Dear Editor
I don’t know how much longer I can retain the habit of not writing to defunct (or soon to be) papers, but I do get the impression that they will continue to provoke us to their last gasp.
It would seem that one Cornelia Naylor is to take over the role of provocateur majeure, from Jennifer Moreau, who no longer seems to appear herein.
Ah yes, family portraits scrawled out by little children really tug at the heartstrings, what? But daddy has gone into hiding from immigration because ... well despite the fact that he has ignored our laws, yea these 45 years, we are expected to weep tears of blood for his (now their) predicament! We learn too, that Amber, and her little brother, are at some risk, not least because their mother has decided to “pose” as a single mom so as not to twig immigration officials to their harbouring an illegal immigrant. Some might see this as child abuse, bringing up your children to condone the telling of stories, also known as lying or the telling of untruths. I was taught that lying was a sin because it is the opposite of the TRUTH!
We go on to learn that that paragon of probity and integrity, the teachers’ union, wishes to stand for the establishment of “sanctuary schools” even if they are opposed to the sanctity of parochial schools (unless fully unionized by themselves). But if there is anything to be said for all these groups, we suspect the most evocative would be the group known as “No One Is Illegal” established by the wonderfully named Harsha Walia! Of course, not to be outdone, we have teachers’ association president Rae Figursky who seems won’t that we know that “some people come to this country very concerned about any question being asked...” presumably also anything about previous violations against the law!
In the end, though, we read that Citizen and Immigration Canada (now under the auspices of no-nonsense Liberals) accepts the dad’s permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds! How nice! Mom Trish says it has been such a relief that this weight has been lifted from the family ... and now sits squarely on the shoulders of hard-working Canadians. Such is the stuff of bulls**t as translated by the local media.
Dear Editor I don’t know how much longer I can retain the habit of not writing to defunct (or soon to be) papers, but I do get the impression that they will continue to provoke us to their last gasp.
It would seem that one Cornelia Naylor is to take over the role of provocateur majeure, from Jennifer Moreau, who no longer seems to appear herein.
Ah yes, family portraits scrawled out by little children really tug at the heartstrings, what? But daddy has gone into hiding from immigration because ... well despite the fact that he has ignored our laws, yea these 45 years, we are expected to weep tears of blood for his (now their) predicament! We learn too, that Amber, and her little brother, are at some risk, not least because their mother has decided to “pose” as a single mom so as not to twig immigration officials to their harbouring an illegal immigrant. Some might see this as child abuse, bringing up your children to condone the telling of stories, also known as lying or the telling of untruths. I was taught that lying was a sin because it is the opposite of the TRUTH!
We go on to learn that that paragon of probity and integrity, the teachers’ union, wishes to stand for the establishment of “sanctuary schools” even if they are opposed to the sanctity of parochial schools (unless fully unionized by themselves). But if there is anything to be said for all these groups, we suspect the most evocative would be the group known as “No One Is Illegal” established by the wonderfully named Harsha Walia! Of course, not to be outdone, we have teachers’ association president Rae Figursky who seems won’t that we know that “some people come to this country very concerned about any question being asked...” presumably also anything about previous violations against the law!
In the end, though, we read that Citizen and Immigration Canada (now under the auspices of no-nonsense Liberals) accepts the dad’s permanent residency on humanitarian and compassionate grounds! How nice! Mom Trish says it has been such a relief that this weight has been lifted from the family ... and now sits squarely on the shoulders of hard-working Canadians. Such is the stuff of bulls**t as translated by the local media.
Larry Bennett, Burnaby
