I want to share this with this group. Someone was kind enough to create this photo collage for me. They do not want to be named, but I am grateful just the same. It took them some time and effort and skills I do not possess. Of course, the situation outrages me. I am a father helplessly watching what happens to my daughter without being able to make an impact. It does not escape me that Canada is hardly represented in the aid being given. I've never been a big believer in government. I've always been happy to contribute and assume the government does the best job it can - which would be a better job than I could alone - helping my fellow Canadians. It bothers me that the overwhelming amount of donations is coming from non-Canadians, and I do not mean to offend anyone by sharing what bothers me. Either the Canadian economy is so much worst than when I left it in 2001, or Canadians are not responding. Someone has written that the problem is the latter, which would tell me my culture has changed. I will share with you that since being on The Internet as I have been the last 19-months or so, being inundated with data and information, I have recently had daydreams of seeking asylum in Iceland. I realise these are fanciful day dreams but it certainly exposes my thinking towards the direction Canada is headed these days. My wife says our daughter must live in Canada for a specific period of time in order for our grandchildren to be eligible for Canadian citizenship. It's not the kind of overwhelming sense of exhilaration she once had and i am not up for selling Canada these days. Anyway, home is the place where I can work, and with my wife at my side we can support the basic needs (at least) of our family. What really bothers me is feeling impotent. I have overcome the laws of Quebec that prohibit any company of over 10 people from hiring me. I have shrugged off the hurt of being a second class citizen in my home province. I have lived on my own since I was 16, and ...