Diversity. Inclusion. Most people will tell you that they believe in these things. Most people believe that they live it. Most believe that everyone should be treated equally… until there is something about treating another person equally that makes them feel uncomfortable.

We all knew that change was a-comin’ but the extent is staggering. The historically large majority handed to the Progressive Conservatives can only be interpreted one way: change is needed and if we are swinging the pendulum, it’s going all the way.

Like all things Manitoban, there is a considerable amount of uncertainty about the coming election. Just as we often don’t buy a social ticket until the day of, we wait until the last minute to make electoral decisions.

Death is the enemy of all humanity. Facing the common enemy of death is grounds for uniting all humans. The death rate is the same for the human race—one death for every birth.

Aesop is reported to have said, “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” I love this quote because it doesn’t matter whether the act is large or small, random or intended; all forms of kindness can have a profound effect on the health of the giver, receiver, and observer.

A force is awakening—not only in a galaxy far, far away, but in our own backyard. A new political consciousness has arrived within our youth and the First Nations, and this force has the potential to change the landscape.