A year ago I wrote a post about Canada Day and called it Canada Day in Harperland: Between Hope and Despair.
Because although I never lost hope that we would defeat him, the monster was still in power...
And I couldn't help wondering how long it would be before we got our Canada back.
So I knew yesterday's Canada Day was going to be really special.
And I wasn't disappointed.
It was a beautiful blue summer day in the Great White North. The kind I dream about all year round.
A chance to get away from the city, feel the clean lake air in my face. Try to forget about all the problems we face in this increasingly scary world.
And prepare to celebrate what will be for me, one of the greatest days of my life.
The first Canada Day since we defeated the hideous tyrant Stephen Harper.
Ever since Jason Kenney tweeted out his enthusiastic support for the Brexit referendum result, he has been widely ridiculed.
Especially since the Brexiteer's bubble burst.
European leaders have insisted they will set the terms of the EU’s split from Britain, rejecting suggestions by British Prime Minister David Cameron that informal discussions can take place.
The future is looking grim, and it's getting hard to tell who is more confused Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage.
As you know I was not happy with result of the so-called Brexit referendum
I thought it was a reckless move, that amounted to throwing out the baby, and the future, with the bath water.
I hate the way it has triggered an explosion of racism.
And I also hate the way it has driven a wedge between the young and the old in Britain.
Six years ago, while campaigning for his racist UKIP party, Nigel Farage narrowly escaped death when his small plane crashed in a field.
But although Farage survived, Britain may not be so lucky.
Because after UKIP's racist forces helped the LEAVE side win the Brexit referendum, it now looks a lot like that plane.
While Farage can't stop gloating as he did yesterday at the European Parliament.
As we all know the hideous religious fanatic Jason Kenney has been hinting strongly that he is about to leave Ottawa, and ride west to unite the right in Alberta.
No doubt believing that he will be given a hero's welcome, or be greeted like Jesus himself.
Which sadly for him appears to be more and more delusional.
But just the prospect that Kenney could leave, has another monstrous religious fanatic threatening to run for the leadership of the Harper Party.
Well it's now five days since Boris Johnson and his merry band of Brexiteers won their referendum to haul Britain out of the EU.
And now the situation couldn't be more disastrous. The pound is still sliding, the country has lost its triple-A credit rating. The stock market and the banks are reeling.
And the UK is in danger of falling apart, with both Scotland and Northern Ireland threatening to separate.
But don't tell the Con clown Boris Johnson that, because he wants people to believe that everything is under control.
Victor Jara was a well known Chilean folk singer who sang songs about poverty and injustice.
And for that when Augusto Pinochet and his fascists overthrew the government of Salvador Allende, he was one of their first victims.
And was tortured and murdered in a soccer stadium where the military were holding thousands of prisoners.
As Britain tries to recover from the shock of the Brexit referendum result. With its economy and its political scene in a turmoil.
And its racist bigots on a rampage.
I'm sure many of its REMAIN supporters were glad to hear Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, vow to try to block Britain from divorcing the European Union.
As you may remember the ghastly uber right-wing Con Jason Kenney couldn't wait to trumpet his joy at the Brexit result.
Calling it a triumph of hope over fear, even though it was exactly the opposite.
As well as a triumph of bigotry over decency.
So now I'd like him to try to explain this monstrous horror show.
