thoughts from the streetcar
After I finish the Sudoku in the morning, I occasionally read the newspaper that comes with it.
I am liking our new Governor-General. (And how awesome is it that her 6-year-old daughter demanded a new dog before she'd agree to up stakes and move to Ottawa? I wonder what kind they'll get?) I hope she does well.
I'm meh on the Senate appointments. (BTW, if Larry Campbell quit as mayor of Vancouver, what makes him think the Senate is going to be any better?) Really, who cares? A few of them do something useful, and some good things have come out of Senate commissions, but I am thinking more and more strongly that it's time we got rid of the appointed Senate, constitutional nightmare or not. It's a crazy anachronism.
Shut up, Stephen. Actually, I'd be very happy if some government made transit passes tax-deductible -- the PQ was all set to do that before the last Quebec election, then the Liberals canned the program, which I thought was dumb. But the TTC needs a hell of a lot more -- like, oh, financial support from Ontario, Ottawa, or both.
I am liking our new Governor-General. (And how awesome is it that her 6-year-old daughter demanded a new dog before she'd agree to up stakes and move to Ottawa? I wonder what kind they'll get?) I hope she does well.
I'm meh on the Senate appointments. (BTW, if Larry Campbell quit as mayor of Vancouver, what makes him think the Senate is going to be any better?) Really, who cares? A few of them do something useful, and some good things have come out of Senate commissions, but I am thinking more and more strongly that it's time we got rid of the appointed Senate, constitutional nightmare or not. It's a crazy anachronism.
Shut up, Stephen. Actually, I'd be very happy if some government made transit passes tax-deductible -- the PQ was all set to do that before the last Quebec election, then the Liberals canned the program, which I thought was dumb. But the TTC needs a hell of a lot more -- like, oh, financial support from Ontario, Ottawa, or both.