I'm going to VanCon!

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Thanks to the extreme kindness and generosity of this fandom, I get to go to VanCon!

Yesterday I woke up and did my finances and discovered that not only could I NOT afford to even a second hand ticket this year (and I was seriously only going to spend $100 on it), but I also am probably not going to be able to afford my rent on the 1st. So, yeah, no VanCon for me. I can borrow money for the rent, but I can hardly borrow money to goof off with my friends for a weekend. I spent the whole day trying to think of ways I could get the money, failing, and then being sad that I really just couldn't go.

And then at the end of the day I sat down at my computer in order to compose a "I can't go to VanCon :( " LJ post, and before I could even type it, I got a message about this lovely donated ticket that was available for someone in my situation.

Yay!

Comments

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We have a rule that there has to be an election every 4 years, but we don't have a rule about how long someone can be Prime Minister for. Pierre Trudeau had three, non-consecutive, I think so did Chretien (he was PM for pretty much all of the 90s).

And yes, NDP (as they're known) were the ones who got in in Alberta provincially. They also had a sweeping victory in Quebec last election federally, but it wasn't enough to usurp the Conservative majority in the house, because in Quebec the vote is also split with the Bloq, which is the Quebec Independence party. The NDP outperformed the Bloq, but not the Cons.

I don't know how things will shake out this election in Ontario. I'm fearing the worst though, because last election I really had my hopes up and then they were brutally crushed.