Canadians should not let today’s desperate times get in the way of being optimistic about the future. Hope lies ahead on many fronts.
Provincially, we will have the opportunity for new leadership if urban folk will concur. Having watched Canada’s greatest province pale in the sunset of its once lustrous self, voters will head to the polls in the fall. Perhaps the most telling headline we have seen lately laments the fact the province’s jobless rate has not yet recovered to its pre-recession numbers. As a business owner, we have watched the red tape and costs to business increase many fold. It is time for a change as they say.
With luck a similar chance will occur federally.
We have been less than amused by the Harper Conservatives. Granted, the options available to voters are a mixed bag, but it is even more difficult to support a regime that has been less than honest with its citizens too many times to count. From the “recession that wasn’t” weeks before the last election to the immense spending programs on G8 activities to a laughable infrastructure program that has increased the nation’s debt at all three levels of government, there is little to cheer.
As we have lamented in this column for over 15 years, much of the hope and optimism we encourage will be as a result of efforts in our own communities and homes. The actions individuals or groups take and decisions everyone makes are what will carry the day when it comes to prospering.
Our personal high hopes include enjoying family more, expanding this business to provide more employment opportunities and making a great Newspaper even better for our readers and advertisers.
We wish everyone a great 2011 filled with hope of better times ahead.
