Hi Kids:
I have to agree that Canada is blessed in so many ways. I loved Pierre Trudeau's boldness & charm, had his brother over to my home for tea, and survived 1971 on a LIP Grant...So Thanks Canada...

Mr. Harper and his fellow politicians may be decent, honorable, and even well intentioned...

It's just that when I look around, I see a number of things that puzzle me. Go to any corner store and count how many lotteries there are...Where does this money go? Is everybody paying enough taxes out there? Are you paying enough for gas? Would you like to pay more?

Hospitals...They are running around like squirrels over there(I just got out of the Lakeshore)...Talk to a few nurses and ask them if they are doing enough hours...
They NEED help...

When I was in the emergency room, there were 43 people waiting. The time was 7:15p.m. Around 11p.m. somebody came out and told us there was ONE Doctor on duty. I sat there until 10:30a.m., THE FOLLOWING MORNING...When the Doctor saw me, the conversation ended with him saying, "sorry about the wait..." A GOOD man being overwhelmed...

I went to downtown Montreal yesterday, working on my film, saw the St. James Church and thought it would be cool to get some pictures of the inside...When I did get inside, I discovered the upper floors had been converted into a mission for the homeless...

Seeing that, and getting a flashback of my room-mate in the hospital. A good, funny man with 4 houses in the $400,000-$500,000 range...

The DIFFERENCE between the Have's & Have Not's has always concerned me...I'm sure Mr. Harper will never have to go to a food bank or wait for his Welfare cheque...

And then we have Funding for the Arts...Yeah, yeah, I know about some of the programs...

So when I used the phrase, "changing idiots", I guess it was in frustration at the many years of watching what was being done, and thinking what COULD have been done with a new leader who is bold and fearless, who isn't caught up in the politics, but whose heart is focused on the humanity of it all...

Will that Man or Woman who could provide REAL LEADERSHIP, EVER be allowed to get in the game and get past the POLITICS of it all? My mind goes back to that Bible movie where the king has stored up all the grain and the people are starving, and the Hero kicks down the door, takes an axe and slashes the wooden kegs to let the grain flow so that the hungry could eat. Let us hope we can reach for higher ground...


bob