Election Hangover

  Canada is waking up this morning to a post-election day hangover. Once again we went to the polls to see who will be our leader and now we need to live with our choice. Depending on where you live you are waking up to some different representatives. But it's done and it's time to get back to the issues we need solved. Time for those 338 folks to get to work.

  This time we have a minority government with Justin Trudeau back in the Prime Minister's chair but he will need some help from the NDP's to pass things and keep power. While some like the idea of checking one party's power others not so much. With a $445 million dollar price tag, they better make it work long term! We cannot afford to have elections every year or so at that price. Not to mention the weeks and weeks of campaigning. It's too much.

  One major thing I noticed is that different parts of the country have no idea what the other parts are thinking. The prairie provinces went completely Conservative except for six seats. Folks in major cities, who tend to be more liberal, can't understand why. But that bewilderment goes both ways. I've seen many people on my own social media feeds who are ranting about Trudeau and how horrible he is. They all tend to be voters from rural areas. Scheer gets just as much criticism from the city dwellers.

  I know I say this too often but because we have lived across the country we happen to have first-hand knowledge of the huge differences in thinking from different areas. The majority of Albertans are more concerned about oil and gas production than anything else including healthcare and education. It is the basis of their economy so it naturally is number one. But city folks, who have access to many more unique forms of industry and careers have different priorities. If you are on the east coast of Canada you want to not be excluded from the growth other places seem to be enjoying and local access to healthcare. None is more important than the other.

  Now that it is all over, including the crying, let's move ahead. No matter who you voted for this is what we got. Let's hope they have some wisdom, a little decency, some common sense and a desire to do good. 

  Let's hope we aren't doing this again too soon. My brain couldn't take it.

  Ang