We expected her at 8 pm but her train was delayed until 9:45.
So Linda and I went for dinner. It's not often we get to go for dinner in a downtown restaurant, but we found a nice restaurant next to the Hockey Hall of Fame, where Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada was to speak as part of her Whistle Stop train ride across the country. We relaxed over a bottle of wine and some delicious pasta.
Neither of us could finish our meal and wondered why restaurants insist on serving such unhealthy sizes. Of course all the delicious bread we ate before the meal came, may have contributed to our lack of appetite.
We followed a torcherous poorly marked route down to the Hockey Hall of Fame which was open for the Green function and delighted in the displays ("Wow King Clancy's sweater!!) and in meeting old friends like Becky Smit, Alonzo Bartley and Frank de Jong, and enjoyed the entertainment.
When it was announced that May's train was further delayed until 11 pm, we went out to the fast food area for a coffee and a seat.
As bewildered Greens descended the escalator, we began directing them to the Hall of Fame.
"Are you looking for the Green Party party? Its around the corner and down that way! Washrooms, they're just over there. Cash Machine, it's hidden behind that tree!"
And generally made ourselves useful.
Elizabeth finally showed up with fifty supporters all carrying signs. A great cheer went up from the hundreds who had stayed patiently through the long evening.
Elizabeth looked refreshed and energized and made a rousing speech. We cheered, we clapped we pumped our signs while the media crowded in around her and lights flashed.
In the end we had to scramble for the last GO train out of Union station.
Very happy to have been a part of the event.
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