December 26th, 2005
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Vancouver is the world’s best place to live, a survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has found.
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I’d agree. It is a wonderful city. But I have to say that Victoria, being Vancouver 35 years ago, smokes Vancouver in terms of livability simply because Vancouver, 35 years ago would smoke Vancouver today. Imagine a city where you can get your car fixed in a gas station, where the lineup at the liquor store on Christmas Eve was, er, two people.
Yes, it is a bit sleepy. but if I wanted dynamic I’d live in New York or LA or London, not Vancouver. Dynamic and livable are two rather different qualities.
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Interesting article in the NYT today on the cleanup after Katrina:
The cleanup from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was 45 percent finished in jurisdictions that called in the corps, and nearly 70 percent complete in communities that employed private contractors, state records showed. The imbalance remained even when New Orleans, where the cleanup has been particularly complex and slow, was removed from the tally. Across the Gulf Coast, the cleanup was, on average, about 60 percent done, records showed.
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This is the sort of idea that the CPC should be taking into the second half when it comes to questions like healthcare and education - private sector providers tend to be a tad more efficient. That matters.
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Just back from a walk through Beacon Hill park to the ocean with Sam. A couple of hours of clambering up rocks and through mud. He had a marvelous time and, I suspect, will remember the walk long after Christmas presents have been forgotten. There was a seal swimming towards Ogden Point and hundreds of people enjoying the gentle sea air. It was abbout 60 degrees yesterday and much the same today.
I walked up to the Anglican cathedral last night for the Christmas communion. The place was standing room only. At a guess there would have been 2000 people. the Christmas Eucharist is always a wonderful service but the Cathedral, with a full choir, the marvelous organ and a string section, celebrated the birth of Jesus in grand style. It is, after all, diffficult to go wrong with Mozart.
It had been a long time since I could attend a Christmas Eucharist. Too busy, too far away, too scattered; but when I heard the Cathedral bells I realized how much I had missed the Anglican Church.
It was a small Christmas gift to myself. A precious one.
Merry Christmas all.
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