While average Canadians trudge along with their head down, weathering a period of uncertainty, egotists seem hell bent on an election.
A fall election has all but been called, according to recent media reports.
All three opposition leaders express the same absence of confidence in the government that we heard a year ago, when the unemployment insurance crisis was afoot. At that time, help was requested for typical Canadians undergoing job loss and a tough time. The floodgates were then opened with stimulus funding for municipal projects across the country.
In what we figure to be little short of double-talk, the opposition parties, particularly the Liberals, are now crying foul over the resulting deficit and making claims of mismanagement. It’s a lot of hot air.
But in politics it is all about timing. Different polls suggest different things. Some suggest a repeat of what we see now is possible, while others predict a shift if the Liberals can get the tide rolling their way. Missing, however, is what average Canadians need. And we certainly think a self-serving election, based on egos craving a turn at the levers of power, is not what is in the country’s best interest.
Remembering the innocent
Eight years ago today, terrible acts of terrorism were carried out on American soil.
Of course we are referring to that fateful fall day when hi-jacked aircraft were used to strike against the Twin Towers in New York and at the Pentagon in Washington. Another crashed in a field, failing to make it to its target. The infamous date is still known as 9-11.
At the time we recall the girls running carefree and excited around the house with Canada AM on television. It took a few takes at breaking News to really understand what had happened. At the time, we lamented in our editorial that the world would not be the same.
Since then, thousands have perished overseas and criticisms of exacting revenge on Al Quaeda continue. The world isn’t necessarily safer, and for many of us the horror of that day is all but forgotten.
We are hopeful a few minutes of reflection will be shared thinking about those who lost their lives that day and more time yet is spent thinking about the innocent people who have fallen as casualties in the war on terror.
