This was a refreshing point of view - too many people are deciding they somehow have the right to judge, shame, coerce, bribe or humiliate other human beings just because they have differing opinions about a personal medical choice.
In regards to the protests, the government overreach is very clear. The one part in your article that is not accurate is this: "They’ve attempted to negotiate over several days but found no middle-ground" - the government refused to negotiate. There was no mediation, no negotiation, no listening to the concerns. They went from doing absolutely nothing, to turning the country into a police state. They found one guy holding a swastika, labeled the entire movement as racist and unacceptable, and refused to meet with them or negotiate in anyway on those grounds. Meanwhile, in Toronto, anti-Israel protests occur every Friday outside the Palestinian Embassy and there are always swastikas present, but that is conveniently overlooked and ignored. The counter protesters waved hammer and sickle flags, but that, too, was ignored. This government wrote the book on cherry picking injustice.
Thanks for your kind comments Kayleen, and for setting me straight about the lack of negotiation. I'm sure that you, like me are continuing to watch the unfolding saga with interest.
I think the Super Bowl will be the catalyst for mask mandates ending here in the states. Millions of people watched a stadium full of maskless people enjoy the game in a state where mandates are very much still in effect.
Thanks for sharing that Kevin - As much as I don't think Covid is EVER really going to go away, I suspect that we do all need to find our ways of living with it now and getting back to some semblance of normality. What we can't get used to (or at least I can't!) is the idea that governments could or should be in a position to exert their will over citizens in the way that the Canadian government seems to be doing.
This was a refreshing point of view - too many people are deciding they somehow have the right to judge, shame, coerce, bribe or humiliate other human beings just because they have differing opinions about a personal medical choice.
In regards to the protests, the government overreach is very clear. The one part in your article that is not accurate is this: "They’ve attempted to negotiate over several days but found no middle-ground" - the government refused to negotiate. There was no mediation, no negotiation, no listening to the concerns. They went from doing absolutely nothing, to turning the country into a police state. They found one guy holding a swastika, labeled the entire movement as racist and unacceptable, and refused to meet with them or negotiate in anyway on those grounds. Meanwhile, in Toronto, anti-Israel protests occur every Friday outside the Palestinian Embassy and there are always swastikas present, but that is conveniently overlooked and ignored. The counter protesters waved hammer and sickle flags, but that, too, was ignored. This government wrote the book on cherry picking injustice.
Thanks for your kind comments Kayleen, and for setting me straight about the lack of negotiation. I'm sure that you, like me are continuing to watch the unfolding saga with interest.
I think the Super Bowl will be the catalyst for mask mandates ending here in the states. Millions of people watched a stadium full of maskless people enjoy the game in a state where mandates are very much still in effect.
Thanks for sharing that Kevin - As much as I don't think Covid is EVER really going to go away, I suspect that we do all need to find our ways of living with it now and getting back to some semblance of normality. What we can't get used to (or at least I can't!) is the idea that governments could or should be in a position to exert their will over citizens in the way that the Canadian government seems to be doing.