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Well this is an interesting letter.....

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Alberta?

We know Alberta is Conservative.  The Conservatives gained support but did not elect enough members of parliament to win government.  

From BBC:

The threat to Canada's sovereignty from US President Donald Trump has dominated the election, but the country also faces a challenge from within. Some western Canadians, fed up with a decade of Liberal rule, are openly calling for separation.

Standing in front of a crowd of about 100 squeezed into a small event hall in the city of Lethbridge, Dennis Modry is asking locals about Alberta's future.

Who thinks Alberta should have a bigger role in Canada, he asks? A dozen or so raise their hands.

Who thinks the province should push for a split from Canada and form its own nation? About half the crowd raise their hands.

"How many people would like Alberta to join the US?" Another show of support from half the crowd.

Mr Modry, a retired heart surgeon, is a co-leader of the Alberta Prosperity Project, a grassroots organisation pushing for an independence referendum.

The possibility of a split has long been a talking point in this conservative-leaning province. But two factors have given it new momentum: Trump's comments about making Canada the 51st US state, and the subsequent boost that has given the Liberal Party in the polls ahead of Monday's federal election.

Mr Modry told the BBC the separatist movement has grown in recent months - driven in part, he believes, by the president's rhetoric.

"We're not interested in that", he said. "We're interested in Alberta sovereignty.

And then I find this:

https://albertaprosperityproject.com/about-us/

A Mari usque ad Mare    if you don't read French, this is our official motto:    From Sea to Sea

Election is over!

It was a short time between when the election was called until the election.  Let's hope the hate speech on social media stops in all parties!  I am disgusted with reading it, no matter who it was.  Why is there such hate?  Is it because you are anonymous?  

We are going to Ottawa in June.  I read parliament will reconvene when we are there.  I couldn't get a tour on the Monday but thankfully we are there on Sunday so I've got my ticket.  I've been twice but Cec has never seen Parliament.  

Let the 25th session of Parliament begin!

World Red Hat Day!

April 25th was World Red Hat day.  We celebrated again this year at Mulberry Parc residences in Burnaby.  They have invited us three years in a row to celebrate.  They put on a beautiful lunch every year and Friday was no exception.  It was an Afternoon Tea and the sandwiches, scones and desserts were delicious.  We started with either sparkling juice or wine!

There were two long tables
We were all given a red fan

In the fall of 1997, Sue Ellen Cooper, an artist from Fullerton, California, bought a red hat on a trip to Tucson, Arizona.  Cooper then bought another red hat and gave it to a friend as a birthday gift.  Cooper was inspired by the Jenny Joseph poem, "Warning" which was popularized by a Readers Digest article written by Liz Carpenter.  Here is the poem that started it all:

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple

With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me

And I shall spend my pension on Brandy and summer gloves

And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired

And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

And run my stick along the public railings

And make up for the sobriety of my youth

American's visiting Canada to show their support to us!

Nanaimo resident Todd Maffin made a video on TikTok asking Americans to come for a visit on April 26, to show their support for Canadians.

The Americans who showed up were heartened by the fact so many Canadians came to greet them and make them feel welcome, he said. “We may not agree with what’s happening geopolitically, but there’s still that friendship bond across the border.

Here is the CBC news report:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/nanaimo-infusion-tod-maffin-1.7519638

What a fantastic idea of Todd Maffin!  We still 💖LOVE ALL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS. 💖