Category: Commentary

The following article was published in the Guysborough Journal in Guysborough, Nova Scotia on 26 January 2022. View the article as it originally appeared by downloading the below file: Photo by cottonbro from Pexels

This morning I spoke with a very friendly gentleman from Canada’s Public Health Agency about the new changes to Canada’s international traveller quarantine rules, and was left laughing at the stupidity of these regulations. In the coming days, travellers from all international destinations except the United States will need to undertake quarantine […]

Religion should bring happiness, peace and comfort to its followers, not guilt, confusion and hurt. I am forever amazed, therefore, that people – in the name of God – are all too ready to belittle, hurt and deprive others of happiness, peace and comfort. From targeting innocent children, whose only […]

The recent announcement that the Nova Scotia House of Assembly will proceed to draw up legislation to protect and support the Mi’kmaw language in the province is a very positive step forward. In the past 20 years, we have seen great strides forward for Gaelic in traditionally Gaelic areas of […]

After spending my entire professional working in life here in Australia, where we have basic workplace protections such as paid sick leave for all permanent employees, I was shocked and horrified to learn that this was not the case in Cape Breton. I was further disgusted to learn that a […]

I was pleased to read recently in the Cape Breton Post that Nova Scotia’s Department of Transport is moving forward with a significant programme of roadworks that will see numerous roundabouts installed in arterial roads throughout the island (Roundabouts changing Cape Breton road map, Cape Breton Post, 29 January 2021). […]

I was disappointed to read in the Cape Breton Post that one of the mayoral candidates has been judged by her gender and her status as an expectant mother. There is simply no place for this type of discrimination in the 2020s. At all. Whatsoever. It defies belief that in […]

We are in the midst of the worst public health emergency in a century and each day front line workers leave the safety and comfort of their homes to carry out their duties so that as many lives as possible can be saved. Pharmacists form an essential part of the […]

On behalf of my Australian friends and family, I would like to thank Canada for its generosity in sending (an ever-increasing number of) firefighters to help battle the enormous blazes engulfing much of the east coast of Australia. We are very grateful. This Christmas has not been an easy one […]