When the war in Ukraine started, grassroots movements across Canada sprung up to assist refugees come here, to Saskatchewan. Brian Crossman, columnist with Pipeline Online, recounts how the Sunflower Network, a small group of volunteers, has done their part to help out. So far, the ground has helped over 20 families to come to southeast Saskatchewan and another 20 to Saskatoon area.
Trying to Understand the Conflict in Ukraine
I’m sure everyone has seen, or at least heard of, the Oliver Stone documentary on Youtube titled Ukraine on Fire. The interview with Putin in the film is fascinating. When you put it together with this enormous blunder by Joe Biden, it is understandable why Putin is concerned about US influence in the region.
Of course, none of this should be a shock to anyone in Canada after the United States influenced the 1963 federal election in Canada. They did so because Diefenbaker wouldn’t allow the US to put nuclear warheads on Canadian soil, while Lester B. Pearson’s Liberals were more than willing to rollover on the issue if it would help get them elected. The warheads remained in Canada until 1984.
I’m not taking sides in this conflict, I am just trying to understand it.