That’s what we think & hope over here Bill. Already, our new government is making some right noises: we shall see.
(Sorry: I saw Jill’s name & not the poetryetc address when I replied; thought it was a backchannel thing. My new OS has changed the look my mail.)
Doug
> On Oct 21, 2015, at 4:32 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This sounds positive to us over here, Doug. Even if he is not as left as
> you might like, JT is at least not a climate change denier like Harper and
> Abbott. However they go, through election or internal rumbles, good
> riddance to both.
>
> Bill
>
> On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jill
>>
>> Yes, on the whole, it was a good thing. I’m sorry the NDP lost seats, as
>> the Liberals are one of the old parties, & not that far left, but getting
>> rid of Harper, a good friend of Abbott’s, was the first thing to do.
>>
>> This might interest you on that:
>>
>>
>> http://www.newrepublic.com/article/123160/anti-climate-world-leaders-keep-losing-their-jobs?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=TNR%20Daily%20Newsletter
>> <
>> http://www.newrepublic.com/article/123160/anti-climate-world-leaders-keep-losing-their-jobs?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=TNR%20Daily%20Newsletter
>>>
>>
>> Hey, I still would be happy to trade one of my books, maybe the essays?
>> for your latest…
>>
>> Doug
>>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Jill Jones <[log in to unmask]
>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Doug,
>>>
>>> Just watching from afar.
>>>
>>> Would you count it as good news?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jill
>>
>> Douglas Barbour
>> [log in to unmask] <javascript:;>
>>
>> Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2
>> (UofAPress).
>> Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
>>
>> Done in by creation itself.
>>
>> I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
>> The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
>> We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
>>
>> Robert Kroetsch.
>>
Douglas Barbour
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Recent publications: (With Sheila E Murphy) Continuations & Continuation 2 (UofAPress).
Recording Dates (Rubicon Press).
Done in by creation itself.
I mean the gods. Not us. Well us too.
The gods moved into books. Who wrote the books?
We wrote the books. In whose dream, then are we dreaming?
Robert Kroetsch.
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