Politicians and other like minded people love that long term goals, knowing full well that thirty or forty years out no one will ever remember what the promises were and if they were kept. However it is politicians who set the timetable using our money, and it is politicians who set the goals as well. Wouldn't it be great if when a government was elected they would be required as part of their mandate to set goals that could be measured by the time the next election came around. What we would be looking for as citizens are national goals that are easily identifiable, and that can be accomplished in a 4 year mandate. Since indigenous affairs are very current these day, clean water could be a goal for them, and improved housing. Both of these goals could be done in 4 years. If a government was found to have failed miserably, then it would be up tot he citizens of this country to judge them accordingly at the polls.