And finally the North West Territories needs health care help www.gov.nt.ca/careers/en/h...
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As Red Green always said: “We’re all in this together.” There is a reason Canadians spend so much time talking about the weather. It brings us together as a shared experience. Find ways to have more shared experiences and build community.
Vive le Canada.
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The goal of autocrats is to isolate us from our neighbours, to make us think resistance is futile. This is because communities are dangerous to autocrats as they enable people to build connections and support networks. Resistance can start with a smile on the street. /8

If you feel isolated, as it is easy to be in mid-winter, try going for a walk; or your local library. Call an old friend or family member. Please remember that social media is neither social nor a source of reliable information. /7

Build community: volunteer for a local cause; donate to a food bank or shelter; shovel a neighbour’s driveway; get involved in helping youth sports; attend performances by local artists; have a street party. Say thanks to worker. Smile as you walk down the street. Support locally owned media. /6

Canadian leaders are responding. Time will tell how effective our collective and individual economic actions are. But there are actions we can each take to further counteract this baseless, reckless and dangerous ideology. /5

80 years since the end of WW2, the costly lessons learned in that conflict, namely that when might makes right, the mighty are tyrannical, appear to have been forgotten. The fact that it is now the USA espousing this viewpoint is all the more jarring. /4

It is meant to instill fear. It is meant to ensure capitulation. The goal is to divide Canadians, to make us compliant and to erode our will to respond. It is the epitome of “might makes right”. It is the antithesis of all the Americans have professed and built since the end of WW2.
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These are frightening times. The rhetoric spewing from the south hasn’t been common since the aggressively expansionist “54 40 or fight” of the pre-civil war era.