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“I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.” ~~ John G. Diefenbaker

IT’S DAY SEVEN ... a look back at the Top Ten stories and commentaries for the week of May 26th to June 1st


Good afternoon friends ...

Another week has passed, and were have seen much from the world of politics that either has had, or possibly will have, an influence on our lives.  As just one individual curating columns for the blog, it can often take several hours each day to put this site together ... and regrettably there is much that I am unable to get to.  I do my best however, and I hope that they various writers, all with different thoughts and opinions, give you food for thought.

Now with the first of two posts ... here is Green Party MLA Adam Olsen:

#10 ... ADAM OLSEN -- The quality of the output is the result of the quality of the input.  Let's look at healthcare through this lens


#9 ... ADAM OLSEN -- It's a bad situation. There is a looming environmental, social and economic disaster


#8 ... GARRET SEINEN -- Moral outrage at violations of the constitution is the debt we owe to brave souls, who defied the whip and sword, to make the free world we have today ... a debt we take for granted at our peril


#7 ... FELDSTED -- The vendors products and services may be inferior, but we are distracted from examining that. It is insidious, but it works


#6 ... MP McLeod -- Protecting our seniors should be the number one priority of this government. Especially given these recent Chinese events, we are now even more fearful for the privacy, data and care of our seniors


#5 ... FORSETH -- It’s taken long enough for Wilkinson’ Liberals to acknowledge this ... perhaps now is the time for he and Bolin to sit down and discuss what electoral financing reform should look like


#4 ... INSPIRED BY A VETERAN -- Message to Veterans Affairs Canada: These are Veterans of D-Day; NO day is too long for Remembrance


#3 ... FELDSTED -- Trudeau and cabinet have taken to using the royal “we” more and more - WE find, WE think, WE believe, as in ‘WE like to use the term ‘people kind’. Poppycock! It is an insidious way of self-aggrandization


#2 ... FELSTED:  A government chasing elusive dreams and ideology instead of paying attention to its responsibilities drives me to distraction

And now we come to the most read opinion piece over the past 7 days

#1 ... BERNIER -- I need to apologize to all of my children for allowing them to start jobs at an early age - to try and learn the value of earning your way in life - and learning responsibility


Thanks again for talking the time to check out the blog, the stories, the thoughts and opinions.  As long as there’s readers, it will continue.

Take care ... and we’ll begin again tomorrow afresh, and anew.
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