Peace

Driving up to Prince Albert today I heard on The Current an interview with Ursula Franklin. There was a lot of good thoughts in that interview but the most compelling comments I heard were about the nature of peace. She said that "peace is not a commodity" and that "peace is indivisible." Peace is not something that can be bought by some and withheld from others

We can see in North America that some have tried to buy peace by moving to expensive suburbs or gated communities to remove themselves from the unrest of impoverished areas in the inner city. The United States and Canada have used tax payer dollars to create peace for our countries by fighting in areas where terrorists are thought to make their home. Concrete results of this "war on terror" are yet to be seen. If we want peace for the world we must make peace available for everyone. Peace is not indivisible.

By the way, though I am generally not supportive of Canadian troops in Afghanistan I must say that our armed forces are determined and conscientious to do the job that they have been ordered to do and they are doing it well.