CHARBONNEAU – Continental divide with U.S. widens

Posted on July 20, 2017 in Charbonneau, Local Voices, Page One // 0 Comments

Trump the patriarch. (Image: White House video)

WE USED to think we were becoming more like our American cousins. In 2002 58 per cent of Canadians thought we were; now it’s only 27 per cent.

There’s more to the shift than the election of President Trump. We are maturing and are more confident. And it has to do with the realization that we are fundamentally different.

Those differences are revealed in response to a relatively simple statement: “The father of the family must be master in his own house.”

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David Charbonneau is a retired TRU electronics instructor who hosts a blog at http://www.eyeviewkamloops.wordpress.com.

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