A refreshingly new and obtuse idea…

Today’s Theme: Oh boy, here’s my chance…

I will have more to say later but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to congratulate the Liberal Party of Canada for their stringent membership rules for the upcoming leadership race. I didn’t fully comprehend their earlier change of membership rules until I realized this morning, I could become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and thus Prime Minister. This could greatly enhance the reputation of my Great Uncle Will Sinclair (from whom I gained my second name) who had an internal political knifing from Mike Hepburn in the Ontario Legislature and stepped down from the leadership of the Liberal Party there shortly before they became the government of that province.

All I have to do is get the entire city of Penticton to realize it could have the next PM living right in its midst if each person would take out a membership and vote for me. As well, there are many foreign workers connected to the vineyards and other agricultural activities in the Okanagan Valley and I’m sure they can be convinced. As importantly, most of this Valley tends to be conservative and they should see the benefit of having a PM in their midst, and besides by supporting me they can be assured that the Liberals time in office will be mercifully short (although at least one Dipper did get elected but after propping up the Liberals he is stepping down – nevertheless, his lack of ethical backbone should give him reason to support me too).

There are a number of other locales that I think I can muster temporary support – after all I do have American grandkids, all of whom are over 14 yrs of age and have dual citizenship. Then there are my former students and a variety of weird college colleagues who are always up for mayhem. So I think the stars are aligning.

I will draft a complete platform later but here are some initial highlights:
• my Throne Speech will be very brief: Let’s have an election!
• promise not to annex the USA as our 4th Territory
• remove the salary cap for the Toronto Maple Leafs for one season
• remove the salary cup for the other Canadian NHL teams for three seasons
• remove the equalization payments for one year and redirect the funds into building new CFL stadia in Moncton (complete with a 10th team) & Calgary (maximum seating capacity 29,029) while making Vancouver & Edmonton permanent Grey Cup sites (on a rotational basis, with occasional lapses to the other cities when/if they can increase their seating to 50,000)
• requiring the CFL to accept my nominee (a woman, currently a Federal ADM) to be the new Commish…
• requiring the Toronto Blue Jays to allow the Los Angeles Dodgers to play a dozen road games in Canada – three against the Yankees, three against the Mets, three against the Padres (or Reds) & three against the Red Sox…

HAPPY NEW YEAR, and get ready – I may need you to go door-knocking in the next few days while we get our campaign off the ground (if you are connected to any off-piste or overly-obnoxious groups, associations or corporate entities that could be cajoled into joining this campaign, please let me know – the PCC doesn’t count as it is itself in danger of disappearing, and we will only turn our attention to it by going after the Moderatorship of its General Assembly, after I have completely overhauled the Liberal Party of Canada and simultaneously got the citizenry involved in a nationwide election)!!

Oh, one thing else: I want to chair the G7 Conference, though I will move it to Spirit Ridge on the Osoyoos Indian Band.

In reflection,
g.w.