Following a tumultuous year of lockdowns and loss, Canadians are wondering, what comes next? Canada’s experience of past disease outbreaks may provide clues to the post-pandemic future.
As this historical account proves, we have meddled shamelessly in practically every nation s internal affairs for generations across the globe: from Guatemala, Iran, Indonesia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and many other lesser nations , to Russia, Australia, and even Italy and Canada. No one is immune from Washington s sordid maneuvers.
Lester B. Pearson with John F. Kennedy. Pearson played a founding role in NATO (1949) and was former Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs from 1948 to 1957. As leader of Canada’s Liberal Party from 1958 to 1968, he was Prime Minister from 1963 to 1968. [Source: natoassociation.ca]
Lester B. Pearson, a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize is a symbol of Canada’s supposed humanitarianism; In reality, however, he was a war hawk and the Godfather of Canada’s Cold War.
And yet a recent poll by Angus Reid suggested that 13 per cent of British Columbians did not intend to get vaccinated, and 41 per cent intended to wait for others to be vaccinated first. Vaccine hesitancy is as old as vaccines, but current forces work to make it especially strong. For some people, a negative view of vaccination aligns with beliefs concerning intrusive governments, for-profit medicine or elitist scientific institutions. For others, the breakneck pace of COVID-19 vaccine development gives rise to safety concerns, especially concerning possible long-term side effects. Social media can work to amplify such sentiments and create a climate of uncertainty.
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One day in the spring of 1955, Paul Martin Jr. came home from school to find his Dad sitting in the library, clearly in a dark mood. When the boy asked his mother why, she sat him down and explained: “Leave your father alone. He’s got a very big decision to make.”