zen and the art of intentional procrastination

* Updated at the bottom

It takes a lot of effort to prioritize. There’s the judging, and the weighing, and the balancing and contrasting. One must take into consideration scenarios both probable and im-, measure the potential consequences of each choice carefully, count the cost of each path not chosen, consider the ramifications.

It’s an awful lot of work.

Still no news on the AHF front...

It's been two weeks since funding for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation was cut off. The last real news was that reaction to the news had inspired a last minute debate and subsequent talks.

Since then? Nada from Ottawa.

The story isn't dead yet though. The Winnipeg Free Press ran this story last week. Today B.C.'s Houston Today ran this follow up.

Mr. Harper, I don't think we're going to forget about this, or the Afghan Detainee issue, any time soon.

How about you just give in and do the right thing?

AHF Update - No news is bad news as the PMO stalls and hopes we all forget.

Still almost nothing new on the AHF front other than continuing calls for renewing the funding by the likes of Murray Sinclair, a Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench justice, Charlene Belleau, manager of the Assembly of First Nations and Robert Gruben, chair of Tuktoyaktuk's Community Corporation. As mentioned in a couple of the links above, Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq is stating that programs still exist under the purview of the federal government, but community leaders and critics point out that these aren’t community based programs. The AHF was lauded, even by Harper’s ministers, as being both efficacious and efficient, and the community-based approach helped create a level of accessibility and trust that programs run under the auspice of the Federal Government will never be able to achieve.

I’m left wondering which of Harper’s favorite health care private contractors are benefitting from this…

Obama talks to American Indians while we wait for word on the PMO's response to the AHF funding issue

It's still a politician talking, don't forget, but it will be interesting to compare the tone of Obama's remarks to what the PMO comes out with this week in regards to the AHF funding issue.