An Idea So Bad I Hoped it Was a Joke
This morning I listened to a radio program about a proposed monument that prompted me to post twice on Facebook about it within a couple hours of the segment. Please see my posts below, shared in the order I wrote them, followed by pictures of the Cabot Trail, where backers of the monument want to see it erected.
I visited Cape Breton several times in the 1980s and ’90s, and wrote about those journeys here on this blog. View this pristine landscape and ponder the proposed statue. Given the Harper government’s propensity for reverting to the playbook of the George W. Bush administration, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re looking for a wedge issue here, something that can allow the militaristic prime minister, who will be running for re-election in 2015, to suggest that opponents of the statue are “against the troops.”
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- The Cabot Trail is an amazing ribbon of road, the Big Sur of Canada.
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- Autumn in Cape Breton.
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- The Cabot Trail is so scenic that I drove its full length in both directions.
Hello. I just noticed your blog address after re-reading the comments which were received following The Current CBC radio show about this proposed monument. I am one of a number of people here in Cape Breton who are strongly opposed to the destruction of National Park land for this private enterprise ! And I am glad to see you are against it as well. The organization dedicated to building this monument actually has a website where it lists Honorary Patrons as part of its fundraising efforts to get this monstrosity built in the National Park. I thought you might be interested in seeing what they have posted and so I am sending you the link: http://www.nfnm.ca/#slide1
They also have a FB page where I submit my opinions as often as I can…they no doubt remove them as quickly as I put them there. Anyway, I am glad to see that there is support out there and only hope that more people would speak out against it as you have done. Thank you for your efforts.
Dear Rose, thanks for visiting my blog Honourary Canadian. I’m really glad you found my post about the outrageous statue proposed for the Cabot Trail. I am an American living in New York City, and have often visited Cape Breton. I describe my personal affection for Cape Breton and Canada in a post called Why I Write this Blog, at this link: http://www.honourarycanadian.com/why-i-write-this-blog/. Thanks, Philip Turner