: Contributor Rory Gilfillan identifies a significant difference between Canadians who fought in the First and Second World Wars and most of us in the 21st Century: “Very little has been asked of us.” He reminds us of “our obligation to do the hard work of democracy.”
But he then equates that work with a willingness to fight wars. Any war, it seems. But isn’t it true that sometimes the choice notThe American war in Vietnam, for example, has now been widely recognized as a military, political and moral disaster. Yet he recommends that we admiringly remember the “estimated 12,000 Canadians who defied their own government and fought in that war.”
I trust Mr. Gilfillan would acknowledge that the hard work of democracy includes things other than going to war.Letters to the Editor should be exclusive to The Globe and Mail. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Try to keep letters to fewer than 150 words. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. To submit a letter by e-mail, click here:
Education union's have been bullying the system for year's....time to dismantle them. They have lost their way...
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Hunh... i wonder what the Globe And Mail's take is gonna be on unions and collective bargaining. Do you think they're gonna be pro-union? i wonder. Surely their analysis is going to be objective...