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 [log in to unmask] 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.