Mid Winter Blues

Okay - I've actually had calls from people giving me crap (justifiably) on so much time since my last blog.

In my defence I have come close so many times to putting the preverbial pen to paper but life just tends to get in the way.

I've also taken a bit of a leadership and political hiatis following the federal campaign.

I'm making my way back and as our elected federal MPs beginning packing their toothbrushes for Ottawa its probably time for all of us to begin thinking about our political system once again.

With all the drama of the pre Christmas Dionne Coup Attempt over and Michael Ignatieff firmly in charge of the new direction Liberals I expect we will see a kinder, gentler and more cooperative House of Commons for the forseable future.

No one in Canada wants an election and No one in Canada wants more silliness and school yard antics that we have seen from Ottawa leading up to the Holiday Season. Liberals will support budget and then set out on a 2 year rebuilding process.

Jack Layton's plan to become deputy Prime Minister will go down in the history books thwarted, we will see him move on and his party look at its own relevence moving forward. The Green Party will continue to fight to be at the party and will make little impact.

Taking a brief moment to look at our neighbours to the south, we are all awaiting the inaugral speech from President Elect Obama. How do you manage the expectations that have been created by his election. One very cool idea is his use of the spotlight to engage people to engage in a "spirit of service" asking Americans to come together to help those in need. That's leadership, that's awareness, that's something we deperately need in Canada.

Finally we need to mention Mike Duffy's appointment to Canada's Senate. With this calibre of appointment I'm questioning whether Prime Minister Harper is trying to showcase how bad appointments can be to push people in favour of an elected senate. Mike Duffy is now in a position to influence important legislation which is perhaps like allowing 3rd graders to set educational policy. I'm not sure Duffy would do well on the show "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?"

It should be fun to watch (wink)




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