Why can't we get Canadian media and Canadian legislators to acknowledge that Canadian spending on weapons for war only benefits U.S. corporations like Lockheed Martin and others? CBC has so-called journalists, (are they paid by the war industry?) like Murray Brewster and a woman named Buck who appear on CBCTV's The National, promoting the idea that it is shameful that Canada does not live up to its 2% of GDP spending on war. Forget the 2% of GPD - that is just propaganda; it is the actual dollar spending that counts and Canada is #5 among all NATO nations. There is never any critique that says that the major crisis all of us are facing is the climate catastrophe that we see every day causing whole cities to be evacuated from incoming wild fires, or having their homes of many years destroyed by floods and wind. When will we wake up and realize we are being lied to by our own media and politicians?
I was fortunately insured the time I needed medical attention in the US, but I was very impressed with the treatment I received. Canada may not have a financial filter, but the care here is really third-rate. It is administration first, druggist second, and the doctor is reduced to an interchangeable prescription clerk with enough time to take a guess, file a report, and function as a liability wall. The patient is treated like a pinball shooter, to be kept in play as long as possible.
Archaeologists get excited when they find a healed humanoid bone showing community care. Here in rural Saskatchewan, I ruined my general health and seasonal budget running around for three weeks without ever getting a bone set properly, so I now have one short thumb.
As for us not buying enough military garbage from profiteers, we should be lecturing NATO for trying to make WW III go nuclear.
Just wanted to say “Another great article, Steve. ‘Loved the story - full of wit and true as well!
Thanks for all you’re doing for peace!
Dolores H
Why can't we get Canadian media and Canadian legislators to acknowledge that Canadian spending on weapons for war only benefits U.S. corporations like Lockheed Martin and others? CBC has so-called journalists, (are they paid by the war industry?) like Murray Brewster and a woman named Buck who appear on CBCTV's The National, promoting the idea that it is shameful that Canada does not live up to its 2% of GDP spending on war. Forget the 2% of GPD - that is just propaganda; it is the actual dollar spending that counts and Canada is #5 among all NATO nations. There is never any critique that says that the major crisis all of us are facing is the climate catastrophe that we see every day causing whole cities to be evacuated from incoming wild fires, or having their homes of many years destroyed by floods and wind. When will we wake up and realize we are being lied to by our own media and politicians?
I was fortunately insured the time I needed medical attention in the US, but I was very impressed with the treatment I received. Canada may not have a financial filter, but the care here is really third-rate. It is administration first, druggist second, and the doctor is reduced to an interchangeable prescription clerk with enough time to take a guess, file a report, and function as a liability wall. The patient is treated like a pinball shooter, to be kept in play as long as possible.
Archaeologists get excited when they find a healed humanoid bone showing community care. Here in rural Saskatchewan, I ruined my general health and seasonal budget running around for three weeks without ever getting a bone set properly, so I now have one short thumb.
As for us not buying enough military garbage from profiteers, we should be lecturing NATO for trying to make WW III go nuclear.