To the Editor,
What a world. I’m trying to stay away from the television, especially the news, but I was amazed at our Prime Minister’s speech at the summit, and I wasn’t alone. I truly hope he’s not a one-hit wonder, and I really don’t think so. It seems we’re at a time where all the small and medium countries love to stick together, kind of like a forest where there’s strength in numbers, cause if we don’t it’s like taking a step back in time to the lords of the castle and the serfs.
While all this is happening, the wellness of the planet, the land itself, along with our forests, lakes and wetlands, the home to so many creatures of importance from the smallest to the largest, the forgotten children of the land, are all being evicted from their homes. Habitat destruction is rampant: oil production, leaking tailing ponds, mining, mass deforestation. The bottom line is that our governments around the world don’t have the time to protect the very land they all stand on, so we have to at least try, try to make a difference, plant a tree or two, or ten. If you’re a landowner with a woodlot, I know it’s asking a lot and I wish the government would compensate you for it but unless we the people protect the land, no one will.
I’ve always looked up to trees. Why? Cause they’re taller than me, but I don’t want you for one minute to think they’re looking down on us. Instead, they’re looking out for us, to protect us and do all they can to keep us safe.
Thank you,
Andy Perrault
