COLLINS: Enough already! Let’s focus on what’s important

Oct 1, 2023 | 7:28 AM

NOT TO BELITTLE THE TERRIBLE GAFFE last week by ex-House Speaker Anthony Rota, but it’s time to move on. We have far more important things to discuss.

Despite the humiliation, few Canadians are worried about Rota’s screwed-up attempt to show Ukrainian President Zelenskyy that Canada supports him in his fight against Russia. And only politicians and reporters are concerned about the ramifications of Rota’s recognition of a 98-year old man who fought in World War II under the Nazi regime. And there are several ramifications, as pointed out by the Armchair Mayor earlier this week.

But you know what? I’m way more worried about whether I will have enough money to pay all my bills this month, about whether I can stretch my grocery money far enough for 31 days, whether I will be able to keep my home when my mortgage renews in January. New figures out this past week suggest a family in Vancouver has to make $245,000 a year to buy a home, so I wonder if my kids will ever be able to rent a home, let alone buy one.

I want to make sure I will be able to pay my medical bills, be able to get a family doctor, and get an operation if I need one. Whether climate change will continue to create more drought, and larger wildfires will be wrought upon us, or we continue to pollute the environment so that our oceans become poisoned. In my little corner of the world, these are the things I’m worried about.

Rota’s big mistake was a big embarrassment, but it was his mistake and he paid the price. He won’t be the last. You can easily find similar examples. President Clinton falling asleep during a speech on human rights, Joe Biden trying to do the right thing and asking a paraplegic to stand up and be recognized, Gerald Ford’s pratfall leaving Air Force One, Rob Ford as the mayor of Toronto admitting to smoking crack cocaine, and last, but surely not least, President George Bush, feeling unwell but going to a dinner put on by the Japanese, throwing up under the table all over the floor. The Rota event will definitely be added to the list.

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But it will blow over. Just as Prime Minister Trudeau’s public accusations about India being involved in the murder of a Canadian citizen will be solidified or debunked when the facts are known.

But right now, this incident is way down my list of priorities. Being the first day of another month, the first thing I have to do today is to check with my bank to see if I can pay my mortgage. That’s the big thing on my list. Everything else is there too, but Anthony Rota is nowhere in sight.

I’m Doug Collins and that’s One Man’s Opinion.

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by Doug Collins

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