Canadians Opened Up Their Hearts For Haiti

By Ben Meisner

The out pouring of support by the Canadian people for the people of Haiti who have suffered another tragedy is indicative of a people who are very caring.

It would also be wrong not to include the Americans south of the border who, in spite of suffering through the worst recession in modern times, never the less are pouring millions into support for the people of Haiti.

Why all this you ask? Even some would say that charity begins at home. Consider this, these people have had to suffer through several hurricanes, a government system that is labelled the most corrupt in the western hemisphere and now an earth quake of catastrophic proportions. They have suffered enough and most of it is not through their own doing.

The governments of Haiti have been living the high life along with a select few at the expense of a population that is, for the most par,t just plain dirt farmers. The country has no real infrastructure, no real building system to the point that following the earth quake it was nearly impossible to find a piece of heavy equipment to lift the collapsed concrete buildings.

Canadians, many of whom have escaped similar living conditions, understand full well what these people have had to endure, they also realize just how small the earth really is, and the outpouring of support shows it.

I’m Meisner and that’s one man’s opinion

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