A Standard editorial reports “Trudeau’s all-star minister Chrystia Freeland” is widely viewed as having shone as Minister of Foreign Affairs. I have a very different take as, to my mind, she has degraded our country in the eyes of much of the world by aligning Canada so close to U.S. foreign policy. Case in point …
Month: November 2019
A Friend and Hero
By strange coincidence, this morning I met my old friend Dr. John Bacher walking his way to Start Me Up outreach and drop in Centre on Gale crescent in St. Catharines. It was truly a pleasure to talk and reminisce with John over a cup of coffee and see John’s acquaintance of the people at …
Bolivian Military Coup – Fascists in Power
For much of the political world, most certainly the left, Bolivian President Morales is a political hero and the news that he was stepping down came as a shock, a real shock. The reports were that he resigned. Well it would have been more correctly stated that he resigned at the point of a gun …
Price Restructuring
Each time the scientists issue an updated report on the climate crisis, I become more alarmed. This is not a time for environmental incrementalism. Here is what may seem like a radical idea, but in terms of the necessities of addressing climate change and concerns relating to the state of Canadian health and rising health …