tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5639241.post-1159756843445408752006-10-01T23:38:00.000-03:002006-10-01T23:40:43.476-03:00From: chris lloyd <dearpm@gmail.com> Mailed-By: gmail.com<br />To: pm@pm.gc.ca<br />Date: Oct 1, 2006 11:31 PM<br />Subject: Friends proud of slain soldier; Effondrement du viaduc: Charest assure que l'argent n'y est pour rien<br />Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Add sender to Contacts list | Delete this message | Show original | Message text garbled?<br />Dear Stephen,<br /><br />I still don't have my computer back, which is now becoming like a kind of vacation where I'm not checking my email every ten minutes. Of course, it also means things aren't getting done that should probably be done but oh well.<br /><br />So since the last time I've written you lots has happened. The Continental Drift International Short Film Festival was launched and ran through fours different programs, including the well-attended Mini-Movie fest at the gallery this afternoon. An overpass in Laval collapsed killing five people and spawning a nationwide debate over the structural integrity of our infrastructure. The bar was really quite busy the last couple nights, which is good because I'm trying to save money. Claudine is wheezing from asthma at night; this hasn't bothered her in years and I have to wonder if the city has anything to do with it. The cats are playing with each other and sleeping together on the bed. One of the directors whose film ( <a href="http://www.thermidorfilms.com/goshawk/">goshawk</a>) was in the festival is staying with us until tomorrow morning. The article Karen Ruet wrote about the PM Project in Baltimore was in the Reader on Saturday. Saturday was actually the first day in over a week that we actually got the paper without having to call first.<br /><br />Your recent budget cuts affect not only the legal aid system but also literacy programs. What, you don't want people to learn to read? And thought he cuts to the long arm gun registry were expected the cuts to the museums touring program wasn't; that little bit of budget magic will result in a loss of between $50 - $200 thousand per year for the local New Brunswick Museum. What, you don't want people to learn about their cultures?<br /><br />You sound defensive lately. I was reading an article where you were trying to blame the current direction of the Afghanistan mission on Paul Martin. You do realize of course that it was you and your government that pushed for an extension of the mission, which sort of makes blaming its current problems on Paul a moot point. It also makes you sound a little bit desperate; you've been PM for over 8 months, almost nine. Although that is roughly the same amount of time it takes to make a baby, it doesn't mean you have to act like one.<br /><br />-chrisChris Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00880953607849291589noreply@blogger.com