There used to be a time not too long ago when a man could walk the four corners of the earth with a Canadian flag sewed onto his backpack and he was treated like a visiting dignitary. There used to be a time when a man could travel without fear to far and distant lands and when he grew weary, the locals would wipe his brow and give him a place to rest based solely on the fact that he was a Canadian citizen. There was a time when the red maple leaf symbolized truth, compassion and justice but just as fast as Paul Coffey used to race down the ice, the ill fated mission in Afghanistan has put a massive stain on our reputation throughout the free world.

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The Ontario Governments announcement that they are putting up 650 million dollars towards investment in green technology in Ontario’s auto industry is exactly the kind of commitment the manufacturing sector in Canada needs in to bring them into the 21^st century market.

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“…injustice is met with silence. The unacceptable is accepted.”*

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I have seen images on the television screen that have made my stomach squirm. I have watched some documentaries that have made me swear to put down the pen and take up the sword. I have seen the plight of the undesirables and the malcontents begging for acceptance on the street corner in front of the disinterested masses who only yearn for silver and gold. Nothing was as vile, savage and sickening as what I saw on the television screen in the wee hours of the morning last year.

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Once upon a time a billionaire learned he was soon to die from cancer. He became determined to make a statement with his death, and for society to recognize he was useful (beyond generating wealth for himself). Without a care for the economic consequences–he had not become a billionaire by being sensitive to the needs of others–he began to liquidate his holdings, turning his hotels and factories and farms and stocks into gold bars. The sudden massive sales caused markets to plummet, leading to a severe Depression.

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Dear Zakia, Sister

I have thought a lot about you
over the past many days,
and each time I do
I think of Maya Angelou’s poem,
“I know why the caged bird sings”.
Two verses, especially…

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      After a long hard pregnancy it seems Mother Nature has finally given birth to another environmentalist, albeit the runt of the litter. Prime Minister Steven Harper took his first baby steps while on a visit to Europe for the G8 meetings when he called climate change the biggest threat to the future of humanity.

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