Renewing my Canadian Roots

This week’s piece is a mixture of serious and not-so-much. I was working on something for the local newspaper, which for some reason sees fit to print my articles – personal perspectives and something topical from the news.  My submission this week is titled, “O, Canada”.  It included bits of Canadian history – my mother was Canadian, and a lament about the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the US and Canada.  If you haven’t been keeping up, Canada has decided to go ahead with its federal election in April, despite its designation as our “51st state” by Donald Trump, who calls the Canadian Prime Minister, “Governor.”  That designation seems to be going over well, almost as successful as the “Gulf of America”.  

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