This morning, after physio, I went exploring and made my way to the cafeteria in the Gingras Pavilion. I looked out one of its windows for 10-15 minutes watching airliners coming in to land. There was an Air Canada Airbus 330 that had me dreaming of travelling to far off places.
In afternoon there was an appointment with someone about getting me a better “boot” or brace for my left foot. Afterwards, there was a fair bit of free time before my three o’clock meeting with my occupational therapist. So I donned several layers of clothes and went over to the Gingras Pavilion and out to join the picketers. It was a bit of an education, particularly as to how hard it is get the wheelchair uphill while wearing my cross-country ski gloves. The strikers were glad to have my support, even if it was only for a few minutes as my left foot wasn’t well wrapped up. It was rather cold to me, even though it was 3 degrees above zero.
(For the benefit of readers outside of Quebec, healthcare workers in Quebec are currently in rather contentious labour negotiations with the province, along with several other public sector unions. There is ample evidence of hypocrisy and bad faith on behalf of the party in power which recently voted in a 30% pay increase for themselves. Healthcare workers are in the midst of a short strike.)
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