We are on a quest
to differentiate ourselves
from the Americans.
Bernier’s right-wing party
will lead the fight against
diversity,
pluralism,
multiculturalism.
The Canadian way.
Doug Ford
pushes Ontario’s sex-ed
an inch closer
to the Bible Belt.
The Canadian way.
And in a bid
to increase uniqueness
(for half-a-billion dollars)
our Chief of the Defence Staff
wants to outfit our troops
with U.S. uniforms.
The Canadian way.
Camouflaged.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
