~ Six Days to Go ~

Not that much has been happening within my neck of the woods. My camera both of them actually are in need of service and it’s probably going to cost more to fix it than to just get another one. I went into this jeweler friend of mine whom referred me to this other person whom repair watches, clocks and those sorts of things. So I spent a good portion of my day downtown. I’ll see what all happens and more than likely will get another one but I am going to still see if there is someone that can fix either one of these two. It’s that time of deciding needs and wants I suppose.

As well, soon I will go and make my choice with regards to whom I choose as the leader of Canada. I was reading where the youth are getting out and voting. As well for the first time in history there an English speaking Canadian might very well come to be elected for the first time in the history of Quebec. Now that’s a first here in Canada. Throughout history Quebec has always felt it was it’s own nation and several times has tried to separate from the country. I guess it would be like Texas being afforded to be it’s own nation, or even Louisiana as within Louisiana there are more French speaking Americans than there are French speaking Canadians. I believe in languages as well as I used to speak good French but it was never my mother tongue. I don’t know why one province would separate for that matter even within United States there has never been one state that has been declared as a state it’s own nation.

Sometimes this term called, “Nation” takes on a different meaning, the last time I looked in the Webster’s dictionary the term Nation meant it was a country with it’s own government. I recall back within the late 80’s the Prime Minister at the time got on the television and made a request to all Canadians to make a plea with Quebec.

Jean Chretian was his name and it really did bring up some old feeling amongst the majority of Canadians. At that time all provinces which are much like states were requested to call long distance for free to “Joe Blow” within Quebec and beg him to not vote to separate from Canada. Most never made the call. The feeling was that if one province gets special consideration why shouldn’t every other place within Canada have the very same. Yet no Canadian believed in this separatist movement, which is well documented within the history of Canada. I myself never thought that any province nor territory should be given a special consideration and much like America within Canada it’s one country with several other provinces much like states, although it’s a different form of government when it really comes down to it there is not that much difference it’s a democracy which was found by explorer which was from France while United States was found by an explorer from Spain. Yet we have that unique cultural element without the need to separate or claim to be distinct.

So here in today’s times history may very well be made as for the first time a Torontonian by the name of Jack Layton is leading the polls within Quebec. There is a deep history in which the Queen declared didn’t take over the land in which the French inhabited. She gave them what here in Canada we call a distinct society. Where the way I see it there are more than 30 different languages that are spoke throughout the lands of
Canada and here with six days to go – seemingly Quebecers, a term used much like New Yorkers, are voting within a manner of that as being Canadian rather than Separatists. There is something to be said for what is happening within these times.

Certainly Canada is a vast land and but I think with all things considered every province is part and parcel of what makes up this country. With six more days to go it shall be interesting to see who comes to be the next Prime Minister as well as it will be interesting to see if there is a majority. So this for me has been a very interesting time and I think if this Jack Layton of the Liberal party comes into being the next premiere of Quebec. It will be the first within history that Canada in a sense has over come this division which has always laid low since the times of Pierre Trudeau. As for within his time he did some good things as Prime Minister and then as well he resigned the British North American Act with the Queen. And introduced within the 60’s the language of the land would change from being English to English and French. I don’t have anything against the French. I learned the language, I had some very good friends but seemingly Canada is evolving right now. I think ever since the last winter Olympics Canada came to be patriotic in ways that it has never been.

Which in many ways is much of the likes of America, but within a Canadian kinda style. 

Thus far it seems like the current Prime Minister shall be re elected as well shall have a majority government. Thus it is…we shall see how things go with both cameras as well as what happens within the next six days in Canada's Elections.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/map/2008/fullscreen.html