QUESTION: Thank you for that. It was reassuring. This morning she moved the babies from the lovely warm nest she had in the drawer in the spare room to the bottom of my husband's wardrobe! Smelly shoes and old leather hat and all! Not very comfy. There is no disputing that Khadir is a polarizing figure, one who has drawn scorn for doing things like throwing shoes at a cut out of George W. Bush and participating in a protest outside a store selling goods from Israel illegal settlements. But in his riding of Mercier, and those surrounding it in Montreal east end, he is something of a folk hero.

One thing we like to talk about on the Island is the weather. It is a source of endless speculation and variable prediction. Most conversations at the cash register or the bank begin in this way, "Beautiful day out there today!" or "Some cold out there." I am sure if you are Canadian, you can relate to this experience.

QUESTION: Hello my boyfriend, sister and brother