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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hired a decision making expert.聽 You can鈥檛 make this up.聽 Isn鈥檛 that what we elect a Prime Minister for? To be a leader and to make tough decisions? Or, has it never been more clear that Canadians want a Prime Minister who has a Colgate smile with no substance behind the flair?

Having grown up in New Brunswick, I can only imagine the whining being done by citizens there about the fact their Liberal provincial government jacked their PST (actually called HST because they pay both PST and GST on everything) by 2%. I suspect Trudeau will do the same to the GST, eventually. A small town in New Brunswick, recently, lost 500 jobs when Postashcorp announced a shutdown of a mine in Sussex. But, priorities are priorities and they wanted to protect their unemployment benefits, so they all voted Liberal.聽 If Trudeau does raise the GST, a $35,000 vehicle in New Brunswick will actually cost more than $41 000 after tax. And, they wonder why people leave.

Don鈥檛 get me wrong, I appreciate defence and the fact it鈥檚 defence that wins championships; but the Super Bowl on Sunday was not a fun game to watch. And, that鈥檚 the balancing act that professional sports leagues have to, continuously, monitor. Defence wins, Offense sells tickets and entertains people.聽 The CFL has become a much more defensive oriented league and it鈥檚 not as fun to watch. So much so, that I didn鈥檛 renew my Roughrider season tickets for the first time in over ten years. The NHL is big-time defensive and Major League Baseball has seen more no-hitters in recent years than ever before. Maybe some people like that. I don鈥檛.聽 Give me points.

I like Cam Newton but he handled his post-game press conference all wrong. You can鈥檛 jump around and show boat when things are going great and then pout and be uncooperative when you lose. I hope he learns from this. I don鈥檛 want him to stop having fun and making gestures after he scores touchdowns. It鈥檚 exciting to watch. I鈥檇 just like to see a bit more class from him when he loses. I look at PK Subban, who rubs people the wrong way with his flashy personality, yet Subban is the same whether he鈥檚 winning or losing. The guy gets it. And, that pains me to say because I despise the Habs. 聽

As far as Peyton Manning is concerned, he鈥檚 now won two championships. Sure, he was a non-factor in this game; but he also had a number of losses hanged on him that were undeserving because of issues beyond his control. The bottom line is that Manning should be recognized as an all-time great with Tom Brady. I鈥檓 not saying he鈥檚 better than Brady, but if someone wanted to debate it; it鈥檚 not a one-sided topic like I would have conceded a year ago.

The tragedy at Calgary Olympic Park this past weekend where two teenagers were killed and six others injured (some very badly) is just that. A tragedy. It is not a situation where the owners of the park need to re-evaluate whether or not they had enough security or whether or not they have enough measures in place to prevent people from breaking in. This was a choice made by people old enough to know better and the consequences of that decision cannot be undone. When will we stop with the excuses and just admit that we cannot protect people from themselves? 聽

With what has been reported in the Jian Ghomeshi sexual assault trial so far, it does look like it may be a long shot to find him guilty of anything substantial. That being said, I do think it鈥檚 entirely possible for a predator to pick his victims carefully and capitalize on those with low self-esteem as they are the ones, most likely, to either not report the incident, and/or come back for more after the fact. 聽

I didn鈥檛 even catch his name, but I was impressed with the coach of the Esterhazy Warriors high school (grade nine) boys basketball team on Saturday. In addition to coaching his club through three games, he also picked up a referee鈥檚 whistle for the games he wasn鈥檛 coaching. That makes for a very busy day.聽 On behalf of the players, other coaches, and fans from Saturday; thank you for your dedication.

There are a number of sports that fly under the radar in our area and one of them is tennis. I bumped into Blaine Stoll the other day and he mentioned Benjamin Lortie and Clarizze Perpetua both enjoyed stellar years. Ben won a bronze in the U-13 Division of the Western Canada Games. He and his family have since moved to Quebec and Ben and 11-year-old brother Isaac have already emerged in that province as two of the top youth involved in the sport. Clarizze won bronze in U-15 and is now poised for a performance in Squash at the Junior Nationals.