The long voyage of the M.V. Sun Sea with its 490 refugee claimants from Sri Lanka reminds me of another, similar voyage almost 70 years ago. But the big difference is the people who spent what surely must have been three terrible months on board their small ship were allowed to set foot on Canadian soil, whereas the ill-fated souls aboard the S.S. St. Louis were not. Continue reading
Month: August 2010
Conservatives Bouncing Back
As of mid-week the latest poll suggested the Conservatives under Prime Minister Stephen Harper had already bounced back from two earlier polls that had them in a “statistical” tie with the Liberals under Michael Ignatief. Continue reading
Foolish $9 Billion Plan to Build New Jails
If you live in a rural area, as many of us in this area do, you’ll maybe know the old saying, “the (insert name fruit or vegetable here) want picking.” Well, I’ve got rows of beans that “want picking,” and hundreds of pounds of potatoes virtually crying out from underground to, “please, please, please dig us up soon or heaven knows what we’ll do.” Continue reading