By Jack Tennant
Sometimes I’m just full of great ideas.
In this Olympic week there’s much talk about funding for our athletes and I have the answer.
Gas the Governor General and give the bread to pole vaulters and long jumpers.
A recently approved budget for the governor general’s office for 2003-2004 was $19.1 million. The Olympics every two years means both winter and summer athletes would receive about $40 million.
I’m not sure if the $19.1 million per year includes Queen Adrienne’s trips to New York.
Which would you prefer? A gold medal or another trip to New York?
Now another idea.
The federal cabinet is scheduled to meet Sept. 7 and 8 on one of those regional sessions designed to show us that the feds really do care about the West.
Especially if there’s plenty of wine and golf nearby.
So if the federal cabinet can be in Kelowna Sept. 7 and 8 is there any reason the prime minister couldn’t be in Cochrane Sept. 6 to receive the petition to open the border to Canadian cattle?
And speaking of opening the border, the response has been amazing. Enough to put a smile on a cow’s face.
Between hits, messages and signatures the total involvement is rapidly closing in on the magic 1 million mark and that’s incredible.
The petitions will be presented to government officials at the second annual beef eating contest at Cochrane Dodge immediately following the Labour Day parade.
And you still have time to enter a team in the corporate contest. Just phone the folks at Cochrane Dodge at 932-4072, sound hungry and you’re in.
And the lasting thought is if you don’t think oil is important to Alberta’s economy think of this item gleaned from news reports:
For every dollar increase in the price of a barrel of oil, Alberta earns $65 million.
Almost enough to afford our own Governor General.
Or a high jumper. Or a high jumping GG.

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