What Matters To You – Weekly Column

When I was a kid there was a popular song by Janet Jackson titled “What Have You Done For Me Lately?”. That song came to mind as I was reading a number of emails that we have received recently. I think we can all agree that with the turmoil of the last 2 years it’s been difficult to remember some...

I firmly believe that people need to have performance reviews to know how they are doing, what is working, and what needs to be worked on to continue to grow.  It is just as important that two- way communication exists, and that feedback is provided both ways. The organization benefits when this happens, as it makes for stronger individuals.  Kids...

There is a famous old saying that states “Possession is 9/10 of the law” so if you have it in your hands or are caught with it in your hands it can go one of 2 ways for you.  When it comes to politics, “Perception is 100 percent of the Law” the real challenge that I’ve found over the last...

It has been said that “The Good Lord works in mysterious ways”, and from what I’ve experienced in life that is true.  I do believe that there are things that happen to us in life if we pay attention, which are lessons that we are supposed to learn, and if we are hard of hearing some days, the lessons get...

My wife is my best friend.  She isn’t my best friend because she is the easiest person to get along with, she isn’t my best friend because we agree on everything, she isn’t my best friend because she doesn’t see my faults or let me know about them.  She isn’t my best friend because she showers me with affection, and...

There was an old curse that simply stated, “May you live in interesting times”.  On the surface, sounds like a blessing, no one wants to live a boring life, but it really depends on what your definition of interesting is.  We have had 2 long years of interesting, financially, socially, constitutionally, politically, and even the weather has been “Interesting”.  Initially,...

PART I Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law: Rights and freedoms in Canada 1 The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably...

I have some great news to share! Many of my colleagues, and I, have been advocating for an end to public health restrictions and it looks like we have an exit strategy. I was very pleased to hear the Premier talk about winding down these measures in his press conference on Tuesday, starting with the Restriction Exemption Program. Aside from...

They have us outnumbered. When it comes to countries that don’t have a democracy as their form of governance, they outnumber those that believe in democracy.  It could be further argued that there are even less pure democratic states if you take into a context which democratic countries still have an attachment to a monarchy in one way shape or...

“Not only will pipelines be blown up, but we can be certain that world leaders will be put on trial for treason or worse - be killed...” “The same goes for the media.”Do these folks deserve to be taken lightly? The National Action and Strategy coordinator for Extinction Rebellion recently made these remarks, from my understanding on the heels of...