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Conversations With My Canadian Kids About The US Election Outcome
It started this morning when my youngest got a text from a friend that stated: “The World is Ending.” “Mom, what does this mean?” “Well,” I said, “I believe she’s referring to the US election outcome.” Picture a giant question mark hanging between us. “Donald Trump won last night. It was close.” I think she said “No Way” or something to that effect and we ate breakfast in our home, in a suburb in Ontario, Canada. I told the news to my eldest daughter before she left for high school. Because I wanted her to hear it from me first. Throughout the campaign there were a lot of strange rumours that germinated…
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Five Ways to Get Involved with the election #voteON #ohip4ivf #onpoli
If you know me at all then you know very well that I get involved with causes I care about. And getting involved with an election is very much something I am passionate about too. If you don’t have time to vote or get up to speed on the issues then don’t complain to me about politics at all. Five Ways to Get Involved with The Election 1. Get to know all the candidates in your riding. Ask them where they stand on the issues that are important to you. Follow them on twitter and Facebook. Check to see if you are on the voter’s list. That’s the simplest way…
