Some Easter Thoughts

There are many topics that one could write about but the interesting parts are always – what is too much; what is too cynical; what is too personal and do you let everyone know that things are not always what they appear to be.

As I have been doing this for a bit now – there are times when I wonder what it will achieve? Then issues are raised that I believe need attention. People need to know and sometimes based on editors, media and political correctness – not all gets told. Journals and media outlets try to set their coverage of issues based on selling advertising. If things seem obscure or not of interest to everyone – they do not get attention.

There is a great deal of public discussion by many about the number of print medias that are disappearing because they can no longer keep up and keep their business viable. As more of us get access to the internet and as our lives get busier – we don’t have time to sit around and float through hundreds of pages of newsprint to find what interests us. We will go to the internet or television and identify mechanisms to catch our interests and funnel out the things that do not seem to be relevant to our lives.

My question though – What will happen to those who don’t have access or knowledge about the internet? How will individuals who have no affordability access the internet? Where will there understanding come from? These questions come to mind when I look at the Métis veterans that are in our community. Many of them are older now – they came into our world when people still traveled on rough roads, sometimes by horseback and central heating was a wood or coal burning heater. They lived in an era where the DIY [Do It Yourself] bathroom remodel was digging a hole for a new outhouse.

Now we are being funded by government to create awareness amongst our Métis veterans about potential supports that may be available to them. In fact President Chartier describes the “The Métis Nations Veteran’s Web Portal will be a one stop resource for information important to Métis Nation veterans and their families.” Have we become so removed from who are community is that common sense has lost its’ place in what we do – or we have come to a place where we just don’t care what might be important to the people that we represent because we buy into a government agenda to get the all mighty dollar?

I do wish all of our Métis people and everyone from across the homeland the “Hoppyist Easter”. We were just trying to see if it was just our thoughts or maybe I under estimate the ability of our veterans to learn about and make new technologies available.