This is our home. Its fate is in our hands.

The times are changing, to say the least, and how we in this and other countries, and our governments, respond to them, will make all the difference as the future unfolds.

I’m afraid as I write this two days before the U.S. election that country is about to make a terrible mistake, with consequences for the whole world.

I don’t relish the choice my American friends and family were left with; surely such a great country could have done better. But in the final analysis the decision should be, or should have been, clear enough.

At least here in Canada we listened to a message of hope and said “no” to one of hate just over a year ago and elected a “sunny ways” Liberal federal government. It remains to be seen still how our many challenges will be dealt with, but so far the spirit of good-will and, most of all, decency is still alive and well. Continue reading →