost done. Have done a little work on the matches in Ancestry. Still three siblings to work through. I completed myself and my second kit of myself which is basically the same but done about seven years apart. The number of obviously Blake matches that are quite small is surprising really although Colonial families were large in those early years. If they were large matches (as many of them are) than I would know they were much more recent. But with endogamy in the Blake/Knight lines and I can spot those quite quickly as they match the many that are in the database and the matches are larger.
Just have to put everything back in the basement and it is lunch time.
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