Quote of the Day: “’Deserves’ is an impossible thing to decide. No one deserves anything. Thank God we don’t get what we deserve.” Milton Friedman
Joseph Belliveau is the Executive Director of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Canada and Nadja Pollaert is the Executive Director of Médecins du Monde. On the Editorial Page today, they have an op-ed where they suggest that closing the illegal border crossing at Roxham Road in Quebec “will not stop people from seeking safety, it will only force them to take more dangerous routes.” This illegal (they authors call it “irregular”) has seen literally tens of thousands of people flood through this open gateway to Canada from the U.S. The people using this crossing are not legitimate refugees or they would have stayed in the U.S. The vast majority are economic refugees and not political refugees. Allowing these refugees to stay in Canada makes a mockery of the hundreds of thousands of other immigrants who have come to Canada through legitimate means. Contrary to the op-ed, closing this illegal entry point is good.
In his bio, TheRecord tells me that Jaime Watt is the Executive Chairman of Navigator Ltd. and a Conservative strategist. Yup – he’s a “Conservative” all right. *cough* He has an op-ed on the Insight Page today where he tells us that: “Unless we sharpen up and leverage our partnership with the Americans in aerospace to include greater defensive capabilities, we will be at severe risk. Ultimately, this Canadian victory needs to propel ambition in other areas, namely innovation and defence. Canada’s presence on this historic mission shows the power of daring to dream. I hope it can motivate our politicians to unleash our capabilities for other critical policy imperatives.” In other words, more of my tax dollars are needed to fund a bunch of pet aerospace projects. Yup – he’s a “Conservative” all right. *cough*
Noelle Allen is the Publisher of Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd., some boutique book shop in Hamilton. Today on the Insight Page she whines about a company’s President making $11.7 Million dollars as the CEO. She tells us that: “The gap between CEO pay and the pay of the average worker is the highest it has ever been. Our wealthiest CEOs now make 243 times as much as the average Canadian worker, according to a report released by the Centre for Canadian Policy Alternatives in January 2023.” Funny that the CCPA never mentions how much these CEOs pay in taxes versus the average Canadian worker. And of course, in their standard class warfare terminology, they always confuse wealth with earnings.
And finally on the Editorial Page, Mansoor Ladha tells us of his Citizenship Ceremony: “I still remember the citizenship ceremony I had to attend when I proudly became a Canadian citizen in 1975. I was with my wife and son, all dressed up in our finest, lined up with new Canadians of all backgrounds, happily showing off the Canadian flags. When the time came to sing the newly memorized national anthem, I was so emotional that my eyes welled up with tears. Every Canada Day, I still have visions of my heartbreaking citizenship ceremony experience.” He suggests that: “All Canadians and would-be citizens should protest the proposal to replace citizenship ceremonies with something tantamount to “dial a citizen” method. Becoming a citizen by ticking the “Make Me A Canadian” box from anywhere is an impolite method of becoming a citizen of one’s country.” Great op-ed.