The great plague of inflation we currently face is not born from the abundance of many, but from the unchecked greed of the few—the wealthiest among us.
To conceal their plunder of our country’s rich resources and treasury, they deploy political stewards to feign outrage and gaslight already primed and fervent crowds. Too often, this outrage is directed at marginalized communities—our queer and trans siblings, newcomers, and our BIPOC brothers and sisters.
Through these intermediaries, the aristocracy unjustly lays blame on those denied socio-economic mobility, those burdened by intergenerational trauma. Systematically, so many are shut out from the very riches native to this land—riches that we had no hand in creating and have not been invited to remedy.
This land. Native Land. Land unjustly taken from our First Nations brothers and sisters. May they find the compassion and grace to forgive me, and those who came before me, for the harm done to their great waters and plains—a benevolence we failed to extend to them.
The wealthiest cast embers of acrimony upon the ground; through this panic and rage, they seek to divide us.
Greed and consumption are true evils—not an 11-year-old girl in Stratford, Ontario, afraid to share her deeply felt gender identity; not a Syrian family of five seeking safety. When so many of our grandparents fled war and disaster in generations past, why close the door now?
Where they sow division, distraction, and violence, we must choose unity, solidarity, and harmony. We cannot allow this proxy war of disunion to mask a greater corruption: the erosion of what truly binds us as a nation—hope, togetherness, justice, and opportunity.
Let us stand together, stronger than their attempts to divide us.
I’ll close with the words of Jack Layton: “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful, and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.”
JUSTICE ENDS WHERE POLICING BEGINS: The Shameful History of Policing The Gay and Trans Community in Canada
Policing reform is routinely framed as a matter of training, oversight, or inclusive language. None of this resolves the central contradiction exposed by decades of violence against trans people: policing is a system built on discretion, not equality. It decides who belongs, who is suspect, and whose suffering is credible.
ALONE AGAINST THE SYSTEM: Fighting Police Misconduct in Ontario Means Surviving It
In Ontario, holding police accountable isn’t a matter of justice — it’s an act of endurance.
THE ALPHA MALE WHO WASN’T: A Lesson in Rage and Self-Hate
Enter Robert “Beef Supreme” Primerano, the Niagara region’s own contribution to this dismal pageant. To watch him puff himself up as an “alpha male” is to witness insecurity wrapped in faux leather. Raised in a household steeped in conformity and self-loathing, he learned early that to belong meant to hate.
- I DIDN’T PLAN TO BECOME A TEACHER: The Students Who Made Me Stay
- JUSTICE ENDS WHERE POLICING BEGINS: The Shameful History of Policing The Gay and Trans Community in Canada
- RAISED BY PLACES UNSEEN: The Quiet Way Borneo Found Me
- ALONE AGAINST THE SYSTEM: Fighting Police Misconduct in Ontario Means Surviving It
- PART 3 – NO PERMISSION NEEDED: What Was Once Shame Has Become Pride
Sabrina Constance 