OPINION
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Christmas
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own past and present. The Ghost of Christmas Past
makes a persuasive argument in favour of returning
to my old life back in BC, and without consideration
of what the Ghost of Christmas Present has to bring,
I would be sitting on a patio drinking craft beer and
wearing flip flops right now rather than contemplating the implications of separate class voting in amalgamation squeeze-outs. On its face, the choice seems
easy, almost obvious, until I’m confronted with the
fruits of my labour for the past fifteen months. My
Ghost of Christmas Present points out the daunting task I have taken on for myself, and reminds me
of how, despite contrary expectations, I have been
able to keep s