I hate you say I told you so… but…
If we want change, we are going to have to make it happen ourselves. Make an educated vote, read platforms, understand the policies, go into the booth and check your ballet with as much education you can on selecting the best candidate YOU think would be best fit to run our government.
Remember,
“Bad governments are elected by good citizens who don’t vote.” – David Akin
As I sit in the basement of the SUB, in the no man’s land by the IRSA office and the UBC Pre-Dent office and eat my daily Honour Roll lunch of spicy crunchy roll and chicken teriyaki rolls, I’ve pondered a few things:
-How terrified I am for finals
– My reply to Timmy Wong in my comments in my last post
– The size of the spicy crunchy rolls
– The impending end of my first year
and finally, – how dungeon like the basement of the SUB is.
(photo source the cbc.ca)
Today was a historic day for Canada – the Harper regime (ahem sorry… ) the Harper Government was found in contempt, and was given a vote of non-confidence in the HOC. The vote was set in motion by the Liberals – Michael Ignatieff to be specific, due to the Conservative’s lack luster budget presentation … amongst other mounting aggravations. The two other leading opposition parties stood in solidarity with the vote, and with some yays, clapping, heckling and paper throwing, Canada may (hopefully) enter a new era.
I don’t pretend I have all the answers, I don’t pretend that I even know the questions I am supposed to be answering. Life is a funny, fickle, friend and like any friendship there are goodtimes and there are bad times. If you would have asked me this time two years ago where I thought I would be, I would have answered in Alberta going to university in Edmonton. Now, I moved to the coast and am living in Vancouver going to UBC and I love it. It has been nothing I wanted, nor anything I expected it to be.