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This month's donation goes to the Good Companions centre, which provides programmes and services for seniors and other adults with disabilities:
https://thegoodcompanions.ca/
Geographically situated in the heart of the Red Zone around Parliament Hill, their services have been in even higher demand than usual, as they provide practical assistance like food, transportation and friendly check-ins to vulnerable folk in the centretown neighbourhoods who huddle captive in their own homes, fearful of venturing out lest they be verbally or physically attacked by the very people in the Convoy who claim to be fighting for everyone's freedom.
Yes, I did point out in last week's entry that truckers had some valid grievances and they do have a right to protest - peacefully, safely and legally. Which a number of them did. But a large swath of those who remain, and no doubt of those rolling in this weekend, are decidedly unconcerned with peace, safety or legality - or indeed of freedom except when it comes to their own freedom to do whatever it takes to get their own way!
It's ironic, really. At yesterday's news conference, organizer Tamara Lich said that they would continue to protest until they saw a clear plan for the elimination of all COVID plans and restrictions. Well, we've seen no shortage of plans - from all levels of government! The plans vary in their approaches and clearly the protesters don't like any of them! Even public health experts and advisory panels are virtually unanimous in saying that COVID's not going anywhere, any time soon, and our best bet is to learn to live with the virus while mitigating the risks to the most vulnerable.
Ottawans, especially those living in or needing to be in downtown neighbourhoods, are at the end of their ropes. Now let's hope that we can reverse the roles of puppet and puppeteer and get that show on the road and out of town!
https://thegoodcompanions.ca/
Geographically situated in the heart of the Red Zone around Parliament Hill, their services have been in even higher demand than usual, as they provide practical assistance like food, transportation and friendly check-ins to vulnerable folk in the centretown neighbourhoods who huddle captive in their own homes, fearful of venturing out lest they be verbally or physically attacked by the very people in the Convoy who claim to be fighting for everyone's freedom.
Yes, I did point out in last week's entry that truckers had some valid grievances and they do have a right to protest - peacefully, safely and legally. Which a number of them did. But a large swath of those who remain, and no doubt of those rolling in this weekend, are decidedly unconcerned with peace, safety or legality - or indeed of freedom except when it comes to their own freedom to do whatever it takes to get their own way!
It's ironic, really. At yesterday's news conference, organizer Tamara Lich said that they would continue to protest until they saw a clear plan for the elimination of all COVID plans and restrictions. Well, we've seen no shortage of plans - from all levels of government! The plans vary in their approaches and clearly the protesters don't like any of them! Even public health experts and advisory panels are virtually unanimous in saying that COVID's not going anywhere, any time soon, and our best bet is to learn to live with the virus while mitigating the risks to the most vulnerable.
Ottawans, especially those living in or needing to be in downtown neighbourhoods, are at the end of their ropes. Now let's hope that we can reverse the roles of puppet and puppeteer and get that show on the road and out of town!
