By Bill De Groot It is early morning. Both the dog and I get up early to start our day. Sitting outside for a while, the birds are singing, a rooster a few doors over is crowing, the eagle is calling for his mate—“your turn to sit here.”
So peaceful and serene, we just sit and enjoy.
After breakfast I listen to the news—recently announced increases for seniors’ ferries 20 per cent, hydro nine per cent, postage 20 per cent, gasoline 10 per cent. Now comes extra cost for recycling, with guards to protect valuable paper.
Cost of living (is used to increase pensions)...are you ready? Zero per cent.
How did these experts ever pass elementary school arithmetic?
The worldly news comes on. Leader of a major political party in Ottawa has just announced that in order to become a parliamentarian in Canada, they must (this is the only published requirement I know of, nothing about taxes, environment, shipping oil) authorize the killing of Canadian children in the womb. What is that about? All the other leaders agree with this idea in interviews shown on TV.
Provincial politicians are also not innocent. They hid the true numbers and NEVER protect innocent babies in the womb. If you attempt to protect the unborn you are considered aprt of the criminal element. As I will be now. What is different between a baby or a senior, other than age?
Our premier is not all about families.
We use tax dollars to send teams to poor countries to raise the survival rate of their children and kill our own. We import foreign workers (I think I heard 78,000) and kill our own future labour force. We send many millions of dollars to Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Jordan, Nigeria, Ukraine, and many more places to raise the survivability rates of their children, and then must kill our own children in the womb.
In Powell River we moved the walking track to a different location against the wish of the people in order to save blue heron nesting sites, not the animals themselves, but we endorse the killing of our Canadian children. Why? Are birds more important than people?
We need to ask our politicians why they are not listening to us, what is their purpose in our government? Who elected them? Is this what Canadians want?
It is now evening. Frogs are starting to croak, hummingbirds are in frenzy, and the loon is calling. Slowly, the hummingbirds cooperate to the point of two birds in a feeding port. The sun is going down, dusk is here, and the moon is starting its travel across the sky. Slowly moonlight creates shadows and silhoettes around the trees.
Bill De Groot is a Powell River resident.
