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So what is a girl to do when the English debate is 2 hours long? The debate was long enough but then I realized I would have to discuss it for at least two hours with Dad in Flroida.

I can listen for only so long ... can eat for only so long so I decided to paint my fingernails. Not something one does a great deal in the north. Face washing and hair combing are about all the grooming one feels obligated to do. The hat and hood destroys all hairdos so no sense in fooling around with curlers and hairspray. The only ones who noticed my attempt at glamour were the students when I was writing the daily notices on the board.

The debate. I miss being able to discuss what is going on with family and friends. Talking to dad each night does not count as he seems to still hold views that are unique. I like mainstream thoughts. I find it difficult to see Harper as PM.... I don't want to revisit the same sex marriage issue or abortion. Cutting the Gst may stimulate the economy but so much of our social net is paid for by the money the GST brings in. I am concerned that a conservative gov't might not support the medcial system that ordinary Canadians need. But the Liberals have been in so long and there have been so many scandals. I do like the Liberal proposal on day care. Mr Layton seems like a reasonable person. I would find it easier to vote for him than any of the others if I thought the NDP could form a majority. If it is time for a real change in this country then perhaps it is time to think NDP. I don't think I will be voting for the Block.

I have no idea who the individual candidates are in this riding. I wonder how many people do know their names in the North? There are only 8,000 votes up here so no one will visit us... no literature will come to the door and no telemarketers will call during supper. The upside of living in the north.

The students are settling in to school routine. There are a fewl retired NHL players in town to help with the hockey here. There are several girls teams in Salluit. My student Abigail is most excited about the coaching lessons. When I was teaching in the high school my students sent letters to Geoff Regan, the MP for Bedford. Geoff was kind enough to personally reply to my students. Nulukie had written that the NHL should send former pros to the north to speak to the students' concerns about violence and drugs. Geoff forwarded Nulukie's letter to the Commissioner but we never did hear from him. He must have been busy with the lock-out last year.
Nulukie is now in a fed facility for the accidental firing of a gun that killed his baby sister Rose. He discharged the gun in the home, not realizing the bullet could go thru the ceiling , which it did and it killed Baby Rose. If that was not enough, a second daughter in the family accidently died with in a year. The northern villages suffer. As a teacher I do become close to my students and the sorrow can be overwhelming. What I feel is nothing compared to the families. Nulukie calls me , collect, from prison evey two week or so. Perhaps the commissioner could write him there.

Leslie, with her sons, is off to Florida this week. My parents are looking forward to that arrival. Elias is a great talker... don't know where he gets it from .. and he plays golf. All Jacques has to do is sit and look cute... that he gets from his Tante Pearl.

That is it for today.
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