I wish someone in Stephen Harper’s government could explain definitively, what the Canadian mission in Afghanistan was attempting to accomplish.

When we finally pull out, 159 young men (to date) will have sacrificed their lives. And according to one government report, it will have cost $18.1 billion dollars. And for what?

It sure wasn’t for a fair, democratic and just society.

What we have is a government that allows a barbaric judicial system to imprison women for being sexually assaulted or raped, while the offender is totally exonerated of any crime.

The most recent case was a young woman who was raped and subsequently sentenced to 12 years in prison. On reflection, the judges reduced this to three years because she wasn’t raped. The young lady had committed adultery because her assailant was married. If she wants to keep the child from this assault, she will be forced to marry this man.

I am disgusted, not only by this total waste of Canadian lives, but the lack of foresight by the Harper government. Did they think that they could change this country?

This is a nation made up predominantly of provinces run by tribal leaders who don’t have the need or inclination to listen to a […]