On February 10, I was at Brock-Corydon School as part of I love to read month. I started with a poem "My Cat" by Judith Viost. Then because February is Black History Month, I read "Reading Beauty" by Deborah Underwood, a book about a Black Princess. Third was "When we Were Alone" by Winnipeg writer David A Robertson. This one started a lot of discussion and questions about residential schools. Then I talked about, instead of reading the books, two more. The first was "The Illustrated Father Goose" by Shelley Tanaka - a story of a father, Bill Lishman, and his daughter Carmen who trained geese to follow an ultralight airplane in migration from southern Ontario to Airlie, near Washington D.C. Their efforts have been instrumental in helping to establish a second wintering ground for Whooping Cranes in order to enhance the survival of the species. Lastly, I spoke about Yossi Leshem's book "Flying with the Birds". It is the story of how he learned about bird migration through Israel using radar and other means. His efforts have dramatically reduced the likelihood of crashes between birds and planes in Israeli airspace. As Yossi Leshem describes his efforts - he says birds know no borders - and studying bird migration is a way of bringing people to work together across borders. My reading and discussing books was followed by lots and lots of questions and comments from the students.
Dougald Lamont speaks at Meth Forum last night to present positive ideas to address the epidemic, while exposing the lack of action by the Pallister Conservatives
Last night at the Notre Dame Recreation Centre in St. Boniface, at an Election Forum on the Meth Crisis in Manitoba, Dougald Lamont spoke eloquently about the severity of the meth epidemic and described the Liberal plan to address it. The Liberal Plan will make sure that there is a single province-wide phone number for people, or friends of people, who need help dealing with meth to call (as there is in Alberta) and that there will be rapid access to a seamless series of steps - stabilization, detoxification, treatment, extended supportive housing etc so that people with meth addiction can be helped well and effectively and so that they can rebuild their lives. The Liberal meth plan will be helped by our approach to mental health (putting psychological therapies under medicare), and to poverty (providing better support). It will also be helped by our vigorous efforts to help young people understand the problems with meth in our education system and to provide alternative positive
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