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Its been a decade.....

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Hello there....this marks 10 years with CLP. I have taken great care to launch a monthly, bi-monthly or multi-monthly post over the last 10 years. I have met, rekindled, resurrected many valued and treasured friendships, acquaintances and loves and linked the CLN to cover the last decade of my monthly thoughts, pleasures, joys, passions and peeves to share with friends and foes alike. I have resided in, the last 10 years, Winnipeg, Windsor, the Erie Shores (alongside the wineries-hic), Montreal, Thailand, and visited China,Vancouver, Boston, South Bend, Burma, Laos and Vietnam. I take great pride in being entrusted with the voice and privilege of presiding the Canadian rail workers' elected choice and voice, nationally for the best part of the decade until I was allowed and granted their permission to retire my services and watch from afar. Colleagues and adversaries were always a vibrant and challenging measure to achieving the will and pleasure during that time in my career.

Wake up.The rich will only lose their seaside summer homes and.....well speaks for itself.

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The Gordie Howe Bridge

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New Windsor-Detroit bridge may cost $3.5B more due to low loonie Documents show that Trudeau has been told of the new costs for the bridge, which the federal government agreed last year to pay for all constructiion costs. DAVE CHIDLEY / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO The new Windsor-Detroit bridge, which will be named after hockey great Gordie Howe, may need $3.5 billion than originally expected in construction costs. By:   Jordan Press   The Canadian Press,   Published on Mon Jan 04 2016 OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government will need to find $3.5 billion more to pay for a new bridge at the bustling border crossing between Canada and the United States. Documents show Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been warned that the cost of building the new Windsor-Detroit bridge has likely gone up by at least $2 billion, thanks to the declining value of the Canadian dollar. Government officials told Trudeau the project would also need an extra $1.5 billion in a