It's a time to reflect, for sure.

Another of my friends has sent an email declaration that she will be boycotting goods and services by American companies in hopes to exercise her rights as a consumer to protest the US foreign policy. I think this a very good idea. Dollars really do speak louder than words and actions, don't you think? How far should this go? Should we also stop buying goods from the British, Spanish and the other nations that are now part of the coalition of the willing?

I also read an article in Common Ground this month that encourages Canada to break their economic ties with the US and join the EU. Sounds great on paper but are we able to do it? Why aren't we looking for new markets?

These are trying times, aren't they?