We are a Thankful People

By Pepper Parr

October 10th, 2022

BURLINGTON, ON

 

People were taking produce like this off the land soon after settling.

At a time when there is not much that is certain and where war lords are unsheathing their swords everywhere we in Canada can be Thankful for all that we have.

We are a people that have learned how to share, how to compromise and care for those who need help.

We do things like this in Burlington

The line from that hymn that goes: “Come ye thankful people come …” comes to mind and seems to appropriate to me.

Are there readers out there who can share the words that our Indigenous, Muslim and diverse community friends would use instead.

In the recent past Denis Gibbons took this picture for the Gazette. It speaks for us

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