As the Loud Truckist Noise in Ottawa carried on this week, it was perhaps understandable that certain of the civic leaders in the nation’s capital and quite a few otherwise respectable members of the Canadian establishment would become a bit unhinged. By now, the rest of us should be sufficiently entertained by the flights of rhetoric that have been coming from all quarters about what it all means, and what to do about it, to come to some decision about whose shouts we like the most. But no matter where you land on any of this, there’s one bit of advice we should all consider, and one can only hope it will be taken seriously by all sides. Read More
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