Well working away (or more properly resting away) on a wet Sunday in Regina. It rained earlier today..something we are supposed to seldom get in Saskatchewan... but this has been no ordinary summer.
Weatherwise it has rained often in dry Saskatchewan. I understand it has also rained all over the country. It's been hot in some places so I think we'll all remember summer of 2010. Most folks will understand a contributing factor will be what is called 'climate change'. Regrettably certain right wing ideologues will continue on the path of climate change denial.
Sun Media, radio talk show hosts, and to a certain extent our own federal government are in the latter group. I fully expect some of them to continue to deny climate change. Warmer temperatures, and more unstable weather notwithstanding, they will continue to deny the impact of human activity on our environment. They are surely continuing to be three of the most out of touch groups in today's world.
Sun Media seems to be evolving as a public relations arm of our federal government. Radio talk show hosts for the most part seem like lone wolves. But our federal government has the 'tools of power' constrained only by our constitution and the fact this parliament is a minority parliament.
I believe most Canadians find the current federal government to be operating contrary to their our collective interest. Whenever the next election comes, Canadians will finally be able to 'settle scores' for all the various decisions made since February 2006. The election cannot come soon enough.
Seems like in the next few days another Commonwealth country will have a coalition government. That will make two significant countries - the UK and Australia-living with coalitions running their countries.. and you know, the sky won't be falling down after all. Maybe something we should try in Canada.
On a totally different matter, I hope the forthcoming Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will move the peace agenda forward. Whether it be 43 or 62 years in length, this conflict has gone on too darn long. The majority of both sides desperately want peace and we will see if their respective leaders have the political strength to pull it off....their record suggests one should be pessimistic that they can accomplish this but then one never knows....
This coming week sees us attending an important discussion about our son-in-law's overall health and the future of our neary 8 year old grandson.
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