Help Save Our Hospitals – people from across Ontario facing hospital cuts or closure are joining in solidarity to ask McGuinty to protect our local hospitals. Thousands will be coming out. Get on the bus! Reserve your seat in advance!
Peacenik can't seem to even go out for some roast chestnuts for lunch without wading into another protest. A large crowd of protesters is now gathered in front of Queen's Park in support of community hospitals that are threatened with downsizing or closure. Peacenik saw signs from Hamilton, Burks Falls and Fort Erie. There were many more.
The police presence was minimal, since they were all down the street watching the re-envigorated Tamil Tiger protest.
Why can't Peacenik go out for some chestnuts without walking into a protest? Why is our pension/retirement system crumbling? Why is our healthcare system crumbling? Why is our economy crumbling? Why, when we are facing a flu pandemic, is the government cutting back on healthcare. Why? Because society can't afford it.
Thanks to the crooks on Wall Street and in government there is no money. Our standard of living is crumbling at a breathtaking pace. We can afford to fight a pointless war in Afghanistan. We can afford to pay executives millions of dollars in bonuses. We can afford to transfer societies wealth to the wealthiest 2 percent. We can afford new weapons systems, and military helicopters. We can afford to bailout corrupt companies. But it seems that we can't afford a decent standard of living. Peacenik senses these protests are just the beginning. And they are going to be very less cordial, very soon.
