Press Freedom is not Negotiable – A Rewrite under Protest

(This letter was submitted to the Alberni Valley News on October 16, 2025) Dear Editor, I am a little stunned. This week, a vice president of Carpenter Media, the new American owner of the Alberni Valley News and other former Black Press papers, contacted me about a letter submitted a week earlier but not published. …

Canada Should Wage Economic War For Ukraine and the Planet

Trump Tariffs will destroy our economy… (A modified portion of this post was sent as a Letter to the Editor to the National Post on March 5, 2025) It is March 3rd. I write this at the hour of the Trump tariffs taking effect in Canada. Tariffs of anywhere from 10% to 25% on all …

The Silver Lining for Canada

(Sent to the Alberni Valley News – February 7, 2025 – Published Feb 18, 2025 ) Dear Editor, One thing gives me hope in a way I haven’t felt since I was a teenager.  Trump’s threats against our economy and our sovereignty as a nation have ignited the being of Canadians. I don’t see it …