Dealing with the not-so-neighbourly branches of the family tree

To take a gut punch from one’s own family during the current crisis was an unwelcome addition to the menu of mental strain to manage.

By donating to this Ottawa occupation, Tim Powers writes that his cousin Ches Crosbie has helped fund the ‘neighbourly’ behaviour—including people who break the law, harass people, are subject to two court injunctions for noise disturbances—and legitimize it.Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Andrew Scheer

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

February 16, 2022

OTTAWA—If you live in Ottawa now, you are emotionally strained, exhausted, and fed up. As we near the end of the third week of the “Freedom Convoy’s” visit—or more precisely, illegal occupation—and the painful exercise of governmental finger pointing as to why our national lawn is still ...

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