THE MESSAGE:
What is the best society possible? Peace and happiness must be rights that are available to all citizens and all cultures in Canada. To what degree are citizens responsible for the welfare of those suffering from poverty, illness or disability?
What are the contributing factors for people suffering from an underprivileged existence? Does society have the right to take the life of a murderer? Can one type of society deal with all the problems of a multicultural reality?
THE BLURB:
Canada is a rich nation primarily because of habits, values and social capital. This precept is further explained by a simple moral concept that effort should lead to reward. People through integrity, hard work and a determination to play by the rules are entitled to be prosperous. Money and wealth should go to people on the basis of merit and effort. Self-control should be rewarded while laziness and self-indulgence should not.
Our community institutions should nurture responsibility and fairness. Unfortunately this reality can be and often is undermined and eroded. We have far too many evils in play where patronage, corruption and waste divert our tax dollars. Brokers manipulate securities for personal profit. Fraudulent schemes steal money from unfortunate dupes.
Some unscrupulous employers take advantage of their workers and governments take money from future generations in order to curry favour among present day voters.
Is it any wonder that social trust is sacrificed and suffers? Hence we have over zealous and partisan politicians with hidden agendas.
Movements and protests are encouraged by unions and abetted by other influential associates or by a misguided sense of entitlement. We have some unions that go too far in the name of worker protection and only succeed in pricing them out of employment.
THE QUESTION:
Is the exercise of 'Free Enterprise' worth protecting?
THE QUOTE:
"Compassion is the chief law of human existence.”
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
LEMON:
THE CLIP:
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