Lets work on homeless Canadians first
I've worked with computers as well as other things for about forty years - paying taxes throughout. Due to hard times and unforeseeable circumstances, I have now been homeless for two years. I've been on about four waiting lists for housing, to no avail. It just sort of chokes me since Justin-time (I remember the nickname for his Christmas birth) decided to welcome 25,000 newbies to Canada's already overburdened housing crisis.
It seems that everyone is falling all over themselves to help these poor fellows, however I have no criminal record, am not of a questionable nature and I haven't gotten a second look for any help, except emergency shelter when it dips below freezing.
I've been reading the Westender for about 30 years and have never been so motivated to whine. For all I do and all I've paid it seems as though I am last in line.
-Malcolm
Keeping the peace
War is not the answer, if we truly want to remedy this horrible fiasco in the Middle East, then we should be doing “peace-keeping" work in war-torn countries.
Displacing people from their homeland and moving them to another country is bad for both countries. I also can't help but think that moving them here is an effort to add to the slave labour communities we are creating, using vulnerable immigrants.
Cultural clashes, resentments, demands for special rights, will only be part of the fallout.
–Paul Richards
A healthy environment is the foundation for human rights
Re: “World Water Day reminds us not to take clean water for granted,” David Suzuki, March 17, 2016
Last week, in a landmark statement, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights said Canada's weak environmental protections and climate change policies are negatively affecting human rights, particularly for indigenous people. The committee recommended better regulations, monitoring and enforcement, and more renewable energy development.
Through the eyes of the United Nations, the rest of the world is watching to see if Canada will better protect its citizens by protecting the foundation of human rights: a healthy environment.
What we do to the environment we do to ourselves. Protecting the environment protects our human rights.
–Wendy Delfin
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