That's all she blabbed about

 The need to get Canadian money remittances to Jamaica much more quickly.  I refer to the then Jamaican High Commissioner, who had been invited to speak to the Royal Commonwealth Society a few years ago.  All she went on about was money, money, money -- not about the Commonwealth at all.  I wanted to hide under the table, so embarrassing was it.  

James Bartleman also blotted his well-funded copy book in a similar address when he raved on about the torture of residential schools, where he had been well-educated enough to become a lawyer and eventually Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.  It floored me because I had been the one who had invited him to speak in the first place.  

Thought about both of them the other day when I read an article in 'The Globe and Mail' about the head of something called 'The Jamaican-Canadian Association' complaining that the pandemic had hindered the speed with which care packages were getting to Jamaica.  Can you imagine, this guy is complaining about how covid has thrown roadblocks into his shipping plan.  The nerve of this virus!  Here's his plaint, page one:   

Apparently, Jamaicans living in Canada send hundreds of care packages and millions of dollars to their native country.  My question is, why?  Why are they earning money here and shipping it to Jamaica?  According to stats from 'The Economist', the Filipinos are the worst offenders, with Nigerians next, but why don't they appeal to their native countries' governments to feed, clothe and house their own people?  Why not call the current Jamaican PM, Andrew Holness -- in power from 2011 to 2020 -- for a few answers?  Why do people feel obliged to send money earned here out-of-country?  It needs to be put back into Canadian circulation.  (Note:  Don't know why this flipped into centre-align??)

Another thing on my nerves is the priority of the vaccine roll-out here.  Apparently, natives are top of the list because they are not following the rules and getting sick.  So, naturally, they are getting vaccines sooner than anyone else.  "We have to get them to these remote areas," is the rationale.  Well, why do they continue to live in these desolate places?!  Oh yeah, forgot:  Money.

But guess what?  They have decided they don't trust the vaccines developed by the evil white man and won't take them.  So, thousands of precious doses will be shipped to reserves to rot.  

I't all so wrong.