I've always believed in seeing changes I wanted in my lifetime. Today things change on a dime, politically and technologically. Who would believe that business in Canada---for instance the pending sale to China of a piece of Alberta's oil play---is decided by the "chairmen" of political parties in Beijing and Ottawa? State capitalism rules. Or that the entire electrical system in lagoplus-land is owned and directed from Paris and Spain?
I haven't the slightest idea of what's coming as power shifts around the globe. My American friends hate reference to US cultural, industrial and military reach and influence as an empire but an empire it is. Canada's future in all respects depends on our closest friend and neighbour. Tuesday's decision for the presidency will have more effect on our future than any other time in history.
So what comes north is uncertain for everyone. From a personal point of view, of my 81 years in our dear country, I only know I've seen the best of it.
