"The Canada I went overseas to fight for was a tolerant and open society, always striving to do the right thing, and to bring to the world a sense that tomorrow can be better than today.
"Today, though, the government in Ottawa seems to want to throw all that out the window. Stephen Harper’s vision of Canada seems to begin, and end, in the tarsands, and everything else be damned. Tolerance is redefined as applying only to anyone who agrees with that vision. Everyone else is “radical,” an “extremist,” or even included in his government’s new program battling terrorism."
Full article: Trevor Greene: From one battlefield to another.
Trevor Greene is a genuine Canadian hero - he was part of the 1st Battalion PPCLI battle group in the tiny village of Shinkay, when during a meeting with local elders to discuss their needs for water, housing and education, he was almost killed by an axe-blow to the head. Although given little hope of surviving, he is now running a foundation with his wife to educate Afghan girls as teachers, and the couple is expecting a son in June.
