Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Today is the first day of the next 4 years or so
Well one full day into the NDP rule - did anything change? Do I feel different? wow it is so weird it really hasn't sunk in yet. I wonder if I am still banished for the DCS office? Now that would be odd if my MLA became minister of Community Services. This is the first time someone I voted for actually formed the government. I mean my MLA has won for many years in a row but she has always been on the opposing side without any power to really do anything but lobby on my behalf. But now she will be a decision maker. With a 31 seat majority the NDP went from never having power to having all of it. They will be able to make the decisions they want - so what will that mean? What will that look like? While I do not believe that anything will change too quickly I do feel that the tone of government will change. There are plenty of good programs and policies and now they can be administered within a fairer framework....hopefully
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Answering the intent of your question(s) - which may have been a tad rhetorical: "...did anything change? ... feel different?": yes.
There was a change. Yes, there was!
I noticed it in the Wolfville Save-Easy store the afternoon of 10 June. Everyone I came across was smiling! And they all appeared relaxed while shopping - similar to a pre-party gathering of supplies.
It COULD have just been that individual shopping trips by various and numerous NDPers, closet socialists and peace activists all coincidentally happened at the same time. (Maybe I missed the note which said all of the above should go grocery shopping at the same time?)
But it was quite a change from the usual (which, on most people, ranges from no expression to scowling) and very refreshing to see.
Maybe Wolfville's only grocery store has replaced the post office as a social gathering place. Which makes it a change within a change.
Jane
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