Leaders Cross Country To Woo Voters

As of yesterday, Canadians will be heading to the polls on May 2nd to vote for who they think should run the country now.  This comes after The Conservitives lost a non-confidence vote yesterday.  Being only a minority government all of the other parties had to vote against the Convservitives to make the government fall.  Along with an election though comes with all of the bills on the table dieing.  This time around a big one was The Vetrans Bill that was passed in The House of Commons, and was ready to be voted on by the Senate.  Now it could take a whole another year for a single bill to be passed from around our current date right now.  This election is not needed, and Canada needs a government during the Lybian Crisis overseas since we have troops over their.The leader of The Liberal Party Michael Ignatieff was in Montreal the other day trying to get support for his party.  As for the rest of the leaders of the parties they are touring the country trying to get support for their party's.

I personally believe, that this elction was called for not a good reason, and should have been called in the midst of The Lybian Uprising, because we have troops over seas.  I believe that we need a government at this point, and time to oversea what is happening overseas.  Also, I see it as The Conservitives are going to win, and probably with more seats than they already had at this point, and time.  I just think that Michael Ignatieff will not win this time, he just does not have enough support from the citizens of Canada yet to be able to win an election, yet, and defeat Stephen Harper.  I also think that during the economic recession during Stephen Harper's term was handled very well.  Lets hope that when Canadians go to the polls on May 2nd, they take account of what Stephen Harpger has done for Canada over his last few terms as The Prime Minister of Canada, and vote for who they think who should run our country.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2011/03/26/cv-campaign-sunday.html

New Power Line To Japan Nuclear Plant Readied

After the devastating Earthquake that shook Japan earlier in March, The Fuskashima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant's cooling systems for 3 reactors were damaged my the massive 8.9 Earthquake on The Richter Scale.  Engineers say that they have successfully planted a power line to Reactor Number 2.  This means that hopefully soon the reactor's cooling system can be up, and running soon again.  Without the cooling systems, the reactors then went in a partial melt-down.  People were told to evacuate the area 20km around The Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.  Engineers, and the workers of The Nuclear Power Plant have been working on the situation since The Earthquake.  Crews have been trying to dump water from the air to try, and cool off the reactors.  As for the rest of Japan, the are still feeling aftershocks up, to last week, and maybe more, and last week, officials said that the death toll will rise over 10,000, hopefully it does not exceed that number.

I believe that the workers at The Fukishima Daiichi Nuclear power Plant are doing an excellent job at trying to restore the power plant to it's normal self, or at least bring the risk level down a bit for the citizens of Japan, and especially the people who live in the surrounding area.  These workers are risking themselves being exposed to high levels of radiation while trying to restore safety in the reactors.  I believe that these workers should be provided with some sort of special benefits for them, and their families.  These workers are risking their health to help many other people in Japan, and if that does not show true bravery, then I am not sure what is true bravery.  I hope that Japan can overcome this disaster, and for the future, there is nothing you can do to prevent an earthquake, but you can have a plan ready for the next one, and hopefully that is what Japan will come up with in the future.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/17/japan-cooling-methods.html

End of The Road

Space Shuttle Discovery's last flight has now taken place after it's last 12 day mission to The International Space Space Station, and it is now safe on the ground, never to take flight again.  This concludes The Space Shuttle Program for Discovery, after it's 39th successful mission.  Over the years, it has taken more than 250 astronauts into space, and is the oldest Space Shuttle still in service in the fleet, with it's first flight on August 29th, 1984.  Within the last27 years, Space Shuttle Discovery has carried, The Hubble Space Telescope, the oldest man that has ever been in space, John Glenn, at 77 years old, it brought down the first satellite from space, back down to earth, and many more.

The Space Shuttle Program has had it's ups, and it's downs.  I would consider The Space Shuttle Program was a success.  It has provided a good route for transporting many important sections of The International Space Station, satellites, The Hubble Space Telescope, and more.  It had the two incidents of Space Shuttle Columbia, and Space Shuttle Endeavour where they both were destroyed, and killed all of The Astronauts on board.  Overall, I would say that The Space Shuttle Program was a success.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2010/10/29/f-shuttle-discovery-final-flight.html

Canadian Confirmed Dead in N.Z. Quake

The earthquake that rocked the country of New Zealand last month has now officially claimed the life on one Canadian.  On Tuesday, New Zealand officials confirmed that 60-year-old Marielle Falardeau was among the rubble in Christchurch.  In the police statement, she is described as vacationing with her sister, and she was supposed to fly home to Montreal, on February 23rd, a day after this tragic earthquake.  A spokeswomen for The Ministry of Forgien Affairs, said in an e-mail, that they have contacted the victim's family, and have offered counselling to the family.  In total from this magnitude 6.3 earthquake that rocked N.Z. on February 22nd, has now claimed the lives of 166 people, and also, damaged, or destroyed, thousands of buildings.

I believe that this is a tragic incident that cannot be prevented.  I think that The Canadian Government does a good job at trying to support the family f the victim, and all of the other things that go along with an overseas death.  As for relief efforts towards the earthquake, the rubble, and debris is still all around the city.  To help with this I believe that Canada should make a small contribution in honour of Marielle Falardeau, to help clean up the streets, and buildings of Christchurch.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/03/08/canadian-earthquake-victim.html

Pirates Kidnap 7 Danes in Indian Ocean

Starting about six years ago, Somali Pirates have began raiding vessel along the Gulf of Aden.  Last Thursday a distress signal was received from a Danish-ship.  On board the vessel, is a Danish couple, their three kids, and two crew members that work on board the ship.  Then on Monday morning, a Greek-Owned Cargo-ship, the MV Dover, was also hijacked, with 23 crew members on board.  This just highlights the concern for more, and more hijacking in the future months, and years to come.Just recently four Americans were travelling through The Gulf of Aden, and were taken hostage, and ultimately killed.  Over the years, The Somali pirates have taken larger ships too, once they took a large American freight ship.  The U.S. Marines were called in, and eventually it led to a stand-off, where the Somali Pirates fled the ship in a lifeboat, with the Captain, and they were eventually killed.

I believe that the problem with this is that there is no Coast Guard off the Somali Coast.  The Somali Government needs to organize, and mobilize a Coast Guard Unit as soon as possible.  The amount of ships being taken hostage, is enormous, and it is making people think twice about sailing through these waters.  I think that what The Somali Pirates are doing is completely wrong, and it is disturbing international trade roots in the Gulf of Aden.  I think that what the international community has done by sending large Navy Vessels to the Gulf is a good course of action.  The only problem is that no there is a larger military presence in the area is pushing the Somali Pirates farther down the Coast.  I believe that this problem will never be entirely solved, but clearly there are a few adjustments that could be made to help-out with this issue.

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/02/28/somalia-piracy.html