Our Federal Election (OT, but important)

[Guest guest]

I was thinking of asking some of you to "pray" for us, but it seems to be a bit too late already....the Conservatives seem to be winning. I am somewhat worried about how our new Prime Minister will be able to deal with his more experienced counterpart to the south. sent us Canadians a lovely letter, prior to our federal election today. Here is a link to it. Aasa http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=192

[Guest guest]

I can just hear Rick Mercer in the next installment of Talking to

Americans... " I asked for a double-double, not a Dubya-double " ...

At least there's some small comfort - they only hold a minority - and

maybe they won't last long. Would have liked to see the NDP grab at

least the balance of power, 'cause they appear to be the only major

party in Canada that actually gives a rat's ass about autistic kids

(apologies to list mates for a bit of a political rant).

He's a Conservative, and although it's not fair to paint everyone with

the same brush, people like Bill Frist have given that word a truly

disgusting evil slant, even across international borders. Not much

trust here...

>

> I was thinking of asking some of you to " pray " for us, but it seems

to be a bit too late already....the Conservatives seem to be winning.

I am somewhat worried about how our new Prime Minister will be able to

deal with his more experienced counterpart to the south.

sent us Canadians a lovely letter, prior to our federal election

today. Here is a link to it. Aasa

>

> http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?id=192

>

[Guest guest]

Actually…………………..Mike Lake Conservative MP for Edmonton Millwoods-

Beaumont has a child with autism.

>

> I can just hear Rick Mercer in the next installment of Talking to

> Americans... " I asked for a double-double, not a Dubya-double " ...

>

> At least there's some small comfort - they only hold a minority -

and

> maybe they won't last long. Would have liked to see the NDP grab

at

> least the balance of power, 'cause they appear to be the only major

> party in Canada that actually gives a rat's ass about autistic kids

> (apologies to list mates for a bit of a political rant).

>

> He's a Conservative, and although it's not fair to paint everyone

with

> the same brush, people like Bill Frist have given that word a truly

> disgusting evil slant, even across international borders. Not much

> trust here...

>

[Guest guest]

guess my " rat's ass " comment was my view of Ontario's situation,

project across the country and all the parties in general -

misdirected anger - and foot in mouth - apologies to Mr Lake and his

child and others who did not deserve that.

thanks for a lesson in humility...

> >

> > I can just hear Rick Mercer in the next installment of Talking to

> > Americans... " I asked for a double-double, not a Dubya-double " ...

> >

> > At least there's some small comfort - they only hold a minority -

> and

> > maybe they won't last long. Would have liked to see the NDP grab

> at

> > least the balance of power, 'cause they appear to be the only major

> > party in Canada that actually gives a rat's ass about autistic kids

> > (apologies to list mates for a bit of a political rant).

> >

> > He's a Conservative, and although it's not fair to paint everyone

> with

> > the same brush, people like Bill Frist have given that word a truly

> > disgusting evil slant, even across international borders. Not much

> > trust here...

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Lady,

MP Russ Hiebert won't back efforts to have autism funding enshrined

in the Canada Health Act if re-elected.

The Conservative candidate said that's not the federal

government's

responsibility, and it's not his job to say how provinces fund health

care.

" It's not the role of the federal government to dictate to the

provinces what they are to provide, " Hiebert said last Tuesday.

The only party that has stuck to their guns is the NDP. The have

signed a document promising to table the proposal.

>

>

> Actually…………………..Mike Lake Conservative MP for Edmonton Millwoods-

> Beaumont has a child with autism.

>

[Guest guest]

Lady,

MP Russ Hiebert won't back efforts to have autism funding enshrined

in the Canada Health Act if re-elected.

The Conservative candidate said that's not the federal

government's

responsibility, and it's not his job to say how provinces fund health

care.

" It's not the role of the federal government to dictate to the

provinces what they are to provide, " Hiebert said last Tuesday.

The only party that has stuck to their guns is the NDP. The have

signed a document promising to table the proposal.

>

>

> Actually…………………..Mike Lake Conservative MP for Edmonton Millwoods-

> Beaumont has a child with autism.

>

[Guest guest]

> " The only party that has stuck to their guns is the NDP. The have

> signed a document promising to table the proposal. "

I understand your frustration but I will not join in your

enthusiasm of the NDP. They did squat for our autistic child when

they were running that province (into the ground I may add) which is

why we had to pack up and at great expense to us, move to another

province. The wait times for any services including pediatric were

ridiculous and when we left we still didn`t have a proper

diagnosis. And what a wonderful education system they had too.

Parents were called elitist if they didn't want to send their ASD

child to the local public school with its over crowded/stimulating

classrooms and parents weren't welcome in the classroom because some

union person could be paid to help out. The reality was, we were

taxed to death and got very little in return.

What does it cost the federal NDP to promise parents the moon?

Absolutely nothing because they are never going to be the ruling

party. Mike Lake is not my MP however I think it would be more

productive to get him on board than waiting for hell to freeze over

with an NDP majority. JMHO.

[Guest guest]

Oops,

I think you may have misunderstood me. I am not enthusiastic about

anyone. I live in a province where Mr Dosanj (NDP at the time) and

former Liberal Health Minister appealed to the Supreme Court 4 times

over the Auton award of a miserly $20,000 per year for ABA. My

comment was generally that I do not put my faith in any one party for

help. Warwa (Cons.) has done an excellent job but his party will not

promise to look into it and has stated negatively about expanding the

Federal Health Act. NDP will give a written promise to table but has

no power and the Liberals fought legally against the Auton Case.

Personally, I think squat is going to be done with any MP in any

party. Until the apathy and ignorance of the general public are

conquered by drawing awareness to the situation and to the lack of

coverage, Autism will still be looked at as " special interest " .

>

>

> > " The only party that has stuck to their guns is the NDP. The

have

> > signed a document promising to table the proposal. "

>

>

> I understand your frustration but I will not join in your

> enthusiasm of the NDP. They did squat for our autistic child when

> they were running that province (into the ground I may add) which

is

> why we had to pack up and at great expense to us, move to another

> province. The wait times for any services including pediatric were

> ridiculous and when we left we still didn`t have a proper

> diagnosis. And what a wonderful education system they had too.

> Parents were called elitist if they didn't want to send their ASD

> child to the local public school with its over crowded/stimulating

> classrooms and parents weren't welcome in the classroom because

some

> union person could be paid to help out. The reality was, we were

> taxed to death and got very little in return.

>

> What does it cost the federal NDP to promise parents the moon?

> Absolutely nothing because they are never going to be the ruling

> party. Mike Lake is not my MP however I think it would be more

> productive to get him on board than waiting for hell to freeze over

> with an NDP majority. JMHO.

>

[Guest guest]

" Personally, I think squat is going to be done with any MP in any

party. Until the apathy and ignorance of the general public are

conquered by drawing awareness to the situation and to the lack of

coverage, Autism will still be looked at as " special interest " . "

Very true. Unfortunately we have experienced a lot of ignorance and

apathy from professional people who are supposed to be aware of

autism. But that's another rant for another day.

Even though our ds did not require ABA, Dosanj was the proverbial

straw that broke the camel's back when he inferred that we were

elitist for wanting an education for our ds in a more structured

setting than what the public school had to offer.