Daily Archives: 9/30/2006
Ignatieff Leads Race
| 9/30/2006 | Posted by Patti under Canadian Politics |
This weekend liberals across the country are busy electing delegates to their leadership convention in December. Early results indicate that Ignatieff is about a dozen points ahead of his nearest rival but not above the 30% threshold which would provide him some measure of certainty.
At this point, Rae and Dion could both potentially move ahead of him on the second ballot at a convention. Recent polls have indicated that either of them could be well positioned to do just that. It appears the leadership convention might not be as bland as it appeared to be shaping up to be.
Meanwhile the party has fined Volpe $20,000 for inappropriate conduct. FINED HIM!? excuse me, this turkey should have been booted from the race.
Red Fridays
| 9/30/2006 | Posted by Patti under Afghanistan, Brave Canadians |
A movement seems to be getting under way in Canada to wear red on Fridays to show support for our troops. A website is up, but not yet been released, to support this concept. Two successful rallies have taken place, one in Ottawa and one in Toronto. They were well attended and produced a sea of red.
A search on Google for the origin of this movement seems to have come up empty. I saw a segment on Canada AM (CTV network) about a month or so ago which if memory serves me correctly, was two military wives who were trying to promote the concept. I’ve sent an email to the site owner of the RedFriday’s site and suggested they link up to that story.
Either way, I support the concept of visibly showing our support for our troops and have added it to the memorial posts which I post on my blogs when a Canadian soldier is killed in action.
We Will Remember Him
| 9/30/2006 | Posted by Patti under Brave Canadians |
They shall grow not old, as we who are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning
We will remember them
In memory of our fallen Canadians:
Pte. Josh Klukie — Afghanistan Sept. 29, 2006
Always Caring — Always Canadian — Never Defeated
Support Our Troops — Wear Red on Fridays
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