
A synopsis of Lost and Found in London is available under Book on the menu bar above, so I won't go into detail here – except to point out that it is semi-based on my experiences in the U.K. with someone who advocated a wonderful combination of personal and political change. So far, reviews from friends and strangers have been very positive and generous! Check out the Readers' Reaction Book drop-down.
I think you can still purchase it online at www.amazon.com, a company I try to boycott, but seems to have a monopoly. Or contact Novel Idea in Kingston, ON.
MORE IMPORTANT is what I am doing now! I am a member of an organization trying to Stop PoiLIEvre from becoming our next prime minister. Trump-lite! Cooperate for Canada (C4C) is working to convince the centre/left parties - the Liberals, NDP, Greens, and Bloc in Quebec - to cooperate in key ridings, rather than splitting the non-Conservative vote.
For more details, please visit: cooperateforcanada.ca. Electoral cooperation under our first-past-the-post system is the only way to keep Canada from going extreme right, like the US!
I began writing regular op/ed columns when I joined the Issues Network while a member of the Ottawa-based Parliamentary Press Gallery in the early-1990s. Being a journalist in Canada – especially a progressive one – wasn’t easy. As you will see in the Archives to the right, my columns began to disappear after the right-wing ideologue Conrad Black bought the Southam newspaper chain. Fortunately, I had other outlets, including the now-defunct Canadian Forum magazine and the CCPA Monitor, produced by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. At one point, I found temporary refuge in the Toronto Star.
Today, there are still some mainstream editors willing to print left-leaning pieces, along with an increasing number of gutsy, online sites, such as www.rabble.ca, but as most of us are aware, the news scene isn't healthy. Canadians must do more to protect the variety of voices and opinions in their media! With narrower sources of information come narrower views. I need only say Harper Government – elected albeit by a clear minority of Canadians.
This was one reason I became an author. I was hoping my book would reach an audience wanting to learn more about themselves and the world in these challenging times – when our "leaders" have taken us in dangerously wrong directions regarding the economy, war, the climate, and more. Sadly, many of the independent bookstores went out of business just after they stocked my book. To conclude, our world has easier access in many online ways, but the more public means of communicating are dangerously threatened. Again, we can’t afford a Conservative government which will make things worse, as we face a climate and other crises! cooperateforcanada.ca.