(Pre-Writ) Summer Meditations
We've moved this Canada Day weekend into t he lunar pu ll of the next federal election . My sister Jane, my close friend Grant (who both live on the Gulf Islands in British Columbia) and I exchanged our first round of predictions last week. A sure sign the political beast is stirring. The official campaign period will begin with the “dropping of the writ” shortly after Labour Day in all likelihood. Theoretically, the government could kick off the official campaign before then. Election Day is October 21. It will deliver a new Parliament and maybe a new government. Many progressive folks are approaching this election with a sense of dread. And not just political junkies. Everyone is feeling it. The dominance of Donald Trump on the political stage , the Ontario and Alberta election results, Andrew Scheer on our TV screens during the NBA finals leave us thinking that the Right is on the march. We're toying with fascism again. Boris Johnson ? Prime Minister of Britain? We w