In a moment of truly poetic injustice, just as the union and the Ford government came to terms that allowed my son’s school to reopen, my entire family came down with a brutal respiratory virus. This coincided with my discovery of the children’s acetaminophen and antibiotic shortage, which filled me with apprehension. I was overcome with the feeling that I was aching for normal, both physically and emotionally — in other words, aching for a time when we could rely on our institutions, our production chains and our governments to work. Read More
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