The fallout from the James Cardinal McGuigan Incident continues.
The Principal has been terminated by the Toronto District School Board. Kevin Kobus, a director of the Catholic School Board stated that the arrests and the controversy had taken their toll on both the school and Principal Matthews and that a fresh start was needed. The Vice Principal was also removed, and the Catholic School Board insists that both individuals were involved in the decision and decided to step down "for the good of the school."
David Matthews is currently working in policy development with the Catholic School Board.
There is currently a deal on the table for 12 of the 16 students, but they won't see the inside of a court room until Feb 21, when, hopefully, some more light will be shed on the entire incident.

Meanwhile...in the rest of the country:

• Jack Layton got snowed in in the Maritimes.
• Harper and Martin are stumping in Ontario.
• Duceppe is stumping in Quebec.
• The Habs are still behind the Leafs in the standings.
• The Toronto Rock are 0-3, the Calgary Roughnecks are 1-0 and the Edmonton Rush are 0-2. With a little luck, the Edmonton Rush, the NLLs newest franchise may be ahead of the Toronto Rock, last year's champions, with a win in Calgary this weekend...hey, it could happen, and I know Barks Dawg is rroting for 'em!
• I'm going to be paying more taxes next year because despite my votes, Harper will win a majority...

I'm voting Liberal in the federal election, and here's why:
Harper has proposed a cut to the GST that will initially save Canadians about $4 Bil. However, he also plans on raising other taxes (though they won't be called taxes, they'll be "premiums" and "service charges") to the tune of $5 Bil, meaning we are all going to be $1 Bil out of pocket. I don't know about you, but when I hear the words "tax cuts" I tend to think I'll be left with more money overall.
Layton and the NDP will tax and spend their way to glory.
The only option that makes sense for me now is the Liberals. Why? Because under them, my income taxes will go from 26% to 22%. For me, that's a savings of about $1600/yr. My roommate will have her taxes cut from 17% to 15% which works out to $450 per year. That's $10 000 that we can put towards a mortgage, a car, a savings plan, etc...

Anyhoo, enough about that...hope everyone is sane and safe and we'll talk to you again soon!

Apologies to AZCowgirl...Sorry, Heather, I owe you a hug!