To my American friendlisters...

...wishing you the best of your nation's birthday!

Glorification of Cruelty, Maybe?

The recommendation is for certain federal cabinet ministers' quotations in the article. The article itself strikes me as solid, grounded in fact, and leads me to worry about what seems part of an ongoing trend as described in the title above.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-government-to-appeal-ruling-reversing-cruel-cuts-to-refugee-health-1.2696311

The Federal Court of Appeal ruling itself is also - in my POV - grounded solidly in both fact and empathy. Which we need in the court system in no small degree, especially in these times. I do not like this practice on the part of cabinet ministers of conflating legitimate refugees and illegal immigrants for one thing, and for another, there may well be people in the second group who ought to be moved into the first.

Discouraging fact-based empathy is not for me. Not in my name. 

(By the by, I'm downloading a copy of the text of the ruling for future study. Seems like a good idea on principle.)