Blockaders should practise selflessness
As a proud Canadian farmer, and a person of faith, my response to the unlawful blockading of our Alberta border and in Ottawa is unequivocal — you don’t represent me!
It’s true, all Canadians are exhausted from the implications of COVID on our lives. It is also hard to understand the logic and timing of the rules and changes. To protest as a response — fine. To blockade — simply unacceptable, no matter who you are.
As a Canadian, the flow through our borders, and across this vast country, is critical to our daily lives. As a farmer, that flow is critical to my livelihood. When you purposely mess that up — you don’t represent me.
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As a person of faith, the principal that permeates to the top is quite simple: I am to demonstrate love in the way I live, particularly to the vulnerable or less fortunate. Translation: I need to be more selfless and less selfish. It’s hard to do, yet what an aspiration for an individual or a nation. That the Coutts, Alta., blockaders could find a “pastor” who seemingly skipped that principle in promoting blockades both shocks and saddens me. I hear neither love nor selflessness in his rhetoric. You do not represent my Christian faith.
To the vast majority of truckers who continue to try to do their jobs, thank you so much. To the frontline workers of all stripes, who deal directly with the fallout of COVID, the rules and our “rights” — God bless you for your dedication. You represent beautifully, and selflessly. To our leaders and police, thanks for serving in such trying times. Serve the majority, seek their voice and apply our laws.
Challenge 2022: skip the complaining and blockading. Instead, be more selfless. Let’s build each other up.
Ed Donkersgoed,
Coaldale, Alta.
Green energy is OK, just not in my backyard
Kudos on the article by Ken Green about renewable energy (Feb. 3, page 11) and The Western Producer for printing it. It is about time that some differing information on the green movement is put out there.
Then the article on a solar farm near Calmar, Alta. (Feb. 3, page 24) brought a smile to my face. Yes, the greenies love all the solar and wind projects, as long as it is not near them, just like the big shots living at Nantucket, Massachusetts, who were all in favour of wind turbines until it was proposed to be out in their bay blocking their view.
As the old saying goes, I’m OK with this as long as it is not in my backyard.
Fred Maunder,
Knutsford, B.C.
