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Now that Canada is a country on notice, and some of the most powerful people in the world are out to ruin us, how does it feel? Anyone upset yet? Anyone scared about what is to come? Anyone connect with their humanity and feel compelled to speak up yet?
Palestinians are in serious danger, and I cannot help but ask myself every single day: What if it were my kids? Would I want the world to stand up? Would I put my own safety in jeopardy to protect them? Would I care what anyone thought about me or how they tried to portray me?
I encourage you all to start asking yourselves these difficult questions, the questions you already know the answer to but want to avoid. If it were your kids, what would you do?
While everyone is getting riled up about tariffs, about money, surely, you can understand why people would make noise about human lives. Right?
Valerie Kitchen
Orillia
