Trump Turmoil, Tariff Tuesday (March 2, 2025) and attempts by a fledgling US regime to, as my mother used to say, "squeeze the living daylights" out of Canada, have combined to give a sense that humanity is hurtling backwards.
When a mostly white, mostly male group of Republican lawmakers stands and cheers the end of diversity, inclusion, and equity, it harkens back to the setting of my novel, to a time before there were human rights enshrined in law. The setting for "The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White", is 1940s Canada, when the demand was for sameness, exclusion and inequity. And here, in 2025 this is what the Republicans were cheering for in true Trumpian style. How sadly un-American.
They are also cheering for sticking it to Canada, believing that our backs will break under the weight of bullying tariffs. "The Letters" illustrates a resilience in Canadians as they responded to the Second World War.
At home, during and after, Canadians pulled together, economized, contributed, salvaged, grew food in Victory Gardens, purchased war bonds, rationed, supported their troops. These actions were imminently doable when push came to shove. My book shows Canadians to be incredibly spirited, culturally alive and proudly patriotic.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
"The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White" is available at www.yorklandpublishing.com and from all major booksellers.
When a mostly white, mostly male group of Republican lawmakers stands and cheers the end of diversity, inclusion, and equity, it harkens back to the setting of my novel, to a time before there were human rights enshrined in law. The setting for "The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White", is 1940s Canada, when the demand was for sameness, exclusion and inequity. And here, in 2025 this is what the Republicans were cheering for in true Trumpian style. How sadly un-American.
They are also cheering for sticking it to Canada, believing that our backs will break under the weight of bullying tariffs. "The Letters" illustrates a resilience in Canadians as they responded to the Second World War.
At home, during and after, Canadians pulled together, economized, contributed, salvaged, grew food in Victory Gardens, purchased war bonds, rationed, supported their troops. These actions were imminently doable when push came to shove. My book shows Canadians to be incredibly spirited, culturally alive and proudly patriotic.
We've done it before. We can do it again.
"The Letters: Postmark Prejudice in Black and White" is available at www.yorklandpublishing.com and from all major booksellers.
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