Trump and CBC ... BC turmoil ... Liberal spending ... What's next

  MY CANADA for mid-June 2017 needs to begin with a comment regarding our former favourite television network CBC. The comment is actually a criticism of the continuous Donald Trump coverage. Whether the lead story is a 24 story high-rise fire in London England, the shooting of an American politician at a softball practice or the recovery of bodies in Canadian watershed viewers can be A certain Donald Trump’s reactions, twitter tweets, or media attacks will surface right after the latest real news report. It is difficult to understand why a highly taxpayer subsidized Canadian TV network is so intent on covering the appearing unstable American president. Many issues Trump becomes involved in do affect Canada to an extent but the reporting might be better served if those issues were extensively reported upon rather than a U.S president over 60% of the American public refused to vote for in the 2016 American election. With luck maybe the American constitution will rid the nation of the man purporting to be the “new” acceptable president through impeachment or possibly Trump resigning. The chance the either scenarios happening within the presidency term is probably remote to say the least.
Now MY CANADA subjects with beginning the election outcome in British Columbia which is certainly strange and maybe stressful on a segment of the province’s population. The solution to such a close vote outcome seems trendsetting for the Green Party currently holding the balance of power with three seats. Green leader Andrew Weaver has a formidable task agreeing with the NDP different party agenda for the next four years. MY Canada suggests the task is impossible even though both parties are socialist in nature and have many of the same reasons for wanting to lead the province. Both apparently rejected the idea of a coalition which might have made the alliance more realistic. The appearance is leaders are so intent on taking down Liberal Christy Clark the idea of compromise between all parties wasn't entertained. It seems today's unrelenting need for power outstrips any idea of logical compromise. B.C. party leaders with a possibility of going down to defeat over the appointing of a speaker that will weaken or strengthen party positions seem to feel the people will accept the need for power outstripping what is best for the entire electorate. The world of world-wide politics is in transition and attempting to overpower the opposition is doomed to failure as it always has been when power hunger financial greed and party loyalty trumps voter need. Without a doubt the situation is the reason recent voter turnout has declined so drastically. Political people should not forget democracy exists due to the fact people want representation not an individual need for party power.
Another MY CANADA subject of interest is the Federal Liberal party plans for strengthening the nation’s military. It is interesting to follow the decline in military facilitated by every government since World War Two.  It is true Canadians would not have supported continued massive military spending after the war ended when the military has always been a part of national Canadian pride. Canada being the next door neighbour and closest ally as well as premier U.S. trading partner has always been a huge benefit. This nation was never compelled or probably able to defend all its shores and borders without American presence. With only a tenth of the population the country would be hard pressed to even come near establishing a military strong enough to repel any attempt to invade the country.  Even today and with American support the vast emptiness of the arctic region with Russia on the border could be a concern. However with the latest space and satellite technology the emptiness of the arctic regions is not a real concern except as a shorter route for missiles similar to those currently being tested by North Korea.
Finally the current Liberal governing affecting various parts of the country led by the Federal Trudeau government is a concern to many due to the unrelenting need to spend taxpayer money and impose new taxation affecting the finances of most families. Poll numbers in all Liberal jurisdictions reflect the concern. Kathleen Wynn’s Ontario government must come up with a solution to the hydro energy cost problem aside from selling off the asset to private enterprise that could destabilize the economy due to future uncontrollable rate increases. The promise to make certain current cost reductions will not be reintroduced if re-elected is an area of weakness in the province’s financial future. On the other hand would another party coming into power be any different? To date not one opposition party has come up with anything new to turn the tide on government spending. Until some political party breaks away from the quest for party power rather than relating more to the needs of everyone the future will be much the same and decline in personal financial security will continue to decline. We can only hope Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials: Born 1996 and later will enact the needed change when their turn to lead  MY CANADA arrives.