Most Canadians have now been homebound for the past six weeks — unable to go to work, earn a livelihood, send the kids to school, attend religious services, or even enjoy the great outdoors.
At risk of being fined or arrested, Canadians haven’t been able to celebrate milestones with loved ones, see their friends, travel, participate in recreational sports or do any household shopping aside from at the grocery store.
The coronavirus lockdown measures have been unprecedented and extreme.
Even during times of great danger and uncertainty in the past — during the world wars, past pandemics, the threat of nuclear war and after life-altering terrorist attacks — our leaders resisted imposing such strict and heavy-handed measures.
Past leaders insisted that citizens keep calm and carry on — even when their lives were at risk.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts,” said Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his famous inaugural presidential address in 1933. FDR knew that panic was counterproductive to the goal of peace and stability.
This time around, our leaders have taken the opposite approach.
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(2) Trudeau gun control program about grabbing headlines, not saving lives
(3) Liberals know their gun ban won’t work
(4) The reopening will happen sooner if Canadians demand it
(5) The Liberals’ conniving and undemocratic gun control measures
