Thanksgiving Sunday

I wish a Happy and Peaceful Thanksgiving to all of my readers.

Especially to the families of Elizabeth Bishenden, Bill Hogg and Richard Johnstone,
alleged moderators of the Aurora Citizen Blog which provides residents of Aurora an opportunity to express their views, providing they are not unproven facts.

I wish to assure them of the support of all the people I speak for in Aurora. They have provided opportunity to the community which is deeply appreciated.

Technology has brought amazing change in the way we communicate with each other In Aurora, we may have come late to the realization of what is possible. But we have latched on to it with a fury and we are never likely to let it go.

There are for sure people who are inconvenienced by it.

Having been in politics as long as I have, few can know as well , the implications of the new technology on politics and how she will be practiced.

It is certainly inconvenient for those inclined to be, shall we say, less than straightforward; People likely to be tripped up by their own duplicity,
incompetence, hypocrisy, double-dealing and cruelty.

The old saying; "the truth will out" has never been so relevant.

We live in a country that guarantees our Rights and Freedoms in a Charter. Other countries enjoy the same privileges. Few have enshrined them into law.

These rights do not protect abuse of elected authority,abuse of public resources and riding rough shod over the rights and freedoms of others.

These rights are intended to put an end to such a scourge.

On that note, I must go and prepare the Feast that celebrates all that we enjoy in this Blessed Land.