Wooly’s Two Bit Opinion

Sometimes, life gets in the way of creativity and such has been life for me lately. That being said, there is a lot going on here in North America and it is time for me to put my two bits worth in.

The other day I ran into a gentleman. He was about my age and we struck up a conversation. Like me, and most small town Western Canadians of our age group, he was opinionated and not all that politically correct. Naturally, the conversation swung to the political leaders of the two nations, one south and one north and all the hullabaloo about immigration and refugees.

I commented that when my ancestors came over here, they basically had to do it on their own. There were very few towns, let alone cities in Saskatchewan back then. Those people had to survive and survive they did, all on their own in a harsh and unforgiving environment.

The gentleman told me, his people had arrived in the same area at about the same time. Just east of what is now called Regina, in 1891. Now comes the kicker.

My people were Roman Catholic Germans from Ukraine. His people from Lebanon and Islamic.

So, to all you people spouting off about Islamists and how they are going to disrupt our way of life. This gentleman and his family have been living among you for over one hundred years, minding their own business, just like the rest of us. They lead happy, productive lives and are a great benefit to our country and its well being.

I would also like to point out, that less than fifteen percent of our population has UK or French ancestry. The rest of us come from somewhere else. Everyone, including the First Nations people, came here from someplace else.

How about the Irish refugees? The Russian refugees? The European refugees after the second world war? Have we not integrated into this Anglo/French Canadian society? The Asian refugees from Uganda? All of the hullabaloo over that. The Lebanese refugees in the eighties?

Sure, there were some bad eggs. But the list of European refugees deported is almost as long.

So, before you start slinging rocks, take a good hard look in the mirror. Where would you be if your ancestors had not been allowed to stay in Canada?

Just my opinion.