Check It Out: There’s still time to learn from our mistakes
By Joan Janzen
A sign in front of a local business read, “I’ve learned so much from my mistakes that I’m thinking of making more!” After browsing through my news feed, I’m watching those words play out in real-time.
A recent Epic Times headline read, “WHO Pandemic Agreement faces scant opposition in Canada, as UK rejects current text.” Health Canada’s spokesperson commented online, “Ottawa has actively participated in the development of the Pandemic Agreement, recognizing the necessity of a robust global health security architecture.”
MP Leslyn Lewis is one of the few political voices expressing opposition. This month, she wrote a letter to the Health Minister saying, “When combined with the legal prerogative of the new treaty or accord, Canadian healthcare sovereignty would essentially yield to the WHO during a global public health emergency.”
Sheryl Attkisson reported in an online article, “Thousands of people from Europe, the US, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand plan to descend on the United Nations on June 1 to declare independence from global institutions, while celebrating cultural and individual sovereignty. On June 1, WHO member states vote on the “pandemic treaty” and amendments to International Health Regulations.
The second news item I read was about government spending. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) reported that $3 million was spent last December to fly hundreds of people to Dubai to showcase Canadian climate leadership and innovation at a summit.
Apparently, the government learned so much from its overspending mistakes that it made some more. The CTF also reported that Parks Canada rented a helicopter and contracted certified marksmen from the US and New Zealand to shoot 84 deer on Sidney Island at a cost of $834,000. In an attempt to bring some humour to the situation, the CTF printed T-shirts for hunters that said, “Hey, Parks Canada: I shoot deer for free.”
The next topic addressed the encampments on college campuses. Appearing on Bridge City News, Brian Lilley from the Toronto Sun was asked why officials are taking so long to take down encampments as opposed to all the attention the convoy got a few years ago. Lilley responded, “It’s because they’re the right kind of protest, I suppose.”
Administrators are negotiating with protestors who are asking universities to boycott and sanction any company that does business with the state of Israel. “Agreeing to the demands will head down an anti-Semitic path,” observed Lilley.
Stockwell Dey addressed the topic on FayteneTV, saying, “People who are protesting and supporting Hamas have no idea who Hamas is. What mainstream media says and doesn’t say about Hamas is very significant in impacting the minds of Canadians.”
What the media doesn’t do is remind people of the two strong policies Hamas states in their charter. Those policies state they are not interested in a two-state solution, and they encourage the killing of Jews worldwide and the elimination of Israel.
“Mainstream media rarely talks about the poisoning of the hearts and minds of an entire generation,” Dey said. “The most evil means of controlling any population group is to take control of the education of children.” He then showed a clip of a five-year-old being asked what she wanted to do when she grows up. She replied, “I want to stab a Jew”. It’s heartbreaking. He said it’s equally heartbreaking to discover the manufacturing of the textbooks is taxpayer-funded through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
“Extreme violence is directed towards anyone who is not following what they want or towards anyone who collaborates with Israel or the Jews,” he continued to explain.
The remaining means of control involves the flow of money. Billions of dollars coming from Canada have gone to fund massive infrastructure and tunnel networks, leaving the people impoverished.
A few months ago, a well-known actor shared his thoughts online regarding the protests and the lessons he had learned. Arnold Schwarzenegger said, “I’ve seen enough people throw away their futures for hateful beliefs; you find your regrets at the end of that path. There has never been a successful movement based on hate.”
The actor continued expressing his heartfelt thoughts. “I understand how people can fall into that trap, but it’s the path of least resistance. When you spend your life looking for scapegoats, you take away your own responsibility.”
His 76 years may account for his choice of words. “You have two paths in front of you: one is painful, the other is easy - you don’t have to change anything; everything can be someone else’s fault. But you’ll end up broken,” he said. “It’s not easy to look in the mirror and change your own life, but that’s how you grow and become strong. You have to learn new things. You have to feel uncomfortable.”
“So the bottom line is I don’t care what hateful comments you’ve written, or if you carried a hateful flag; there’s hope for you. There’s time for you to choose strength, to choose life,” he concluded.
The good news is that there’s still time to learn from our mistakes.