News Anchor Peter Mansbridge of The National at CBC Vancouver Open House, originally uploaded by susan gittins.
What a treat it was to watch Peter Mansbridge anchor the Canadian Election Results last night! It was a little bit of Canada right in our living room (well, it's called a "great room" in Texas).
Not much has changed about Peter over the years. He looks about the same, sounds a little more polished and delivers the news as straight as ever.
We received the CBC feed on C-Span 2 without any interuption. It was as though we were sitting in Toronto. A little bit of home always feels good!
The results were amazing this time with Bloc Quebecois only maintaining three seats and their leader losing his.
The interesting "wild card" was Jack Layton of Toronto who is leader of the NDP (New Democratic Party) who lead them to a historical first time Opposition Party. The Liberals did miserably. A new party, The Green Party, elected their first member of parliament (MP) from Vancouver Island.
Stephen Harper not only is still Prime Minister but his Conservative Party now has a majority.
We thoroughly enjoyed keeping up with my roots and just have one thought . . . Couldn't someone have delivered some Swiss Chalet to us? Swiss Chalet BBQ Chicken has been around since I was at Weller College at 19 years of age. Texans would think it rather bland, but to a Canuck, well, it is the best!
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